Thursday, April 13, 2006
USI Habitat for Humanity Can-O-Rama will benefit tornado victims
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USI Habitat for Humanity, Habitat of Evansville, and the Boy Scouts are joining forces to collect as many cans as possible for Operation Home Again, an effort of Habitat of Evansville to build homes for victims of the November 6 tornado. The University’s Habitat chapter will host a Can-O-Rama benefit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, in the McDonald East visitors parking lot located on the corner of Clark Lane and Schutte Road on the USI campus. Members will be offering activities, decals, and magnets in exchange for aluminum can donations. Through a program called Cans for Habitat, the cans will be exchanged for money from Evansville's recycling center. Habitat of Evansville is planning to build a neighborhood for tornado survivors and families. It will cost approximately $500,000 to acquire the land and set up utilities, and each house costs about $50,000 to build. About 25 houses are projected for the neighborhood. On the same weekend, the Boy Scouts will collect cans during their spring Camporee from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Eykamp Scout Center, 3501 E. Lloyd Expressway. In exchange for a sack of cans, participants will receive a free soft drink and hot dog lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cans may be dropped off at any time through the end of the semester at four Residence Life locations: in front of O’Bannon and Ruston Hall; in the McDonald East visitors parking lot; in the McDonald West visitors parking lot; and in front of the Boon Building-O’Daniel South. Other drop-off locations are Clayton’s Fine Dry Cleaning at the corner of Columbia and St. Joe, and Office Depot at the corner of Rosenberger and the Lloyd. |
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