{"id":19753,"date":"2016-10-17T01:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T01:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=19753"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:11:33","slug":"habitat-for-humanity-is-24-0-at-clemson-homecoming-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/habitat-for-humanity-is-24-0-at-clemson-homecoming-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat for Humanity Is 24-0 at Clemson Homecoming Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0CLEMSON, SC and WASHINGTON, DC<\/strong> \u2014 For 24 years, the Clemson University community has come\u00a0together to build a Habitat for Humanity home for a local family during the 10 days leading up to the\u00a0homecoming football game. As an orange wave of pride in Clemson Tigers football surged across\u00a0campus, a new home for a local family came to life on Bowman Field on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom, one-story home will be moved to a local neighborhood, where it will\u00a0be home to Lakeesha Jones and her family.<\/p>\n

The project was supported in part this year by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Conservation and\u00a0Community Partnerships Grant program in partnership with the South Carolina SFI Implementation\u00a0Committee. The grant provided funding and wood products certified to SFI. Wood was donated by\u00a0Kapstone Paper and Packaging, Norbord provided subflooring, and Huber contributed roof and wall\u00a0sheathing \u2014 all of which are SFI Program Participants and committee members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so proud to support this Habitat for Humanity build. It\u2019s a big win for\u00a0a local family, and the energy and excitement of homecoming helps us draw\u00a0attention to the links between quality of life in our communities, people and\u00a0the environment,\u201d said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI Inc.<\/p>\n

The build\u2019s first stage, on Bowman Field, saw the walls and roof go up, the\u00a0drywall and siding hung, and the windows, doors, basic electricity and\u00a0plumbing installed. The house was opened for homecoming fans to tour on\u00a0Saturday, October 15.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 children Keyondra and Kameron are looking forward to having their\u00a0own yard to play in after they leave their two-bedroom apartment. Jones will\u00a0pay a reduced monthly mortgage and will eventually put in 200 sweat-equity\u00a0hours of work on her own and other local Habitat homes.<\/p>\n

Each year, more than 500 students volunteer with Clemson\u2019s Habitat for\u00a0Humanity chapter. \u201cVolunteering with Habitat for Humanity made me want to\u00a0study civil engineering. After I graduate, I want to keep helping people who\u00a0can\u2019t afford their own homes,\u201d said Sadler Gensch, the student Homecoming\u00a0Build Coordinator for Clemson’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter.<\/p>\n

SFI has built a strong relationship with the Clemson community and the State of South Carolina over the\u00a0years. In 2000, the Clemson Experimental Forest was the first university forest to be certified to the SFI\u00a0Forest Management Standard. In 2013, South Carolina\u2019s five state forests were among the first to be\u00a0certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard under the SFI Forest Partners\u00ae Program.<\/p>\n

The first SFI Implementation Committee and Habitat for Humanity partnership began in 2007, raising\u00a0awareness for sustainable forestry and encouraging green building through the use of products certified\u00a0to the SFI Standard. SFI Standards promote sustainable forest management in North America and\u00a0responsible procurement of forest products around the world. Through this partnership, SFI and SFI\u00a0Implementation Committees have donated countless volunteer hours and certified forest products for\u00a0Habitat for Humanity builds throughout North America.<\/p>\n

For the Clemson Habitat build, partners included the Clemson University Campus Chapter of Habitat for\u00a0Humanity, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Clemson, and the South Carolina SFI Implementation\u00a0Committee. The SFI committee is a grassroots network that includes private landowners,\u00a0conservationists, independent loggers, forestry professionals, government agencies, associations,\u00a0academics and companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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