Collegiate Challenge is Habitat for Humanity's year-round alternative break program that provides opportunities for students from youth groups, high schools, churches, and colleges to spend a week of their school or vacatioin break building houses in partnership with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States. For many students, Collegiate Challenge is this first interaction with Habitat and their first step in forming a lifelong relationship with Habitat for Humanity. Started in 1989 as a spring break program, Collegiate Challenge is now a year-round program that involves thousands of students annually.

A Collegiate Challenge trip may be the best school break trip you will ever have. Not only do you help people in need--it's also fun! You'll have the chance to work on your home improvement skills, connect with new people in a new place and put your faith into action by making a real difference in Habitat for Humanity's work of eliminating substandard housing. If you are interested in learning more about Collegiate Challenge, please visit the Habitat for Humanity International website at www.habitat.org. Last year we hosted 13 groups from all over the country including; OH, NY, PA, NJ, DC, and RH. We are planning on hosting 8 groups this year from various parts of the country. Pictures of the 2011 Collegiate Challenge groups can be found on our Facebook page: Habitat for Humanity - Wilmington, Delaware.

A BIG thank you goes out to our friends at Friends Meeting House, Hanover Presbyterian Church, Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church  and St. Marks Lutheran Church for supporting and hosting our 2011 Collegiate Challenge groups. We appreciate all that you do to help Habitat's mission to build decent affordable housing. If you think your church is interested in hosting a group (Monday evening- Saturday afternoon), please contact Chris Schei, Volunteer Coordinator at (302) 652-0365 x 111 or cschei@habitatncc.org