This article was written for the Reading Eagle newspaper's Home & Real Estate section. This article was published August 26, 2007.

Penn State Berks students volunteer
with Habitat for Humanity

On Thursday August 16, 2007, a group of five Penn State Berks students offered their assistance to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is currently building a pair of duplexes in Fleetwood, P.A and gratefully accepts volunteer help. The students aided in the installation of siding, the fitting of the porch soffits and unloading drywall from the truck.

These five students, Walter Davidson, 17, Ewing, N.J., Steven Hughes, 19, Oley, P.A., Timothy Nichols, 18, Oxford, P.A., Andrew Rodney, 18, Pennington, N.J. and Jonathan Ruffini, 18, West Grove, P.A are enrolled in Penn State Berks' Building for Tomorrow course. This course is being instructed by John Gallagher, assistant director of student affairs.

The Building for Tomorrow course is a pre-orientation class for first-year students. The course includes several community services projects. In addition to working for Habit for Humanity, the students also volunteered on Friday, Aug. 17 at the YMCA of Reading and Berks County working with children from age 4 years to 12 and on Saturday, Aug. 18, the students also volunteered to do trail maintenance at Nolde Forest State Park.