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Background on AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon
The AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon is typically a weeklong event bringing together hundreds of Habitat
for Humanity AmeriCorps members from across the country to build a large number of homes in a
limited time. The Build-a-Thon’s larger focus is to raise awareness around affordable housing, highlight
the partnership of the Corporation for National and Community Service and Habitat for Humanity
International, and increase the capacity of a community to meet its local needs.
History
The AmeriCorps National program has participated in annual Build-a-Thons for more than a decade,
including:
- 1999 in Twin Cities, Minnesota.
- 2000 in Columbus, Georgia (“Miracle on 3rd Avenue”).
- 2001 in Oklahoma and in Wake County, North Carolina.
- 2002 in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 2003 in Anniston, Alabama (“Disaster Recovery”) and Valdosta, Georgia (Jimmy Carter
Work Project).
- 2004 in Dallas, Texas, and Greensboro, North Carolina.
- 2005 “Affiliate Swap” across the United States and Johns Island, South Carolina.
- 2006 in Dallas, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama.
In 2007, the first all-inclusive Habitat for Humanity International AmeriCorps programs Build-a-Thon
was inaugurated. It included participation from Habitat AmeriCorps National, AmeriCorps State and
AmeriCorps VISTA members.
- May 13-20, 2007, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
- May 11-16, 2008, a return to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter
Work Project.
- June 14-20, 2009, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in partnership with Cedar Valley Habitat for
Humanity.
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