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Online Stock Market Trading Now in its eighth year, the Luther College Habitat for Humanity (LCHFH) organization will be sending a record number of students on trips throughout the United States over Spring Break. Fifty-five Luther students will depart on March 17 for either Oregon, New Mexico, or Virginia to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI).

This year each student paid $200 for the trip. A portion of the money went to the Habitat for Humanity fund to support future projects. Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide organization that reaches out to communities each year. For rmation on the Habitat for Humanity concerns group, call Adam Bumpus at x2597 or watch The Bulletin for information on future meetings. - Tim Clawson

Stock Investing Course These trips are part of the HFHI Collegiate Challenge, a year-round program, in partnership with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), in which college students travel throughout the country to more than 170 sites to help build houses, either starting a new house from scratch or renovating an older home, while also pledging to raise more than $800,000 to build Habitat homes. Over 8,500 students from over 400 colleges, universities and high schools nationwide will be leaving school not to head to the beach but to pitch in at the construction sites as Collegiate Challenge 2000 runs from Feb. 27 through April 22.

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Stock Market Game Dedicated to eliminating poverty housing, Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry founded by Millard Fuller, an Alabama businessman, along with his wife, Linda. HFHI and its 1,916 affiliates in 64 nations have built and sold homes to partner families at no profit with zero-interest mortgages.

Habitat for Humanity regional director David Jansen said families would be selected based on need and their desire to improve their lives and conditions. "Habitat for Humanity's approach is holistic, idealistic and realistic. It brings people together, but also empowers and uplifts the people of SA, " said Jansen.

Stock Investing Game Luther student volunteers are proud to be part of this outreach program and are excited to travel to other parts of the country to help others. Valerie Piersall ('01) will be traveling with LCHFH to Sweet Home, Ore. over Spring Break.

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Journal Prime Rate Street Wall "I thought it would be a good experience and a way to meet new people, see another part of the country, and help people at the same time," Piersall said.

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Stock Market News Joy Christian ('01) will be joining Piersall on the trip to Oregon.

Stock Investing Basics "I've never participated in Habitat before, so I thought it would be a great experience," Christian said. "I'm excited about being given the chance to make a real difference in somebody else's life."

Stock Investing Software The mission of HFHI is "to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action." The organization has built more than 85,000 houses worldwide, which have provided more than 425,000 people with affordable shelter.

Stock Market Trading Participating students work side-by-side with the future homeowners of the house on which they are working. According to the HFHI webpage, , "homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor-sweat equity-into building their Habitat house and the houses of others." Habitat homeowners are chosen by their willingness to participate in the program and their ability to pay the non-profit, no-interest loan. The cost of HFHI houses ranges between $1,800 in developing countries and $42,500 in the United States.

Stock Investing For Dummy The Luther College affiliate of HFH has approximately 20 active members, led by president Jeremy Freeman ('01), who joined the organization as a freshman when he saw its booth at the SAC Activity Fair.

Stock Market Crash "I really enjoy helping others and building things with my hands, so HFH seemed like the ideal organization to join," said Freeman.

Stock Investing Tip This year, the LCHFH helped with the Winneshiek County HFH (WCHFH) Can Mountain Day fund-raiser and participated in the WCHFH blitz build, in which volunteers worked hard to build a house in just one weekend. This December, they held the first annual Shack-A-Thon, an awareness event in which LCHFH members spent a winter night in cardboard boxes.

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Online Stock Investing Erin Brown
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