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A Collegiate Challenge trip may be the best school break trip you will ever have. What other program gives you and your friends an opportunity to travel to the state of your choice and spend a week rebuilding homes in one of America’s most cherished cities? You'll have the chance to learn carpentry skills and make a real difference in eliminating substandard housing.
Collegiate Challenge is a nationwide program run by Habitat for Humanity International. By choosing to work in New Orleans, you will be working with the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity affiliate.
If you are looking for a way to represent your College in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast and:
Please join our Collegiate Challenge Program!
Step 2: Reserve your spot and complete the registration process with Habitat for Humanity International. Your work dates will fall within one construction week (Tuesday-Saturday). Your group is welcome to volunteer for more than one week!
Weeks we welcome you to work with us this Spring:
Step 3: Once you are confirmed by Habitat for Humanity International, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity will contact you with details about volunteering with us.
Step 4: Complete the Intitial Contact Information Form and return it to New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity.
Step 5: Please submit your payment 10 business days prior to your arrival date. If we do not receive your payment, you will not be admitted to Camp Hope or allowed on our construction sites.
Step 6: New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity will reserve your lodging at our Camp Hope. Please visit the Camp Hope page to plan what to bring with you .
Step 7: Orientation will be given at 7:00pm on Monday before your first work date. We recommend arriving at Camp Hope on Sunday evening or Monday in the early afternoon (at the latest). In order to prepare for the next group of student volunteers, we ask that you depart Saturday evening (at the latest).
Step 8: Your group will need to organize your own transportation to and from the airport and to and from the work site. Camp Hope will provide you with three meals a day. Breakfast is 6:00am-7:30pm and dinner is 5:30pm-7:00pm. At breakfast, items will be available to make your own bag lunches to bring with you to the work site. You are not required to eat all of your meals at Camp Hope. If you decide to eat out for dinner, please inform the front desk the day of so that they can plan accordingly.
Step 9: Our construction sites start work at 7:30am and finish at 3:00pm . After your work day, your group is free to explore the city or work with other organizations. Please remember to get a full night’s rest so that you have a safe and rewarding construction experience on the next day. As a reminder, the curfew at Camp Hope is 12:00am Monday-Thursday and 2:00am Friday-Sunday.
Step 10: Return home and tell your fellow students, friends, and family about your experience! If you would like to return to volutneer with us again, please visit our Volunteer page.
Step 1: Visit Habitat for Humanity International's Collegiate Challenge website about the program and the $150/person fee.
April 15 - April 19
April 22 - April 26
April 29 - May 3
May 6 - May 10
May 13 - 17
May 20 - 23
May 27 - 31
For more information about the Collegiate Challenge program, please contact:
Ashley Kuzar
1-800-Habitat ext.7550
akuzar@habitat.org
Stephanie Paylor
1-800-Habitat ext.7553
spaylor@habitat.org
If you have been confirmed for Collegiate Challenge, please contact:
Brianna Hardy (briannah@habitat-nola.org) or Mea Aloha Shimizu (meas@habitat-nola.org) at (504) 861-4121.
