Campus Ministry Sponsors Sandy Relief Projects

James Edward Bates

Angel Lewis stands in front of the new home being built by volunteers during Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in the Forest Heights subdivision in Gulfport, Mississippi, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (James Edward Bates/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)

By HARRY HUGGINS
January 23, 2013

Angel Lewis stands in front of the new home being built by volunteers during Habitat for Humanity's Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in the Forest Heights subdivision in Gulfport, Mississippi, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (James Edward Bates/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
Angel Lewis stands in front of the new home being built by volunteers during Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in the Forest Heights subdivision in Gulfport, Mississippi, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (James Edward Bates/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)

Fordham’s Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice (DDCSJ) has organized a series of trips to the Rockaways to help clean up after Hurricane Sandy. DDCSJ announced in a campus-wide email that interested students will be working with Habitat for Humanity on selected Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. assisting families sort through damaged goods and gutting damaged homes. According to the announcement, the upcoming dates are:

  • Jan. 26, 2013
  • Feb. 9, 2013
  • Feb. 23, 2013 (for Fordham College at Lincoln Center students only)
  • March 9, 2013
  • March 23, 2013 (Sponsored by the Gabelli School of Business)
  • April 6, 2013
  • April 20, 2013

Students may sign up at this link or contact 718-817-4510, [email protected], or visit the Dorothy Day Center at Lincoln Center in SL-18A.