Caitlin Cusack Builds Habitat Homes in New York Over Spring Break

2010 Feb 18

Caitlin Cusack of Woodbury Heights, N.J., a freshman early childhood and special education major at Lebanon Valley College (LVC), Annville, Pa., is spending spring break during the first week of March working with needy families in New Rochelle, N.Y., to build decent, affordable housing for Habitat for Humanity of Westchester. Some 30 other LVC students are also working on the project.

Lebanon Valley College, a liberal arts and pre-professional collegeof 1,600 undergraduates automatically offers scholarships to students who graduate in the top 30 percent of their high school class, up to half the cost of tuition. LVC offers a four-year graduation guarantee and a four-year housing guarantee. The College is ranked number two in the North in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category among "Best Baccalaureate Colleges" in U.S. News & World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges. An outstanding faculty oversees 35 majors, and students can choose from over 60 clubs and organizations and 12 study-abroad programs.