Marie Szilard
  • Physical Therapy
  • Class of 2020
  • Rochester Hills, MI

Marie Szilard Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity During Lebanon Valley College's Spring Break

2015 Feb 19

Marie Szilard of Rochester Hills, Mich., will work with 19 other Lebanon Valley College students and staff to help families obtain simple, decent, and affordable housing during spring break by working with Habitat for Humanity in Raleigh, N.C. Szilard, a graduate of Rochester Adams High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in health science at The Valley. Szilard's participation is part of Habitat's national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge.

In past years, LVC has sent groups of students and staff to New York, Kentucky, New Jersey, and most recently West Virginia to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. The College also coordinates domestic service trips with Camp Hill-based Lend a Hand and the Center for Student Mission.

Thanks to the President's Innovation Fund, the College has begun sponsoring international service trips to locations such as Peru and Puerto Rico, allowing students the opportunity to help others around the world.

Since Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976, it has helped build or repair more than 800,000 houses and served more than four million people around the world. For the past 22 years, more than 182,000 students have spent their school breaks volunteering across the country through this Habitat for Humanity program.