The class of 2007 raised $51,500 last semester for FrogHouse, a Habitat home, and students, alumni and other volunteers begin building the largest Habitat home model with five bedrooms Jan. 26.

“Students chose the Habitat for Humanity project because it reflects the TCU mission statement and junior year emphasis on 'responsible citizens'," said Matt Owens, student fund-raising director. "The class also wanted to make a contribution to the supportive Fort Worth community."

During the next six weeks, volunteers from TCU and Habitat for Humanity will work more than 140 hours to build the house, which will have 1,546 square feet of living space, says Sumer Jordan, TCU Transitions coordinator of student development services and a FrogHouse adviser.

The new home is 2.8 miles from campus at Berry Street and Interstate 35. The family of eight will move in when it is finished March 4 and are looking forward to helping with construction and having a back yard where the children can play, the future homeowner said. Currently the family, political refugees from Africa live in a cramped, three-bedroom apartment in Fort Worth.

TCU volunteers will work four-hour shifts on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The frame will be completed Feb. 2, and will include beams with signatures of those who donated money or helped build the house, Jordan said.

For more information about FrogHouse, visit www.sds.tcu.edu To volunteer, send an e-mail to Froghouse@tcu.edu.

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