Ohio Northern University’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter will send 110 students on work trips for spring break March 1-7.

Instead of heading down south for a week on a beach with friends, these ONU students will build homes for families in need. The habitat work teams will travel to Sumter, S.C., Jackson, Miss., and Davidson, N.C., and partner with Habitat for Humanity affiliates to work on homes in the area.

The spring break work trips have been the chapter’s tradition for 25 years.

“A home is a foundation for a better life,” according to Laura Avino, ONU Habitat for Humanity’s Chapter president. Avino said the Habitat for Humanity teams will build homes for families in need along side the new homeowners.

ONU Habitat for Humanity’s Chapter seeks to eliminate substandard housing throughout Hardin County and in many locations in the U.S. by building decent, inexpensive adequate homes for families who need them.

The homes are not given away, but rather Habitat for Humanity provides these families an opportunity to volunteer and repay their mortgage over time.

The students typically work on one or more homes in the Hardin County area during the school year and send over 100 students to the three different locations during spring break.

Thirty students are bound for Sumter, S.C., another 50 students are heading to Jackson, Miss., and an additional 30 students will serve in Davidson, N.C.

ONU Habitat for Humanity is affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International.