Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking

Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking
Photo by Beth Newman

August 9, 2011

Mississippi State University and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity volunteers and officials broke ground Monday for the third annual Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity project. A service learning component of the university's Maroon Edition First-Year Reading Experience, this year's house will benefit a local working mother and her three children. Pictured are MSU assistant professor and student affairs program coordinator April Heiselt; members of the project partner family Jejuan, Kimberly, Jermeria and Damyia Riley; MSU President Mark Keenum; Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman; Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity President Allan Tucker; Habitat for Humanity board member Florence Henley; and Meggan Franks of MSU's Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement. Freddie Rasberry, executive director of Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity, looks on from behind. For more visit facebook.com/msstate.