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Habitat Volunteers Continue Learning Outside the Classroom -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
Habitat Volunteers Continue Learning Outside the Classroom
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Volunteer Danita Shelton of Detroit, Michigan, an electrical worker in an auto factory, enjoys neighborhood children near the build site.
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By Heather Wilkinson
Veracruz volunteer Danita Shelton is no stranger to the Habitat for Humanity build site or to any build site for that matter. The electrician and member of Local 235 from Detroit, Mich., has been on a Global Village trip to Guayaquil, Ecuador, and has worked with the Habitat affiliate in Greensboro, N.C.
Danita first got involved with Habitat while she was studying electrical installation and maintenance. As part of her schooling she was required to participate in a Habitat build, so she worked with other volunteers to help the Greensboro, N.C., affiliate build four houses in eight days.
Danita credits her Habitat volunteer work with helping to give her the experience she needed to prepare for and land her current job. “Working with Habitat helped prepare me for the workforce and I wanted to do something to give back,” she says. “I wouldn’t have my current job if it hadn’t been for my experience with Habitat. I feel that it’s the least I can do.”
Danita plans to continue working with Habitat after the JCWP 2004. She will build with families in need at the JCWP 2005 in Michigan and hopes to lead a team of employees from her company on a Global Village trip as part of the company’s diversity training program. “The best way to learn about diversity is not sitting in a classroom,” she says. “The more you are able to learn about other cultures, the more accepting you are.”
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