Habitat for Humanity Club Welcomes New Members

The first meeting of the Huntington High School chapter of Habitat for Humanity drew about 60 students to the School Heritage Museum. Faculty advisor and chapter founder Robert Gilmor III believes that figure could swell to 100 over the next few weeks.

The organization’s executive board consists of President Olivia Polinsky, Vice President Rylee Davis, Treasurer Charlotte Curtin and Secretary Jessica Maxiner.

Meetings are held every Monday afternoon in the School Heritage Museum-Room 140. Member dues are $25. New members are most welcome. The club’s Remind code is badfac4. Its Google Classroom code is mzgrvd2.

Interested in joining, but need more information? Seek out Mr. Gilmor (rgilmor@hufsd.edu) or Ms. Polinsky (oliviapolinsky@icloud.com).

“We have an ambitious goal to reach by the end of this year,” Ms. Polinksy said. “Our club has been working to raise $150,000 to build a Huntington Habitat for Humanity house and also hopefully have a Huntington resident move into our house. We want to be the first school on Long Island and possibly in the whole United States to raise this amount of money.”

No one should bet against the energetic group from realizing any of its goals. “This school year we are looking forward to going on several builds in Wyandanch,” Ms. Polinsky said. “A new build site just opened up and we all can’t wait to start building again!”

Although you have to be 16 or older to attend builds, Habitat for Humanity is a highly interactive and engaging club for every high school student.

“We will have a variety of activities for our new and returning members to enjoy,” Ms. Polinsky said. “This will include fundraising with our very popular Thanksgiving cheesecake fundraiser, preparing for our annual color run, our first field hockey tournament and much more. Our club is very influential in not just our community, but many others as well. This is what makes being a part of Habitat such a special experience.”

The club is planning another service trip in February, possibly to New Orleans or another destination hard hit by a natural disaster. “Attendance at meetings is crucial if you wish to attend the trip,” Ms. Polinsky stressed.