Locust Valley High School students helped a family in Riverhead construct their dream home in May and June as part of the Habitat for Humanity Student Build program.
The Student Build program gives students a hands-on opportunity to serve communities through fundraising events and building with a construction team on a worksite. During the build events in May and June, students and adviser Bidania Criscuolo met with the homeowner and prepared new flooring, tiled and grouted the bathroom, measured and installed panels and window casings, put down topsoil and leveled and seeded the lawn. It was a day full of hard, but rewarding work that was greatly appreciated by the homeowner.
Locust Valley students held a fundraiser during the school’s International Night in late March to donate funds for this build and a future build, as well.