Housing Rehab

This ministry experience in Milwaukee engages many of the students’ “hands-on” sensibilities. We do housing rehabilitation through two different Milwaukee agencies, The Dominican Center for Women, as well as the Allied Churches Teaching Self-empowerment (A.C.T.S.).

Students work on a wide variety of projects: demolition (which they certainly enjoy!), hanging drywall and learning how to mud-tape, minor construction of porches or walls, painting and other construction tasks. Through this experience students also learn about the importance of home ownership for individual self-esteem, as well as neighborhood stability and growth.

"There are very few mission trips that I have actually been excited to go on, but working with tools has always been a love of mine. This, coupled with knowing how much difference I was truly making, gave me a reason to smile while we drove away." Logan Swanson (’08).

"When we went on the housing rehab, I was really excited about working, but when we got to the work site and had the objectives explained to us, I really began to realize the depth and importance of the project. We were told that home ownership in inner city neighborhoods encourages care for the neighborhood. I saw all the work we did and was glad that I could be a part of something that will change how inner city Milwaukee is today." Robert Draftz (’08).