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team of ten first- and second-year MBA students put their
supply chain management skills to the test on October 26,
2001, through an event organized by Net
Impact. The students traveled to Baltimore to serve as
volunteers for the Sandtown-Winchester Habitat for Humanity
project. This organization rehabilitates and builds houses
in partnership with homeowners, using mostly volunteer labor
and private funding, and then sells the completed homes at
cost to low-income families on a 20-year mortgage with no
interest charged. Payments go into a revolving fund, which
in turn helps to finance other homes in the community. One
hundred and sixty homes have been completed using this model.
One of the jobs that the students took in included spending
the afternoon hauling 77 sheets of drywall from the storage
facility to the jobsite of a row house under renovation. "Getting
them up to the second floor was the hardest part," according
to Bonnie Kornberg, president of Net Impact. Participants
included Bryan Joseph Custodio, Dan Feldman, Rehan Rizvi,
Victor and Gloria Beltran, Yongsuk Choi, Jeff Biedell, and
Mike Kupritz. Sau Thong Lee, who organized the event, expressed
appreciation to all those who volunteered and plans another
outing for the spring semester.
Net Impact is an international network of emerging business
leaders committed to using the power of business to create
a better world. Net
Impact at Smith serves as a hub for academic, career-oriented,
and community service activities related to developing a broader
perspective of leadership and entrepreneurship. Contact club
co-president, Suzanne Pardue, or co-president, Bonnie Kornberg,
for more information.
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