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WKU Habitat for Humanity members traveling to Rhode Island

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  • Sunday, May 10th, 2026
WKU Habitat for Humanity members traveling to Rhode Island

Four members of the WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter will begin their summer break with a volunteer project in Westerly, Rhode Island.

The WKU group will be working on houses with South County Habitat for Humanity, where they will be helping with exterior siding and sealing up the exterior of a home there. 

WKU participants in the May 11-15 trip are Bryan Reaka, chapter advisor and faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Ella Ranson, a freshman Health Sciences major from Lexington; Rachael Beaudry, a freshman Biochemistry major from Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Gabrielle Dobson, a freshman Medical Laboratory Sciences major from Lexington. 

For more information about the affiliate in Rhode Island:

www.southcountyhabitat.org

More information about local Habitat for Humanity happenings in Warren County Kentucky may be found at: https://habitatbg.org/

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