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Clemson Campus Chapter

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Clemson Campus Chapter

Building Tradition. Building Community. Building Homes.

For two weeks each fall, there’s a construction site on Bowman Field where student volunteers from across campus frame a Habitat house between classes. Every year, the members of the Clemson Campus Chapter fundraise and organize, calling on their community to donate materials and funds and then raise a house while others are raising their homecoming floats. This is the Homecoming Build, and in 2026, the Clemson Campus Chapter will lead the way as Clemson University builds the 34th Homecoming house.

It’s a real home with three bedrooms and two bathrooms designed to house a deserving family from our community, and it’s powered by the dedication of student volunteers.
 

The Clemson Campus Chapter


The Clemson Campus Chapter, part of Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, operates as a university club with its own student-led board of directors and works year-round to further the mission and vision of Habitat.

Members meet regularly to organize fundraising, plan the annual Homecoming Build, and promote conversations around affordable housing. Students are active volunteers on PCHFH construction sites and engage with the community through events like the Tiny House build hosted by the CSM department.

Chapter leadership is responsible for the work behind the scenes, including managing finances, planning events, and preparing for construction, which can include everything from completing takeoffs to scheduling deliveries.

As a campus chapter, their role goes beyond one build. They raise funds, recruit volunteers, and help connect the campus to Habitat's work in the community and around the globe through service, education, and outreach.

The Homecoming Build


Since 1993, the chapter has completed 33 homes across Clemson, Liberty, Pickens, and Easley, touching every corner of this community. At an average of three people per household, that's nearly 100 neighbors who have a safe, stable place to call home because Clemson students organized, fundraised, and showed up to swing a hammer.

Thirty-three homes. Enough to fill a subdivision, all built one Homecoming at a time.

Every completed home is moved to its permanent location and finished out alongside community volunteers and future Habitat homeowners, building connections and lifelong friends. At the home's dedication, the entire community is invited to celebrate as the family receives their keys. It is the moment the work becomes real, and one of the most meaningful events the chapter is part of each year.

The Homecoming Celebration


Each Homecoming Build closes with a celebration dinner where sponsors and donors are recognized for the role they played in making the home possible. Over BBQ and a live auction, the community comes together for an evening that puts faces to the mission. Students whose efforts during the year went above and beyond receive the annual impact awards, giving sponsors and donors a chance to meet the people their investment helped develop. It is a night that makes the work feel real.

Making the Build Possible


The Homecoming Build is student-led, but it doesn’t happen without support from sponsors and donors.

Materials, equipment, and construction costs are covered through community investment. Every wall raised on Bowman Field represents months of fundraising and partnership behind the scenes.

Students organize and lead the work, but donor support is what allows the house to move off the field and become a completed home in Pickens County.

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Donor Note

All funds raised through the Homecoming Build go directly toward that year’s house. If donations exceed the total cost, remaining funds are transferred to Pickens County Habitat for Humanity and used to build future homes for families in Pickens County, South Carolina.

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