Summer Student Profile
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Yousif Majid
When Yousif Majid isn’t reading books about physics, playing sports with friends or watching TV, he is at Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga, where he works as a summer student in the ReStore. “I help our customers, I talk to them, see what they need. I also help out…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Shan Grewal
Shan Grewal first heard about Habitat for Humanity at a school assembly about homelessness. A few years later, he started volunteering at the Brampton ReStore, lifting and assembling products on the floor. When he was searching for a job this summer, he “came across a posting from Habitat…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Roland Riches
Roland Riches cites his mom as his biggest inspiration in his life. “I’m a single parent kid, so growing up she was always there. She just taught me how to be a fighter. She’s everything to me. She always pushes me to be the best I can be,” he said.
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Ash Rao
Ash Rao credits her experiences in student government in grade eight with sparking her passion for marketing. “I’ve always loved to draw, and I was artistic as a kid, so I went into the advertising part. It was just posters. I was like, ‘I have to go into…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Brad Bruder
Brad Bruder’s first experience with Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga was through his organization, We Are One World. He and a group of friends partnered with Canadian organizations and charities to empower youth to take on leadership roles through volunteerism. After bringing youth to Habitat build sites, Brad became…
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Summer Student Profile: Ashley Curcic
Before this summer, Ashley Curcic had never been on a construction site. Now, as Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga’s Hospitality and Events Coordinator, she spends most of her days on the Bett-Knowlton site in Acton, overseeing Habitat’s Adopt-a-Days. “When teams come out, I’m the hospitality girl who oversees the…
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Summer Student Profile: Caitlyn Drexler
Caitlyn Drexler’s goal in life is to help others in the biggest way that she can—and this summer, she’s making steady progress towards that goal by working at Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga. As a Brand Ambassador, Caitlyn’s role includes recruiting, both online and in the community. She is…
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Summer Student Profile: Kyle Fritz
Milton Berle once said, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” And that is exactly what Kyle Fritz does at Habitat For Humanity Halton-Mississauga as the New Business Development Coordinator. He works hard each day to build opportunities for people living in poverty. Kyle is a man…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Ryan Gaynor
Ryan Gaynor is a summer student with a bright future; and not just because it’s summer. Ryan is everything you want in a videographer. And now we’re here to inspire you with this light, funny and blissful interview… Ryan goes to Ryerson. As funny as that is…