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Meet the ECHabitat Team: Kevin Petterson

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Emmanuel chapter.

Meet ECHabitat for Humanity team member Kevin Petterson!

Class Year: 2018

Major: Developmental Psychology

Her Campus at Emmanuel: What made you choose to join EC Habitat?

Kevin Petterson: I wanted to make a difference in someone else’s life!

HCE: What are you most looking forward to on the spring break trip?

KP: I am looking forward to meeting many new people and getting to work on a house for a week.

HCE: What does it mean to you to know that you are making a difference in someone’s life?

KP: I am incredibly happy that I get to serve others, and it warms my heart to know that I am making another person’s life a little easier.

HCE: What is your favorite thing to do (or what you hope to do) on the build?

KP: Work with a hammer and power tools.

HCE: Favorite memory with EC Habitat?

KP: Paige hammering my thumb “by accident” while we were doing a build in Ipswich.

HCE: What is a mantra or quote that you live by?

KP: No worries!

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