Habitat “Rock’s the Block” in Albion

Press Release

April 22, 2024

Saturday, April 13, was not your ordinary “sleep-in day” for a large number of
volunteers who spread out over Northwest Albion. It was Battle Creek Area Habitat for
Humanity’s annual Rock the Block Day, where volunteers come together to clean up yards and
perform minor repairs on neighborhood homes. This year, a wheelchair ramp was built, a
couple steps were repaired, some painting was done on a porch, and many yards were spruced
up as leaves and branches were cleaned up.

Thanks goes out to the many volunteers from Albion College, Honor Credit Union,
Habitat Regulars, and Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. The church was so gracious to
allow Habitat to use its facility as a base for the day. “We just wanted to love on people and
help them with some projects,” stated Mike King, Executive Director for Habitat. Monika Rosas,
president of the Albion College Habitat chapter, was the mastermind behind the whole day. It
was her idea to give back to Albion where she has been attending school for the past few years.
Her desire was to see many of her college peers also contribute to the Albion community in
doing a project together.

Sponsors for the event included Honor Credit Union, The Foundry (who provided a
fabulous breakfast of pastries and fruit), Stirling Books and Brew, Kellogg Community College,
Albion College and Meijer.