Spring breakers build Habitat house

TAMPA - Hundreds of college students from around the nation are in the Bay Area on a mission to complete a single family home as quickly as possible.

"I'm giving up a spring break for the sun. So it was a good idea and we could have been anywhere else," Gavin Huling said.

Huling traveled 14 hours straight from Indiana to be here. He was one of several out of state college students who are apart of Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge Program.

"I decided to quick taking so much and maybe give back a little bit. Life is too short," Huling said. "I decided to make a difference."

As if volunteering wasn't enough, workers have to pay about $100 to be apart of the program. Not to mention, they have to pay for the trip to Tampa.

Dick Gage is overseeing the construction. He said building the house is easy, finding the money is another story.

"As long as we can have a house going up, volunteers are easy to come by. Our hardest thing is finding sponsors for the expenses of the construction cost," Gage told FOX 13.

Gage said that's one of many obstacles his staff faces everyday. But as long as the message is clear, the mission will get done.

"In our house that we are staying in says, random acts of kindness make the world go round," Huling said. "This is what I'm doing for my spring break."

Builders say the house should be complete sometime in the next three months.