Past Shack-A-Thons on the Brickyard!

This week, you might come across some colorful, make-shift houses set up on the Brickyard. This is part of the annual Shack-A-Thon, where student groups are camping out to raise funds and awareness for Habitat for Humanity . As a charitable organization, Habitat for Humanity contributes to building homes for low income families, both in collecting money for the new houses and organizing events for volunteers to help build them.

This year, from September 19 to 23, students will stay on the Brickyard in plywood shacks they've constructed themselves, night and day, rain or shine, all towards fundraising for the NC State University Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. A visit there will show you eccentric and creative houses, some with raffles, bake sales, games, and events. Even if you cannot make the trip, please donate towards this great cause here .

We wish everyone the best of luck, so please enjoy these images of past Shack-A-Thons from the Special Collections Research Center's Edward T. Funkhouser Photographs Collection , and you can see for yourselves why it has become such a memorable tradition.

Again, please donate to this year's Shack-A-Thon . If you would like to learn more about the Special Collections Research Center and our digitized materials, please visit NCSU Libraries’ Rare and Unique Digital Collections , which provides access to thousands of images , video , audio recordings , and text materials documenting NC State history and other topics.