Lopes Go Local, Fall 2026

By Ralph Freso

About 180 Grand Canyon University students on Saturday painted and completed landscape work at nine homes in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus as part of the semiannual Lopes Go Local in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Story

Student volunteers signal a Lopes Up before the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event on Saturday. Nov. 7, 2026
Spiritual Life Director Erik Nelsen welcomes student volunteers during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Habitat Chief Program Officer Maribel Saucedo Johnson addresses student volunteers before departing for their project assignments during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event on Saturday. Nov. 7, 2026
Nena Minkler (center) and her fellow student volunteers gather before the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Orange Star student volunteers walk to their project assignment on West Meadowbrook Avenue during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Habitat for Humanity team leaders give safety instructions to student volunteers during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Sophomore student volunteer Sophie Oakes paints a house during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Orange Stars student volunteers Marissa Meyers (left) and Alexia Fuerte paint the beams of a patio at a home during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Student volunteers shovel landscape rock into a wheelbarrow at a home during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Sophomore student volunteer Jayden Whitford paints a house during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Homeowners Jack and Judy Mason, with their dog Drummer, watch as student volunteers paint their house during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Senior Zane Quaintance paints a house on West Meadowbrook Avenue during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Sophomores Nathan Binkley (left) and Jake Thompson give a Lopes Up at their site project house during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
A group of student volunteers paint a house on West Meadowbrook Avenue during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
Orange Stars team member Ellie Brown paints a house during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026
GCU student volunteers with Habitat for Humanity site leaders and homeowners Jack and Judy Mason (center) after completing the work on their home during the Lopes Go Local Habitat for Humanity event. Nov. 7, 2026

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August 2026

Bible Verse

"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." (Isaiah 1:18)

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