A day before the big game against the Volunteers, students can participate in two Tennessee car bashings that will benefit Habitat for Humanity.

The University’s Habitat for Humanity and Phi Delta Theta fraternity both are scheduled to hold car demolitions before the game. The two groups began to work together once they found out they had similar destructive plans.

Both organizations are using orange cars to capitalize on gameday spirit.

"It’ll be fun for students to interact in this way É to get out all their school frustrations," said Stephen Hayes, president of Phi Delta Theta.

Phi Delta Theta’s car will be at its house on South Lumpkin Street from 12 to 4 p.m. today.

Habitat’s car will be at Memorial Hall Plaza, near the Uga statue, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For both fund-raisers, $1 will buy two strikes at the car with a sledgehammer.

The first $100 from Phi Delta Theta’s Tennessee Car Bash will be donated to the American Red Cross Blood Drive, Oct. 10.

The remainder of the money will go toward the University chapter’s Habitat for Humanity spring house.

"Fifty percent of our brothers are Habitat members. We wanted to help out with the spring house," said Jimmy Hammill, the fraternity’s philanthropy chair.

Each spring, the University’s Habitat chapter works on a house, which costs $42,000 to build.

Habitat for Humanity partners with deserving families and helps them build affordable, decent housing, said University Habitat for Humanity President Laquesha Sanders.

"The houses are not a handout. People pay back the loan with a 30-year mortgage," she said.

There are more ways than the car bash for students to get involved with Habitat. The chapter works on small projects rehabilitating homes, raising awareness on campus and fund-raising throughout the year.

Students also can get involved with the Athens’ chapter, which works on houses year-round.

"I think people should come bash the car for three reasons," Sanders said.

"First, to support Habitat. Second, to get in the spirit for the Tennessee game and, third, people can relieve mid-term stress by taking that sledgehammer."