Shack-a-Thon, the University’s annual fundraiser event is planning to go ahead with its larger goal this year, while also dealing with the Brickyard Bubble.

Event organizers and participants are expecting as much as a $6,000 increase, regardless of the traditional location’s obstacle.

The event raised nearly $19,000 last year, but expects to achieve $25,000 this year, according to Amber Johnson, the publicity chair of the University’s Habitat for Humanity International chapter and a junior in medical textiles.

“It has impacted us,” Johnson said. “But we’re not letting it stop us.”

Johnson said the economy affected last year’s outcome, but she maintains the event should continue to grow.

“We went down a little bit last year,” Johnson said. “Economy-wise we think we did really well.”

“If not $25,000, then we can definitely go beyond what we did in the previous year,” Johnson said.

According to Johnson, the shacks will be in groups of three or four around the bubble.

“The Brickyard Bubble was definitely a surprise, but we were well prepared,” Johnson said.

“The only major altercation with having the bubble there would be the positioning of the shacks,” Johnson said. “This year the shacks will be dispersed around the bubble and still very visible and convenient for the students.”

The week-long event will start on Sept. 19 and culminate with Whack-a-Shack, an event dedicated to dismantling the shacks, on Sept. 25.

“I don’t think it’s going to decrease the involvement student-body-wise,” Johnson said.

Lydia Joslin, junior in psychology, has participated in Shack-a-Thon for the last two years, and says it’s a nice way to bring people together.

“Shack-a-Thon is the only time when I see everyone at N.C. State come together, it’s great,” said Joslin.

Shack-a-Thon began with a single shack in 1991 and has continued every year since.

During Shack-a-Thon, Habitat for Humanity and other student organizations take over the Brickyard by building shacks that students live, sleep and study in for an entire week. Each group raises money by collecting from people walking through the brickyard.

According to HHI’s website, the organization’s initial goal is to eliminate poverty. The organization is also involved in other initiatives on campus including tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday at the Boys and Girls Club, building homes at a worksite on Saturdays, and participating on alternative fall and spring service break trips.