I felt bad for the people in the group that weren't able to
make it to the day of caring. It cooler than previous years for a couple
reasons:
We learned some neat stuff about Habitat for Humanity. The
people moving into the houses pay $100,000 for the house, and need to put
200-hours volunteer time into Habitat for Humanity work as well. Once they put
something like 80-hours of volunteer time in, they can pick which of the houses
they want.
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The Equipment |
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Most of my day was spent driving this around and digging out the foundations for new houses. Don't worry, I got several minutes of instruction before I got to work |
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Kevin Names his Hard Hat |
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They had all of us put our names on our hard hats. I put "Jimmy" on mine, but changed it to my real name after they explained that your real name is critical if they need to get your attention |
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Daniela, Marla, and Kevin |
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Part of the crew hanging out waiting to get started |
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Americorps |
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This is Lauren, one of our Americorps guides |
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Jeff & the 10 Commandments |
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Here's Jeff by the 10 Commandments of Safety |
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I'm with Stupid |
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Michele also modified her helmet name. Hedge is behind her, and unfortunately I never got to implement my plan to entertain myself by asking him to repeat Geico Gecko phrases |
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Honda-San |
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Takue Honda enjoying the safety lecture with Daniela |
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Andi |
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Unfortunately there was no "Marketing" project, but Andi did end up doing the most creative task we had, painting |
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The Safety Lecture |
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An Americorps team member (in the red helmets) giving the safety lecture. Kristina in the green helmet is with Habitat, and the woman in the white helmet is the future owner of one of the houses we're working on |
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Luchtime |
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Marla, Daniela, Jeff, and Kevin chatting over lunch |
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Lunchtime 2 |
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Trish, Takue, Andi, and Reggie having lunch |
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Christi |
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Here's Christi at lunch. We went out and got our own hard hats the night before (I didn't want a used helmet |
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Cutting the Siding |
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Christi holding down the siding while Marla cuts it, and Amanda their Americorps guide overseeing. I was hoping Amanda's last name was Hugankiss, but it wasn't |
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Overhead work is brutal |
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Kevin doing some overhead nailing. Much harder than it looks! |
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Successful Siding |
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Christi, Marla, and Amanda after placing a piece of siding |
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Hydrating |
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Trish keeping hydrated |
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Showing great skill |
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Reggie in action with a skill saw |
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More Cutting |
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Daniela holding a board while her Americorps guide cuts it |
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Supporting Reggie |
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Takue, and Jeff holding the board while Reggie cuts it |
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Andi with Pudding! |
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Unbeknownst to us Andi's job consisted entirely of making and eating pudding! Okay, it was really painting, but it looks like pudding. |
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Andi's Handiwork |
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Here's Andi in front of the house she's painting, with the future homeowner behind her |
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Is it level? |
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Christi, Kristina (Habitat), Amanda (Americorps), and Marla (hidden in the back), evaluating the siding |
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On
Friday October 12th we did our Day of Caring volunteer work at a Habitat for
Humanity site. 
