Habitat for Humanity Service Project

Construction Workers 

for the Day

Five hearty Rotarians reported for duty in Liberty City at punctually at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.  The workers for a day were President Elect Walter Alvarez (who organizes our projects with Habitat), Sally B., Ana Fournaris, Frank Sexton and Steven Spann.

We were met by a group of women who chased us away from their house - one that was built entirely by women, for a woman and her daughter.  They fed us but wanted no part of us on their house.

We were assigned to Marti, one of the regular crew bosses for Habitat for Humanity.  He's from Costa Rica originally and he's worked for Habitat for three years now.  He loves his work (at which he is very competent!) and enjoys working with amateurs like us.  Probably because we work harder than professionals to make up for our lack of skill and knowledge.  But it didn't matter because he was a great teacher.

The project for the day was to install the drywall in a house that belonged to a couple, the Collons, who were contributing their own sweat equity right alongside the Rotary volunteers.

The ladies from the Women's house had snacks for everyone for break time and brought lunch for the entire volunteer contingent working at three houses on Saturday.

Marti kept us a little late because he really wanted to get the ceilings finished.  And finish them we did!  You can be sure that the drywall will never come down .... volunteers always use too many nails!

It was FUN for all concerned and beneficial for the future owners of this sweet little home.  If you've never participated in a Habitat project you should try it sometime.  It's great fellowship and a very satisfying day of manual labor with measurable results!

Scene Scenes

Just setting up

Hmmm, looks easy enuf!

Ana discussing the project
with Maureen of Habitat.