Our group this week came from Hartville, Ohio, a mature group of men who were willing to work hard and complete the job. This is the week we’re closing the project for the spring season, so we were trying to leave nothing undone. Unlike last week,...
We had a group of young men who came from the Shiloh Ohio area. They all knew how to use the skidsteer and backhoe, so they took turns playing in the dirt! We had some very cool weather this week, in fact freezing temperatures, and rain, so the site...
The leadership group was transitioning this week with a new cook, project director and office manager coming in. There was a little excitement as flights were delayed and connections missed, so the crew had to cook their own breakfast and went...
The new leadership team took over this week, led by Project Director Doug Brake and supported by Kent Hering Office Manager, Head Cook Gabby Bomberger and Crew Leader Mike Hofer. Our team of weekly volunteers consisted of 5 men and 3 women who came...
This weekend, long term volunteers Brenten and Caleb joined us. They served in Asheville for three weeks in February and wanted to spend a week doing some bridge building so they will spend their last week of volunteering here in Bat Cave. Then on...
On Sunday evening eight men from PA joined us to continue the bridge building work here in North Carolina. Early in the week several men finished the gravel driveway and did the final grade at the Cordova bridge, along with seeding the grass there...
Our second week at the Bridges project was off to a good start as we welcomed six new short term volunteers. Four men from Ohio joined us, as well as a couple from Virginia. The five men will work on bridges and Lori and I will work together to...
The four of us who arrived to serve for a month here building bridges arrived just before a big snow was predicted. We all come from Ohio, so we should be used to snow! We made the move to our accommodations on Friday and spent most of Saturday...
We had a total of 13 volunteers during this week 1/19 – 1/23; 8 Weekly, 1 Long Term, 2 Crew Leaders, and 2 Leadership volunteers, to work on the Mauldin Bridge in Weaverville, and the Briar Hollow Bridge in Fletcher. Our volunteers were from Canada...
