All of the weekly volunteers left on Friday and Saturday, with the exception of 1, who left on Monday morning. We had 1 new weekly volunteer arrive on Sunday evening to work the 2nd week of the project. He lives in Raleigh, NC and is a retired...
We had 9 weekly volunteers and 4 leadership volunteers at the jobsite, and 2 cooks back at the camp. Our volunteers came from Ohio (DAO), Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Prior to our...
We had a great second week on the sites in Wynne, Arkansas. Our group of volunteers were eleven folks from Pennsylvania including three young couples along with the family from Ohio. On Miss Pat’s house we finished setting the trusses, installed...
Our team of eleven volunteers from northern Indiana arrived Sunday evening after a 13 hour drive through the night. They joined Project Director, Don Horst and his wife Rachel, from KS, who were there for the second week. Total number of...
Don and Rachel Horst arrived on Saturday from KS to serve as Project Director and Assistant Cook. On Sunday, Ethan Spicher from JZ Engineering in Harrisonburg, VA arrived, as well as, 9 volunteers from Delaware, including our Head Cook, Dottie...
Three of the year-long volunteers, Katie & Jonathon Snyder, IN and Adam Blough, NY joined us this week. David King, VA, construction supervisor; Tim Gerber, OH, head cook; Ruthi & Jim Gochnauer, NY, assistant cook & crew leader; Andy...
The week began with news of the impending hurricane Milton. Milton with its dire forecast would be descending upon the Port Charlotte area midweek. The entire volunteer team became increasingly concerned for the safety of all peoples in the...
It was a melancholy week as we finished two projects and began closing down the camp. There have been some unique challenges over the past 6 weeks including a hurricane, flooding, non-potable water, sporadic septic pumping, shortage of jobs, rain...
How many volunteers were at the project site this week? Where did they come from? There were 20 volunteers from Daviess County, Indiana and one volunteer from Tremont, Illinois. Describe briefly the work done and the accomplishments for...