Project Director and Office Manager, Don and Rachel Horst arriving from KS on Oct. 14th to open the Amory site and were joined by Construction Supervisor, David King driving in from VA. Mid-week, our Head Cook, Tim Gerber arriving from OH. Darin...
We are into the 3rd week of the NC ERT Project here in Fairview, NC. Our scope of work is to help with the urgent needs of residents affected by Hurrican Helene have trees on, or hanging over their roofs, driveways, animal fences, etc. The...
Monday morning we started working on Cynthia McAllister’s home. She had just purchased the home 3 years ago and had no idea she was living in a flood area. She did not have flood insurance and had spent all she had to purchase the home. This left...
We were joined by Fred Hershey, Huntsville AL, for three days and Heidi Martin, PA, for the week. Fred focused on building five bunk rooms in the Fellowship Hall. Heidi focused on the shower trailer which now is sparkling clean. Once again, the focus...
The team welcomed our new Project Director Don as well as head cook and assistant cook Val and Lynn. The team also welcomed the first groups of weekly volunteers. Orientation, however, was lengthy due to the newly required paperwork adding 45...
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...
David and Connie Goertzen arrived to serve as cooks this last week. Richard and Marjorie Heatwole headed back to Virginia. We were also delighted to have Jack Tillotson’s wife, Anna, join us as assistant cook. The year-long volunteers completed the...
Sunday evening, three delightful ladies from Manitoba as well as a hard-working young gentleman from Minnesota, joined our team. Including our six year-long volunteers and long-termers, we have a total of 18 volunteers this week. Work is progressing...
The end of last week, we welcomed six year-long volunteers: Jonathan & Katie Snyder from Indiana, Adam Blough from New York, Maik Hinz from Germany, Lucinda Shirk from New York and Mary Joyce Wise from New York. These young people are committed...