Our first week in March, with several new volunteers, was very productive! It is so much fun to see the transformation of Eddie’s house day by day. Unfortunately, the weather is very unpredictable as we’ve still had mostly cool, windy,...
This was the 1st week of MDS Leadership for J Loren Yoder Project Director), Henry Shellenberg (Construction Supervisor) Stu Landis (Crew Leader) Millie & Walt Kurtz (Head and Assistance Cooks) Wanda Yoder (Dessert and Bread maker extraordinaire...
The February project director, office manager and cooks returned home at the end of last week and a new crew of long-term volunteers arrived to oversee the work in Hurley, VA for the month of March. The seven of us, Verne, Joyce, Josie, Lauren, Dan,...
This past weekend we were happy to welcome our new long term team for the month of March. Steve and Gina joined us from PA as crew leader and long term volunteer, Stephanie, also from PA, joined us as Assistant Cook, and crew leader Hank arrived...
13 Volunteers from Diller Mennonite Congregation in Newville, PA came to Crisfield, MD the week of Feb 25 – March 2nd. This group of seasoned MDS Volunteers have served together yearly on MDS projects for the past 20 years. The Heath House&#...
Throughout another busy week, much progress has been made on our projects. At Grape Street, the team installed kitchen cabinets and countertops, completed electrical and plumbing work, completed trim painting and final work as well as other touch...
This report will conclude our second month at the project site. Attached is a photo of the volunteers for this past month. We are excited to see two homes nearing completion. The blue house on garage alley is a 3 bedroom/2 bath house for a couple...
We had another productive week at Eddie’s house! All interior wall painting was completed at Eddie’s this week. Todd and Bonnie painted the kitchen, Jim and Maureen painted the living room, Maureen primed bath #2 then Todd, Bonnie and Jim put...
We welcomed volunteers from several different areas of the country this weekend. Four volunteers arrived from Ohio and fifteen from PA. We look forward to another great work week! Jonathan Short from Ohio joined us for one week as a crew leader...