Fourteen men and women from Pennsylvania came this week – a good mixture of adults and youth. They were skilled and energetic and got lots of good work done. They were big card players in the evenings and also spent time putting together puzzles...
Our eager crew of volunteers this week consisted of 6 young ladies and a husband and wife from Wisconsin, in addition to our long-termers. They got right to work on Monday morning, finishing up the flooring at Sherry Dotson’s house and signing...
We have an all-new staff of long-term volunteers and are so grateful for the overlap we had with the previous long-term staff. Kerry and Jo have good records to follow up on and the cooks left great supplies for the new cooks. We continue to work...
Lots of sanding and painting went on this week when we had an energetic group from Rosedale Bible College in Ohio. A roofing job was also done for a couple that attend Arcadia Mennonite Church. They had damage to their roof but did not have...
We had another very productive week. Eddie’s house is really showing progress and we signed on a second job at Chris’ house this week. At Eddie’s house Jim and Mark continued working on drywall finishing as they prepared the living room and...
Following a very wet, inside-the-RV, weekend, everyone was excited to get the week started! At the Grape Street home, work continued as volunteers installed the kitchen cabinets, painted trim, hung doors, installed smoke detectors, and did electrical...
This week we had 15 youth from the Denver, PA area, as well as two young ladies from New York. All together they were a power house of carpentry finishers, roofers, and painters. The roofers steamed through two of the extra jobs that would otherwise...
This week we were blessed to have three groups of volunteers join us. A group of 8 from Pennsylvania, 4 young women from Ontario, and a family of 8 from New York. It was great to see the three groups get to know each other and have fun working...
Why Shouldn’t We New Jersey is the home state of singer-songwriter, Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her father was an executive with Life magazine, and when he was transferred, Carpenter moved with the family to Japan and Washington D.C. She began her music...