Hard Times Stephen C. Foster is considered the “father of American music” with over 200 songs written and published during his 37 years of life. The 2005 Grammy winning album “Beautiful Dreamer” is a recording of Foster’s songs, by...
Our long-term team this week included Rollie Ulrich, Project Director from Indiana, Ryan Sprunger, Construction Supervisor from Indiana, Tina Miller, Cook from Indiana, Leo & Mim Martin, Crew Leader and Assistant Cook from Pennsylvania, Lester...
Greetings from Paradise, California. This week we had a small crew but we accomplished a lot. Our crew volunteers this week were 3 women from Pennsylvania. Long term volunteers are Don, Marvin, Nancy and Rose from Pennsylvania, John from Oregon...
This week we have six young men from near Reading, PA, and six (mostly) older men from Virginia/Maryland area. So it’s a good mix of old artisans teaching young farmers new skills. We had a momentary pause on Indira Francis’ house, waiting for...
On Sunday evening a group of 12 cousins arrived from Ohio to volunteer this week. They should be able to enjoy some warm, sunny weather while here in Texas! Monday morning found 9 volunteers at the new Habitat build. They were ready to put up the...
This week we have a lively group of six young girls from central Wisconsin. They brought two older couples with them, who have fun right along with them, as well as with the rest of us. Dave and Marian Mininger and Pauline Yoder also arrived over the...
We have had a very productive week here at Coastal Bend RV and are ending a little on the cool side for Texas. It was a cool 34 degrees yesterday with gale force winds making it feel like 25 degrees. We have a dedicated crew and everyone...
The work in Marianna continues with very cool mornings and warmer afternoons. We worked on four different jobs and ended the work week with a house blessing at Job #2. When Ray’s team left the Job #2 home on Wednesday, the living area was...
Our leadership volunteers this week were David Hughes as Project Director, Patti Hughes as Office Manager, and Ivan and Anna Mary Martin as cooks. The Martins are from Narvon, Pennsylvania. The weekly volunteers this week were from three...