{"id":83,"date":"2009-01-22T21:41:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T03:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2012-02-01T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T21:05:01","slug":"so-what-work-are-we-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/post-id\/83","title":{"rendered":"So&#8230; Are You Doing Any Work Down There?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Smiling Over Saw\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3462\/3230850418_6a9b9fa79a_z.jpg?zz=1\" rel=\"album-72157612992808195\" id=\"photo-3230850418\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3462\/3230850418_6a9b9fa79a_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Smiling Over Saw\" width=\"61\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> This is the &#8220;crunch&#8221; quarter for this affiliate. Each week one or more groups of new volunteers (many college students) will arrive for an action packed 5 days of construction. The affiliate anticipates that over 25 houses will be completed by early April.\u00a0 That&#8217;s 25 families moving into safe, simple homes from FEMA trailers, over-crowed relatives homes, or sub-standard apartments!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our work with Habitat here varies day to day. Most mornings, Dave, Terry and Sue head for a construction site. In the week that we have been here, they have worked on three different houses.<\/p>\n<p>Today the 3\u00a0 returned to the house they worked on last Wednesday. They were amazed to find that since then:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> the siding was done<\/li>\n<li>mechanicals\u00a0 completed<\/li>\n<li>drywall was up,\u00a0 walls\u00a0 painted &#8211; both inside and out<\/li>\n<li>the roof was shingled<\/li>\n<li>and by this Saturday, the interior trim will also be complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whew! It&#8217;s a fast construction schedule &#8211; in part due to the amount of volunteers and staff that are assigned to a house each day. The down side is that there can be times when the work stalls due to so many volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dave and Terry are putting their IT skills to work to do a complete assessment of the affiliate&#8217;s computing needs. The staff is thrilled to have such highly skilled geeks to advise them!<\/p>\n<p>Susi has been given 3 projects to work on at the office. Wendy, the Executive Director, is interested in having the Habitat affiliate take a leading role in &#8220;building green&#8221; and developing sustainable construction practices. &#8220;Since we have to rebuild 91% of this city &#8211; why not build it green?&#8221; Wendy stated. She asked me to put together a &#8220;Building Affordable Houses Green&#8221; workshop to be held in April. I&#8217;ve been chatting with various national presenters and hoping to get everything in place (including finding other volunteers to run it) before I leave.<\/p>\n<p>My second project is to research and promote the development of a ReStore at this affiliate. ReStores not only help a community recycle construction materials &#8211; they can be a significant funding source for Habitat affiliates. Since I started the one at the Columbus Habitat affiliate 14 years ago, this is more in my range of expertise!<\/p>\n<p>My 3rd project will be interviewing the homeowners prior to the beginning of their house construction. I&#8217;ll interview the families, write a story, take pictures and upload the photos, the story and video on the Habitat for Humanity Bay-Waveland website: https:\/\/www.habitatbaywaveland.org\/ I&#8217;m very excited to learn more about video and pod-casting!<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at some of Dave&#8217;s construction pictures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Screwing Sign Together\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3129\/3230008317_39caceeef4_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3129\/3230008317_39caceeef4_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Screwing Sign Together\" width=\"68\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Excited AmeriCorps NCCC's\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3470\/3230849054_e2ff7f588c_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3470\/3230849054_e2ff7f588c_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Excited AmeriCorps NCCC's\" width=\"100\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Chopsaw Spews Dust\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3096\/3230857598_183ca807be_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3096\/3230857598_183ca807be_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chopsaw Spews Dust\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the &#8220;crunch&#8221; quarter for this affiliate. 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