The Work: Part I

Job: Mucking out a flooded basement
Workers: Keith, Charlotte, Patty, Kayla, Diana, Andy, Tucker
Task: This dedicated team spent Monday and part of Tuesday mucking out the basement of a “painted lady” house that was submerged in 35 feet of water during the flood. They were sweating through tyvek suits and breathing through masks in order to clear the room of ruined valuables and antiques. A city councilman owned the house and he was extremely grateful to have some of his belongings salvaged!


Note: Notice the water line on the door frame...





Job: Rebuilding a fence
Workers: Jim, Kevin, David, Susanna, Hayley (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) + Andy, Henry, and Brittany (Thursday)
Task: "Team awesome" spent Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday tearing down and rebuilding a backyard fence. Everyone took part in the destruction and rebuilding process. Susanna and David became naturals with the screw gun and Kevin and Jim had way too much fun with the circular saw. Andy, Henry, and Britt dug holes for the posts. Hayley took time to bond with the homeowner Phyllis! She had a pet baby raccoon that she was nursing back to health and it was neat to see “Rocky” follow her around!









Job: Roofing a Church
Workers: Eb, Jaime, Ellen, Ben, Emily, Hayley, Brad, Tucker, James, Brittany, Susanna, Jim, Pat, Keith, Kevin, Katie, Juliah, Diana, Andy, David
Task: The Calvin Sinclair Presbyterian Church is the local church that is donating much of our home church's supplies for the workers (a.k.a DELICIOUS snack bags, water bottles, paper goods, etc...). We couldn't be here without them! That is why Eb is leading a team of dedicated workers to re-roof part of their church (it was in bad need of it)! The task was tremendous, necessitating three work crews to go over Tuesday and take shifts ripping off the old roof and beginning the process of re-shingling. It has been inspiring to see everyone come together and finish this roof (it was finished on Thursday!)









Job: Painting (Marie's House on C Street)
Workers: Linda, Marylou, Sallie, Tucker (Monday) , Henry & Kayla (Tuesday)
Task: Prep and paint the front of Marie's house on C Street. Marie's husband had passed away just after the flood. The house front had never been painted. The wood siding was mildewed and stained with mold. We had to scrape, sand, caulk, fill and fix holes and damage, and tape up the porch before priming the first day. The second day, we painted carefully matching existing paneling. We improvised and found ways to get to the higher edges by taping a paint brush to an extension pole. Our cheerful crew worked hard and the result was beautiful. Marie was very pleased.






Job: Dry Wall (Deanna's House)
Workers: Pat, Brittany, Katie, Henry, Juliah, James, Keith, Emily, Diana, Brad
Task: The basement and two feet of Deanna's first floor was submerged in water during the flood. In order to help her, our task was to put up new dry wall and tear down a ruined kitchen ceiling. Deanna is an admissions counselor at the local community college and she presently lives with her mother in a FEMA community. She cannot wait to move back into her home and we were honored to help her move a step in that direction.