Housing Development Alliance

32 students from Temple University in Philadelphia are helping us finish up the Summer. That's right. This is the last volunteer group of the Summer and I'll be honest, I'm ready. As much as I loved our volunteer groups this year, I'm ready to go back to college. So can you really blame me?

Temple is divided between 5 groups all over Perry County, but luckily they are all within half an hour of each other. There's a group down Lott's Creek who are replacing an old deck with a new one. It was there that I first discovered "yard darts." Have you ever heard of this? It's pretty cool, actually. There's another group in Typo that is also replacing a deck, accompanied by three of the sweetest dogs I've met. Two groups at the Airport are separated between raking rocks to make way for a lawn and framing a new house. Finally, the group in Defiance has been quickly insulating two of our new homes. From what I've gathered, the carpenters at every worksite have been impressed with their new workers. The kids seem to enjoy it too--I've got some great photos of smiling faces.

And let me just say, I'm super excited to have a volunteer group that entirely consists of college students. Not to disservice our former volunteers (who have been great), but it's wonderful to be able to talk to people my own age. This was the perfect volunteer group for me to end the Summer with, and I hope they feel the same about the week ahead.