Housing Development Alliance
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Week 2
Despite the rainy week, New Wilmington Presbyterian and First Presbyterian of Kissimmee accomplished a lot in the week that they were here. Pictures of their projects are posted on our Facebook.
This week, volunteers from St. Bartholomew's in Cincinnatti have returned to spend yet another summer with us. They volunteered with us two years ago and we are happy for their help again. With five groups spread all over Perry County (and one in Knott), it's hard to keep track of everyone's comings and goings. Rain on Monday and Tuesday diverted groups to different locations. Some were divided amongst two other worksites in Vicco, repairing a homeowner's roof as well as framing a brand new house right next door. Although at times chaotic, all the volunteers appear to have a positive mentality about the hard work. St. Bartholomew refuses to let poor weather get them down.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Hi, everyone! Summer has started but we've been pretty delayed in blogging about our volunteers! Our first groups, New Wilmington Presbyterian from Pennsylvania and First Presbyterian from Kissimmee, Florida arrived on Sunday. Kissimmee has volunteered with us before and we are happy to have them back. The week began with many diverse projects, but the weather hindered the development of most of them. As some of you may know, Eastern Kentucky (as well as many other states) was bombarded with violent storms. Lightning, thunder, and sheets of rain welcomed the groups just as they arrived at their worksites. All but one site, which consisted of in-door painting, were forced to return to the church/cottage. First Presbyterian of Hazard would like to thank the New Wilmington group for constructively using the "free time" by cleaning it up.
I was amazed at the positive morale of the two churches. Despite the poor weather, no one seemed disheartened or upset about the change of plans. They simply applied twice as much motivation and effort to the second day of work. All of our carpenters were pleasantly surprised at the amount of work each group accomplished yesterday.
We had better luck on Tuesday. New Wilmington was spread out all across Perry County. Two workgroups began ramp construction in Brownsfork and Couch Town. Another group painted the exterior of a home in Bonnyman. Two groups did roof repair in Vicco and Talcum. The last volunteers also went to Vicco for new home construction. First Presbyterian from Kissimmee had roofing and painting projects right here in Hazard.
The groups have decided to take today off but are eager and ready to get back to work tomorrow. There is supposed to be a chance of rain on Thursday so keep your fingers crossed that the volunteers will be able to keep up the good work!
-John Rasche.
P.S. I would like to apologize ahead of time if this blog entry does not reach Facebook until a few days from now. The transfer rate between Blogger and Facebook is occasionally slow.
P.S.S. Everybody at Housing Development Alliance would like to welcome our new Assistant, Leah Catherine Turner. We know she'll do a great job!
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