The First Day of Work

Hey y’all, this is Susanne Plaisted and Elizabeth Noriega here.

Today was our first work day, and it was rather light. The whole group split into 3 different groups, after all starting off at the house site to see what was going on. The first group was comprised of only those members 16 and older, due to Habitat’s policy. This group was designated the “house” group, although due to the house already being 2 days behind schedule and running out of lumber, all that was accomplished 8 walls. The second group was the “can” group who was in charge of making the can houses for habitat donations. They accomplished 2 and a half houses plus the one original model can house. This astounded the habitat folks because they were only expecting four can houses for the week. All in all, these two groups completed more work than was expected, and now the habitat people are struggling to find work for the rest of the week so they released us early. The third group went to the Habitat resale store. There they met one of the future home owners, and also cleaned out a refrigerator. They also helped to load trucks for the store.