HabitatGreensboro

The weather here is calling for snow and many of us are starting to feel like this winter weather is following us around. It's pretty cold here! There's a campfire going at the work site and plenty of hot coffee. The houses passed the nailing and strap inspection this morning so the group is getting ready to put the house wrap on and to install the windows. Things are really starting to take shape. We found out this morning that the houses are scheduled to be done by March 31st, and hopefully this week will have them well on the way to being finished in time. It's hard to believe that they could be done that soon considering you could see sky instead of ceiling two days ago. Right now there are about 4 different colors ... read more

A group of 16 departed from Greensboro yesterday morning and arrived last night in Slidell, LA. The group this year is comprised of several Habitat staff, Grace Methodist church members, and 5 AmeriCorps members. The trip is scheduled to last through this week, which is also the last week before Fat Tuesday! In addition, the night we arrived was the night that the Saints won their first Super Bowl- an exciting night to be in Louisiana! For the first work day today, our group was working on some framing, including finishing the the sheeting the trusses on the two houses. Lots of straps and hurricane clips were installed, as well as nails every 4 inches all over the house! The group also managed to felt one of the houses, and started work on the second towards ... read more