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| Bill (in white) & others on the build site |
We spent the month of November as RV Care-A-Vanners in Fellsmere FL. Care-A-Vanners are RVers who volunteer with Habitat for Humanity building houses for the community. The
Care-A-Vanners get free or cheap RV hook-ups in exchange for working on the
build site.
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| Grace Meadows, a Habitat for Humanity community in Fellsmere FL |
Habitat built this entire neighborhood of over 50 homes, adding
5 new houses per year. Here are some of the completed homes.
We worked from 7:30am to 3:30pm 5 days a week and it was
hard work. Each day involved new tasks and so we contributed to various
projects in the construction process, with Barbara doing easier jobs. We worked
along side local volunteers, future homeowners, some Care-A-Vanners who arrived
later in the month, and a bilingual supervisor who amazingly juggled people
with wide ranging skills and all the aspects of running a building site.
Among other tasks, Barbara taped the windows and drew chalk
lines.
Bill built the major beam for the front porches on both houses and all the
supports. Wish we had a picture of the beams being installed by a fork lift.
It was fun to watch the transformation of the houses and we
were glad to have the opportunity to participate in this great organization.
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Early November: Just the frames of two houses right
after Bill & Ricardo installed the first porch beam.
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| End of November: Two houses with porches, trusses, plywood, safety rails, and some windows |
