We
like volunteering at Indian River Habitat for Humanity in Vero Beach, Florida
for two reasons – it’s near Barbara’s dad and Bill can work on a build site
while Barbara works in the ReStore. This is our third season with this Habitat
affiliate. You can check out our first year and second year posts.
Bill
works at a build site in the town of Fellsmere.
Habitat acquired this parcel of land to create a development with over 60 homes.
Each year they build a number of houses and they expect completion next year.
One
of the cool things is to see the transformation.
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Two
years ago (the 3rd house is just a slab with a tool shed)
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Another
thing we like about this affiliate is that the Site Supervisor, Ricardo, cares
about quality. If something is done poorly, he fixes it. The porch posts line
up all the way down the street. Ricardo, like most Habitat supervisors, is very
good at getting volunteers to do significant work even if they don’t have prior
construction experience.
You
meet lots of people. Here Bill confers with Mike, a retired electrician from New Jersey who now helps
supervise.
Richard
(age 92) has volunteered for decades and is still making a significant
contribution.
And
we have to mention Rex and Susan. We don’t have a picture of them, but they
totally renovated a house needing repair. Here’s a picture of the renovated
home. Looks like new!
The
building process includes two ceremonies – the wall raising marking the
beginning of construction and the commissioning which hands over the house keys.
We watched this wall raising last weekend.
It’s
great to be a part of a crew that gives back to the community.
