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Habitat Workgroup sets record

A group of Sun employees from the Broomfield campus took the day off on Wednesday (April 18th) to help out with construction on a couple houses being built by Habitat for Humanity in Longmont, Colorado. Jeff Cheeney was the one who coordinated the sign-up (and the all important passing out of t-shirts!). He and Brad Keiser were team supervisors and in charge of cracking the whip to keep everyone going. Sun showed up with 19 workers, American Family had a good sized group as well as some smaller groups from other local business. The Wednesday 'irregulars' were there as well for a total of 47 people onsite which we were told (by Carey McClure Project Director) was a Wednesday record for the St. Vrain Valley chapter.

The location was Carriage Drive which is just east of Highway 287 and just north of Pike Road in Longmont. There are currently 4 houses in various stages of completion (from a hole in the ground to touch up paint and trim being applied) so there were a wide variety of projects going on.

I saw some familiar faces including Lisa Week, Diana Wadding, and Brad Keiser so UBRM-05 was well represented. I got involved in setting a stairway, installing truss baffles, building a ramp, firring out window openings, running a pickaxe & wheelbarrow (something I'm licensed to do, btw), and wrapping one of the houses in Tyvek. I know some of the other folks were busy trimming doors, patching drywall, installing baseboard and various other odd jobs necessary when building a house.

I was impressed by Dan (the site foreman) and his ability to keep all the balls in the air and everyone busy. All in all it was a satisfying day and I plan on participating again because it gets me off my (ever widening) posterior and helps me appreciate my own blessings. I would encourage everyone to give it a try.

Posted at 08:29AM Apr 20, 2007 by hinkthink in General  |