Eleventh Weekend!

This Saturday was a spectacular Fall day. The only thing that could have made it better was if a couple of balloons from the Balloon Fest had flown overhead!

We had a wonderful group from North Warren High School that included students and teachers. Thanks to Mike Therio and his wife, Susan, for organizing the High School Seniors at North Warren. They did an awesome job. A group consisting of just students sheet rocked almost the entire back bedroom themselves, including the closet which is a very time consuming job.

From a hard labor point of view, several volunteers took on the back-breaking task of filling in the ditch in the front of the house. Many rocks and lots of tree roots made the job a true workout.

Another group of volunteers were given the task of building the shed. The directions that came with the shed were a little tough to follow - even for our experienced construction folks. But they persevered, and got most of the shed put together.

So for this upcoming, projects will consist of continued work on the sheet rocking, completion of the shed, some work on the front porch railing, and perhaps some work on the back entry/porch.

10th Weekend

Well folks, don't expect the typical creative and clever blog as Aaron is out of town this week and next! I will try my best to make this sound interesting....We had a chilly but sunny day yesterday to hang the sheetrock. The crew from Queensbury United Methodist Church and other enthusiastic volunteers worked very hard to get the sheetrock on the ceilings (never an easy job!). The materials were generously donated by Snyders Drywall in S. Glens Falls. The Drywall Center of So. Glens Falls donated the delivery of the drywall. And the much-needed lift was donated by Allerdice. A sincere thank you to Synders, Drywall Center, Allerdice and all of our volunteers in giving Rachel and MacKenzie smooth and even ceilings and walls!

Next week we will continue hanging the sheetrock along with finishing up miscellaneous projects (front railing, back steps, etc.). Looking forward to another fun Fall weekend!

9th Weekend

After taking some time off to enjoy the beautiful Labor Day Weekend, the Habitat crew was once again in action at 17 Medbury Rd.
The Saratoga Rugby Women had the pleasure of insulating Rachel and McKenzies new home.
The whole house was insulated and swept clean on the inside while Bill Tretiak of Tretiak Construction continued installing siding on the outside of the home.Bill should finish installing siding this week. Many thanks to Bill for his efforts.
Also we should point out that Community Plumbing and Heating of Stony Creek has roughed in most of the plumbing on the new home.We also appreciate their contribution to our project.
This coming Saturday we will start to install the sheetrock and continue with some misc. projects on the exterior. Hope to see another energetic crew and keep up the great work!!!
THANKS EVERYBODY!!!