Address and family

Washington Area Habitat for Humanity's 16th home will be built for Isabel Tapia and her 3 children, Elizabeth, Bella and Joseph. The address is 1641 Highland Avenue- which is clear in the northeast part of Washington, Iowa. If you find 6th Ave north, go to the north end and the lot is the second from the corner. The rains have delayed digging (again), but soon there will be alot of activity going on there. We are blessed to have Pastor Jim Cluney as our site supervisor again this year. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old to be at the site. All volunteers must sign a liability waiver before they begin (one time for the whole build), and must always sign in and out so that we can keep track of your volunteer hours. We also need people who are willing to bring over meals, snacks or Gatorade-type drinks. You can let me know through this site what you are interested in doing. I will try to post the times that volunteers can be at the site (volunteers can ONLY be there when a site supervisor is present). If you have questions, comments, etc, you can also call me at 319-653-6945.
Lynette Sievers
Volunteer coordinator

Starting on the basement

It was announced at last night's Board meeting that digging will begin this Friday or next Monday for the basement for our next home on the North end of town. The Care-a-vanners will be coming to help with our build July 6-18. We will need volunteers to help with general building during those two weeks, plus we need volunteers to provide meals and snacks during those two weeks. I will be putting out pleas for help in the area papers and church newsletters, and interested people can also respond via this blog site.

Intoduction

Washington Area Habitat for Humanity is gearing up to begin building its 16th home this summer. We hope to use this blog site to make it easier for volunteers to check in and see when we are working and what type of work is going on. We not only need building volunteers, but also people willing to make meals and snacks to take to the site. This is the first time that Washington Area Habitat for Humanity has used the internet to help us organize volunteers. We are anxious to see how it works! Please give us your feedback!
Lynette Sievers, volunteer coordinator