House Dedication and pictures

On Saturday November 20th, our Womens Build was dedicated to the Heather Roberts family. A small crowd with a big heart was present to see a house be turned into a home. Members of the affiliate, volunteers, family, neighbors, and more were a part of Heather's big day.

I am lucky to say that I was able to present a Bible to Heather, to symbolize the Faith it takes to build a home, the faith of the Roberts family in believing that time and effort would lead to an new home, the volunteers' faith in the mission of Habitat for Humanity and the faith that guided all of us to be there that day.

A number of other things were presented including a home repair booklet, quilts for each member of the family, extra tools, artwork to hang on the walls, a certificate for sweat equity, laundry detergent (a washer and dryer were donated), and more. The most important, however, before cutting the ribbon, was the key to the home. It was such an exciting day.

It continued with more joy as a few Habitat members, our Board President and extra volunteers distributed 20 turkey dinners donated by Central Pennsylvania Foodbank to Habitat partner families so that they may have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.

After just one month of being in this position I was able to see a groundbreaking, but then to be a part of a dedication - wow! Its just so cool to see so much volunteered work given to a family in need so that they can finally have their own home.

It's simply amazing.







Here are some pictures from the day plus some extras from my first few months as an AmeriCorp VISTA.