Tuesday, March 03, 2009

It's in the Driveway

At Habitat for Humanity for Kanawha and Putnam County, we have usually poured the driveways towards the end of a build. Starting with Elsie McClendon’s house on Hanna Drive, we are going to pour the driveway in the earliest stages of the build. We will also be landscaping and working on the lot.

In the past we have left this work towards the end of the build. Afterwards, it is very hard to get volunteers to “go back” and do these outdoor tasks. Although, in our defense, the last few months, it has been impossible to do any landscaping. Rather than wait for the first youth camp to come and landscape House #122 and #124, we will be utilizing the Job Corps as soon as weather permits.

With the driveway poured before major construction begins on the house it will get us somewhat out of the mud and we will have a level, dry area in which to set up tools, unload materials, etc. It will also make for a safer situation in getting in and out of the house. And in cases where we are not supposed to turn around in other people’s driveways, we can turn around in our own.

Donna DeHart

Volunteer Manager

Habitat for Humanity

Kanawha and Putnam County

815 Court Street

Charleston, WV 25301

720-0141

1 comment:

Miss Shirl said...

This is a great idea. I can't begin to tell ya how often I come home with a pound or two of mud caked on to my shoes.