Today I joined several others from our parish at a work day to help build Kathryn and Scott Tubberville's house. Kathryn and Scott are part of the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Self-Help program that allows them to become homeowners if they work on their own house and recruit other volunteers to work on their house.
Kathryn is the daughter of Heather and Bill George. heather watched their two small children and supplied lunch to us, and Bill worked on the building crew.
It was wonderful to see the energy at the work site. Eleven young families are taking part in the prgram, and they were all there, nailing on siding and installing windows. Kathryn and Scott work every weekend to earn their sweat equity, and the first floor of their house is framed up.
Several of us were assigned to build a retaining wall with concrete blocks. When we finished, we were proud of our work!
It felt good to be part of such a positive program. I hope our church can have another work day at this site, possibly when there's sheetrock or painting work to be done. It would also be nice if we could provide a lunch for these young families who work so hard.
Here's a few more photos.
Heather
Charles, Larry, and Tyler
Kathryn and Scott
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