Here's Darryl, one of the superintendents at Forest Heights (I was wrong earlier on Forest Park). Darryl and Matt were awesome and really are making it happen in this neighborhood.
Here we are checking out our tools and materials in the morning. More window installations and we're removing an a/c unit so a new one can be installed.
This unit and associated duct work are a thing of the past, gone to make way for a new unit. A large part of this was underwater.
Apparently the people that lived in the a/c house cannot take their dog to their temporary house so he's still living in the backyard. He looks like one of Michael Vick's fighting dogs, but he was super friendly and loved the attention.
Josephine was missing Mike this morning, here he is on the phone with her daydreaming about their reunion tonight.
Here's Lisa, goodwill ambassador to all. This gentleman is the owner of the house we replaced the windows on today. He can't wait to get out of this trailer on his front yard and back home.
Here's the vision of the team departing for South Florida through one of our newly installed windows. They were perfect installations if I do say so myself.
Rich was sure to keep everyone moving on schedule. He and Mike were excellent trip leaders.
Here's Alex putting the finishing touches loading Great Stuff foam in the gaps. We installed nearly 20 windows, caulked them and insulated them. What a difference for these houses. They should be inspected tomorrow, some final electrical and a/c work and then comes the drywall. The Camp depends on volunteer hours to get this done. Matt said that if they have the volunteer hours, this house will be ready to occupy in three weeks. Unfortunately, the rest of this week is a little light on manpower. Mark your calendars for the next trip!
There is still much work to be done for the folks of the Gulf Coast, check out the latest status below. Let's do our best not to forget that they still need help. http://www.hurricane-katrina.org/
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