VOLUNTEER UPDATE FOR JANUARY 2010
The Roulette house is finished and we have had the open house dedication which many of you attended.
A Volunteer and Donors Appreciation Night is scheduled for
Saturday, January 16th, .
There will be a Pot Luck Dinner 6:00 to &:00 pm at the Roulette Fire House
followed by a time of recognition.
Entertainment will be provided by the Potter County Songwriters Round-table, which will feature several local songwriters and performers.
If you like further information, please feel free to contact Jim or Charlotte Blain at:
jrcmblain@aol.com
VOLUNTEER UPDATE for November 25th, 2009
There are very few words that can describe our feelings as far as our Habitat Volunteers are concerned. The word that comes to mind most often is
AWESOME!!!!!
Let us just say that we could not have done it without all of your hard work and time spent at the Roulette Habitat House. Many of you have not seen it since it has been completed…So, this is your invitation to attend:
THE ROULETTE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE
DEDICATION and OPEN HOUSE:
Date: Saturday, December 12th, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The actual Dedication will take place at 1:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served!
You are invited to come and be a part of this celebration! All are welcome!
Betty Shalkowski will become the owner of this house sometime during the first week of December, 2009, when settlement is scheduled.
A Volunteer and Donors Appreciation Night is scheduled for Saturday, January 16th, 2010, at the Roulette Fire House. More details to follow.
It has been our joy to work with you – and we hope that this will not be the last time you will work with the Potter County Habitat For Humanity Affiliate. There is another house planned for Spring of 2010 in Galeton, PA … and Volunteers will help to make that happen also!!! We wish each one of you a Blessed Thanksgiving – we all have so much for which to be grateful.
Sincerely – Jim and Charlotte Blain, Volunteer Coordinators
VOLUNTEER UPDATE for AUGUST 8th, 2009
We have had a very productive weekend with the help of the 665th Engineer Company and CPT Eric J. Bowser, Company Commander, from Brookville, PA. The unit came on Friday and Saturday and together with our local volunteers, much work was done on the Habitat House. This included putting the exterior walls up and installing the trusses. Preliminary landscaping was done with the removal of an apple tree and a cherry tree. For those of you who were there, yes, the Reserves' PLS (Palletized Loading System) did it! We hooked it up to the large apple tree stump and with a little push on the throttle, out it came!
This coming week’s work schedule looks like this:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Aug. 10th, 11th, and 12th – we would like to get the facial and rake boards on the roof and put on the roof OSB sheathing.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Aug. 12th, 13th, and 14th – we would like to shingle the roof.
Saturday, August 15th – we would like to build the interior walls.
Please let me know as soon as possible (by e-mail at jrcmblain@aol.com) as to which project you can help with! On Saturday, the women’s group from St. Mary’s Catholic Church will be providing lunch for all the Volunteers.
Thank you once again for all of your interest and help in our Roulette House.
Jim and Charlotte Blain,
Potter County Habitat Volunteer Coordinators
jrcmblain@aol.com
VOLUNTEER UPDATE for AUGUST , 2009
On Saturday, August 1st, we will put the floor joists and sub-flooring in and build the front steps. An organization has already volunteered to head this up as a special project with approx. 15 to 20 people on site.
On Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th, Captain Eric Bowser of the National Guard and his soldiers from the 665th Engineer Company will build the exterior walls and set the trusses and roofing. They will be staying at the Roulette Fire Hall on Friday evening – Thank you everyone at the Fire Co. for taking care of this.
If you would like to join our volunteer groups for these two weekends, please feel free to do so. After these dates, future workdays will be scheduled to finish up the odds and ends of the framing and prepare for the rough plumbing and electric, installing the siding and windows, etc. We are pleased with the volunteers and work that has been accomplished. Let’s keep it up! Another need will be lunches and beverages for the Volunteers. Please let me know if you would help in this area. Thank you!
Sincerely – Jim and Charlotte Blain jrcmblain@aol.com
We would like to use this Update to thank so many people who just in the last two weeks have helped in such a wonderful way volunteering at the Roulette House. We do this with the distinct possibility of missing someone and this list will not be all encompassing, but here goes:
GLENN O. HAWBAKER, INC., Turtlepoint Plant – For the generous donation of the forms needed.
STANLEY AND DAVE GOODWIN, COOK CONSTRUCTION, LEE GROSS, AND LARRY WYKOFF – For the clean fill dirt and for the use of their talents and equipment to move the mounds of soil and fill in under the house.
THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE ROULETTE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT., THE STAR HOSE COMPANY OF PORT ALLEGHENY, AND THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPT. for their work on Saturday, August 1st. It was great to see them all working together and to get the sub-flooring (deck) on the house. We also had two men from the Austin Fire Department.
THE LADIES AND NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE PROVIDED FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR THE WORKERS.
JIM JONES AND LAURIE BARR for acting as our photographers and for “Solomons Words” and the updates Jim has published there.
FOR THE VOLUNTEERS who have faithfully come to the job site and helped during the week – thank you especially, Randy Lambert, for serving as Jim’s right hand man. Also thanks to Connie, Mark, Larry, Conrad, John, Duane, Rich, Betty, David, Patrick, Patrick, Lee, Monica, Mike, and others. Keep up the good work!
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED to help with the Habitat For Humanity Booth at the Potter County Fair – Aug. 2nd through the 8th. Please contact Theresa Welsh at welsh.theresa@gmail.com. In the past, Theresa has been very successful with face painting for the children. She is willing to train any volunteers. She needs our help! Thank you, Theresa, for taking on this job!!!
We sincerely thank everyone for their work – Jim and Charlotte Blain, Habitat Volunteer Coordinators - jrcmblain@aol.com
WE NEED THE FOLLOWING FOR THE ROULETTE HOUSE:
We are in need of approx. 70 to 80 cubic yards of clean fill dirt (Approx. 8 large dump truck loads). This will be needed as fill before we can put the deck sub-floor on the piers. This is scheduled for Saturday, August 1st, 2009. Please, if you know of someone who would donate some clean fill dirt, please send me an e-mail at : jrcmblain@aol.com or call me at (814) 558-3282, ASAP. Thank you!
WORK SCHEDULE: Our next work days are planned for Monday, July 27th through Friday, July 30th, 2009, starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. We will be setting the piers and forms – making sure everything is plumb, square, and braced. Then we will pour the concrete. After the concrete is set, the forms will have to be removed, cleaned, and sent back. We will then have to backfill around the piers and under the house.
We will need at least eight to twelve people each day. If this is something you can help with, please bring your tools – hammers, circular saw, 4’ or 6’ levels, extension cords, 4’ and 6’ step ladders, dirt shovels, adjustable wrenches, and a transit if we can get one.
On Saturday, August 1st, we will put the floor joists and sub-flooring in and build the front steps. An organization has already volunteered to head this up as a special project with approx. 15 to 20 people on site.
On Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th, Captain Eric Bowser of the National Guard and his soldiers from the 665th Engineer Company will build the exterior walls and set the trusses and roofing. They will be staying at the Roulette Fire Hall on Friday evening – Thank you everyone at the Fire Co. for taking care of this.
If you would like to join our volunteer groups for these two weekends, please feel free to do so. After these dates, future workdays will be scheduled to finish up the odds and ends of the framing and prepare for the rough plumbing and electric, installing the siding and windows, etc. We are pleased with the volunteers and work that has been accomplished. Let’s keep it up! Another need will be lunches and beverages for the Volunteers. Please let me know if you would help in this area. Thank you! Sincerely – Jim and Charlotte Blain
The House Build in Roulette
The house in Roulette has been torn down, the property graded and construction will begin soon!
Plans are in the works for a ribbon cutting ceremony so check back soon for the date.
If you are interested in volunteering for the Roulette home build, email info@pottercountyhabitat.org.
SECOND ANNUAL VOLUNTEER DINNER
Where: Hotel Crittenden, Coudersport, PA
Your cost: $6.00 per person
The Mission of Habitat For Humanity is to provide housing for deserving families in local communities. This is done through Volunteer help! We are asking individuals (whether skilled or unskilled), groups from churches and organizations to volunteer to help change the lives of people living right here in Potter County.
The Family of Potter County Habitat For Humanity’s Founder, T. Lee Bennett, has very generously donated property in Roulette, PA. Our next house will be built on this property. We have also received a donation to build a house in Galeton, PA.
However, this can not be accomplished without volunteers! We are in need of: excavators, masonry workers, carpenters and framers, roofers, electricians, plumbers, drywall hangers and finishers, floorers, painters, and gophers – just to name a few. Construction on the Roulette property is scheduled to begin in June of 2009.
We are looking for volunteers. If you have signed up in the past and/or attended last year’s dinner. we invite you to attend this year. All past and present volunteers are encouraged to attend. This will be an opportunity for you to receive current information and to sign up to help build these houses. All Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. Your cost for the dinner will be $6.00 per person.
Reservations are needed by Saturday, April 25th, 2009. Please call (814) 274-0739 or by send an e-mail to jrcmblain@aol.com - Subject HFH Dinner - to make your reservation.
We need your help. We can not do the job without you!
The date has been set for the annual Habitat For Humanity Golf Tournament at the Coudersport Golf Club. Wednesday, June 17, 2009!
We will be looking for hole sponsors and donations of gifts and door prizes as well as cash donations. If you are willing to help with a donation, please contact Shiela Easton at shiela@zitomedia.net.
Publication of a brand new Habitat For Humanity Cookbook is in the works!Books will go on sale in April, check back here in April for more information.