Never let it be said that volunteers are not dedicated hard workers. One of the work crews (all ladies) had only one more piece of siding to put up when it started to rain/pour... HARD. The youth of the group opted to put it up anyway - after all how any many times can you work in warm rain in February especially if you're like the woman on the ladder from Saratoga NY?!
After the rain stopped the rest of the crew came out to celebrate.
And then there are the Canadians (seems this is a VERY popular time of year for those of us from the north to come south). These folks are from Edmeston, Alberta. Flew down for the week to help with this project even though all of them are active volunteers with their own Habitat project in Canada. They're staying in a hotel (smart folks!). By the way, the house they're in front of was framed by Canadians and this group is doing the painting and the finish carpentry on the inside. It's great to have such friendly neighbors to the north!!PS - Those U. of Michigan students I mentioned in an earlier blog turned back because of the snow. The Montreal students here last week made it just fine even though they had several hours of very slow going - once again they drove it straight through.
