May 12, 2006  volunteers from our 15 area churches will descend on 1450 12th Street, South to begin finishing a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom cinder block house for Celia Gibson.  All that will be on the lot will be a concrete slab with cinder block walls - only the 4th block house Habitat for Humanity has ever built.  The house is scheduled to be a "Blitz Build" meaning that it will be completed over 5 consecutive weekends.  Ground breaking is scheduled for Saturday, May 6, the Wall Raising Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 13 at 8 AM with the final Dedication on Tuesday, June 20.

    Cilia Gibson is a native of Liberia and has four children; Nadia (8), Patience (20), Babytee (15) and Randolph (2).  Celia and her children currently live in a 5 bedroom, two bath house where the roof and plumbing both leak. With a total of 13 people living in these overcrowded conditions, Celia wants to be able to provide a more stable environment for her children to grow up in and so they can concentrate on their studies in school. .

Saturday, May 6 - Foundation and exterior cinder block wall construction begin
NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Friday, May 12 - Layout and final material staging
NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Saturday, May 13 - Trusses, sheathing and gable end plywood
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++++  4 ++++

Sunday, May 14 - Windows, exterior doors and insulation
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++++++++++++ 12 ++++++++++++

Wednesday, May 17 - Housewrap and roof felt
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: +++++++ 7 +++++++

Friday, May 19 - Backing
NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Saturday, May 20 - Wall framing; blocking
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++2++

Sunday, May 21 - Framing and inside rough complete
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: +++++++++  9 +++++++++

Friday, May 26 - insulation
NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Saturday, May 27 - Gable siding, soffit & fascia and exterior paintiing
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++++ 4 ++++

Sunday, May 28 - Porch trim
NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Friday, June 2 - prime
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: +++++++ 7 +++++++

Saturday, June 3 - Paint, flooring, doors and base
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: +++++++ 7 +++++++

Sunday, June 4 - Cabinets, countertops and hardware
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: +++++++ 7 +++++++

Wednesday, June 7 - Finishing touches
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++++++ 6 ++++++

Friday, June 9 - Touch up and punch list
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ++++ 4 ++++

Saturday, June 10 - Empty house, final cleaning, sod and landscaping
YOUTH DAY - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Sunday, June 11 - DEDICATION
EVERYBODY WELCOME!

    If you are available to fill one or more of these spots, please contact Ken Rush at 727-525-9848
KRinspector@yahoo.com, Fred Olsen at 727-578-8585 or fnolson@earthlink.net or contact your Congregation Champion.

    Please car pool to the build site as there is no parking along the street.  At press time, Grace Lutheran Church and Hope Lutheran Church are planned staging points for parking.  If you would like to volunteer but need child care, contact Rita Sewell at 727-521-3854 or jsewell51@aol.com

 - Youth Mission Trip in July for Our Savior Lutheran (and other Missouri Synod churches)

 - Lutheran Outdoor Ministries of Florida Golf Scramble fundraiser, May 22 to benefit camper scholarships and other program needs

 - Lutheran Church of the Cross Day School Golf Scramble fundraiser for Care in Congregation project

 - Hope Lutheran in conjunction with Meadowlawn Civic Association Rummage Sale hands-on project to support Lynch Elementary School and scholarship programs

 - Hope Lutheran Luncheon hands-on project for Children of the World Pre-School, an Asian outreach program for children 3-5 years of age

 - Lutheran Church of the Cross has an International Baccalaureate Elementary School student who has to do a volunteer project and wants to make health kits for LWR in conjunction with Women of Hope Lutheran

 - Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd along with St. Timothy in Tarpon Springs joint Mission Trip to Guyana May 17-28 to provide hands-on maintenance and improvements to buildings

 - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Latvian Mission fundraiser to sister Lutheran churches in Latvia and provide hot lunches at an orphanage.

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