Volunteers are laboring tirelessly to finish the home that was custom built for Dalton and Wyatt Eisenhardt and their family. With all of the people who have been streaming in daily to help, the push is on to get the house finished and the family moved in before the holidays.
On Thursday, Nov. 12, 24 students and adults from The Church of the New Covenant in Mansfield, PA, joined area volunteers to help on the project. The youth group, which was on its way to a convention in upstate New York, decided to take a detour through Machias in order to strip down walls and prepare the modular shell for the dry wall that will be put up this week. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, student members of Bona’s Response from Saint Bonaventure University returned to the project site to finish the job. “Once we’re finished and the family is moved in, we’re going to need to have one big housewarming party to both welcome the family at home and thank all the volunteers,” says Pete Andrews, director of the Christian Youth Corps. Plans are underway to plan this event. To follow this project, visit http://christianyouthcorps.bfn.org.
Throughout the rest of November, laborers are needed at the project site. For more information or to volunteer, contact Andrews at 560-8295 or e-mail christianyouthcorps@verizon.net.