Buttered Yam -- Week 5
Our home consists of grandparents, their son, grandkids and foster children. We put up siding and soffit, insulation, drywall and installed a door on their home addition. As the college crew, we were able to split up into smaller teams to effectively tackle our assigned tasks for the week. Billy (father) often checked on us and opened up to us about how thankful he was for our help and stressed that the world needs more people like us and that we are a blessing to him and his family, which really touched ne. As a seventh year ASP volunteer, this was one of my best experiences. I was able to establish a strong relationship with Billy that will last a lifetime.
Billy Gitler
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
WEDNESDAY July 11, 2018
As a third year ASP participant, I was extremely excited to come to Scott County, TN. This year I am luckily on a double crew, Sharp Cheddar 1 and 2. The more people, the more fun! On m crew, I have Bill and Joel as awesome crew leaders, as well as Mallory Devine, Fiona, Josh, Micheal and myself, Jenna Costantino. Our projects include siding, building the bathroom and other construction around the house. We just finished day three and left the worksite feeling proud of what we've gotten done so far. I feel very blessed to have such a hard working fun and light hearted crew. At the end of each work day of course I feel exhausted, but I always leave with a smile on my face. I can't wait to see our finished projects at the end of the week!
Jenna Costantino
TUESDAY July 10, 2018
Habenero Chile staring: Paul G, Laura Still, Matt D, Mike S, Katy T, Betsy F and Kevin R.
Hello everyone at home! I hope you're having a great week because we sure are. Our crew in the time we have been here has been able to bond amazingly. Our project though fun has offered us some surprise plumbing and drywall. We've been spending lots of time chilling under the house measuring pipes and even more playing with the adorable puppy (Bash), the kittens, and our super fun home owners. So far it's shaping up to be a great week. Katy T.
Hello everyone at home! I hope you're having a great week because we sure are. Our crew in the time we have been here has been able to bond amazingly. Our project though fun has offered us some surprise plumbing and drywall. We've been spending lots of time chilling under the house measuring pipes and even more playing with the adorable puppy (Bash), the kittens, and our super fun home owners. So far it's shaping up to be a great week. Katy T.
MONDAY July 9, 2018
Tangelo 2 staring Jill, Dwight, Owen, Connor, Kayla, Natalie, and Nicole
We have the pleasure of working on 2 bedrooms of a wonderful couple! Today we started by sanding the spackle that was put on last week by the previous group. After the sanding was cleaned up (off the floors and the kids!) a second coat of spackle' - a thin coat - was applied to the walls. We cleaned up the spackle mess and headed back to the center hot and tired, but so glad we had such a productive first day!
We have the pleasure of working on 2 bedrooms of a wonderful couple! Today we started by sanding the spackle that was put on last week by the previous group. After the sanding was cleaned up (off the floors and the kids!) a second coat of spackle' - a thin coat - was applied to the walls. We cleaned up the spackle mess and headed back to the center hot and tired, but so glad we had such a productive first day!
Friday, July 7, 2017
Friday
Fridays on ASP usually mean one of two things. Either you are rushing to finish your repair job or you are trying to find something to do until 4:30. I guess you could say we fell into the latter category. Well, except we really didn't need to try and find something to do. Our homeowner had us covered. Our homeowner was the sweetest, most hospitable woman in all of West Virginia. Every day she made us a plate of brownies and something for lunch: grilled cheese, pizza, hot dogs, macaroni salad. Today it was brown beans and cornbread. By 1:00 we had finished insulating (or installating: it's an inside joke we had) the span of the entire house. Technically that was our job assignment for the week and we got it done. But really, the week was about spending time with Irene and her husband Jerry, a soft spoken man who loved his word puzzles. Oh, and their cats: five of them, the cutest little fur-balls.
Every morning she met us on her new (ASP) porch and made sure we had everything we needed for the day. ;We would work hard for a few hours until Miss Irene forced us to take a break for lunch. Again, this was a lunch that she prepared especially for us. After lunch we would spend a good amount of time chatting with her and playing with the kittens. Eventually we would mosey back and get a few more hours of work done before Quitting time.
I have to make it clear though, that although we took time to get to know her our crew workid incredibly hard. We all had to conquer our fear of spiders by going under the house and swimming through cobwebs. We all took turns with the spider stick (patent pending) to clear out the nooks and crannies of the crawl space and each of us built up our grip strength by stapling up sheet after sheet of insulation. Its was a dirty and muddy job but I never heard one word of complaint from any of our youth volunteers. I couldn't be more proud of any one of them. As a group leader it is such a pleasure to have youth really give it their all.
Juliana "J-Dizzle" Powers, JT "the Hammer" Gindler, Matt "the Muscle" DiPierro, and Mallory "Marshmellow" Devine were a perfect combination for a perfect week. Matt Crawford, and Bill Dettelback for Team Olaf. ASP 2017 Greenbriar county WV.
Every morning she met us on her new (ASP) porch and made sure we had everything we needed for the day. ;We would work hard for a few hours until Miss Irene forced us to take a break for lunch. Again, this was a lunch that she prepared especially for us. After lunch we would spend a good amount of time chatting with her and playing with the kittens. Eventually we would mosey back and get a few more hours of work done before Quitting time.
I have to make it clear though, that although we took time to get to know her our crew workid incredibly hard. We all had to conquer our fear of spiders by going under the house and swimming through cobwebs. We all took turns with the spider stick (patent pending) to clear out the nooks and crannies of the crawl space and each of us built up our grip strength by stapling up sheet after sheet of insulation. Its was a dirty and muddy job but I never heard one word of complaint from any of our youth volunteers. I couldn't be more proud of any one of them. As a group leader it is such a pleasure to have youth really give it their all.
Juliana "J-Dizzle" Powers, JT "the Hammer" Gindler, Matt "the Muscle" DiPierro, and Mallory "Marshmellow" Devine were a perfect combination for a perfect week. Matt Crawford, and Bill Dettelback for Team Olaf. ASP 2017 Greenbriar county WV.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Nemo
This week we have been putting up sheet rock and spackling on project Nemo. Not only did our group leaders take a bunch of high school and college kinds and teach them how to put up walls for the interior frame of a home, but we learned a lot from our homeowners as well.
Aside from all the drills and spackle, the woman we were helping taught us what it means to have hope and faith. She had everything taken away from her in the flood that swept through Rainelle, yet she welcomed a bunch of strangers into her home and heart as if we were her own family.
Her strengths and trust in us and God has been an inspiration to me and the rest of our crew. The whole ASP experience has taught me the importance of family and community by the way a diverse group of people have been able to work together to help those who truly need it.
- Anne Vrubliauskas
Team Nemo: Dan, Anthony, Emily, Christine, Michelle, Simon, Anne.
Dot
Our crew name is Dot. The members of our crew are Lee Goodson, Sarah Ellis, Rick Shea, Tom Shea, Rachel Schafer, and Kevin Reynolds. We started out our week working on a new build for a coal miner. We began with the deck and railings in the front of the house. When we finished at that house we moved to another new build. The homeowner of the second house is the electrician for ASP whose wife has MS. At this house we framed a Cathedral ceiling.
Tonight we had the picnic where lots of families came to enjoy the evening. Lots of hot dogs and hamburgers were eaten followed up by some dessert. There are plenty of games like cornhole and big jenga. Also many of the people here like to enjoy some ultimate frisbee. As a first year for ASP I learned many new things on rebuilding and restoring new homes. It was also very eye opening for me seeing how rebuilding Rainelle gave so much hope in the citizens of Rainelle. This was a great experience for me and all the other first timers so I can't wait to make another trip again next year.
Kevin Reynolds
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