The work will be done for the low-income homeowner of the elderly, disabled and families with children. The goal is to leave each home warm, safe and dry.
The application process for being a home chosen for the program begins a little after Labor Day. Each home is visited to be sure that the work necessary can be done by volunteer crews. After the applications are pared down, volunteer organizations come in and pick out a project.
“Each project has a House Captain who goes out to the home several times to get everything in order,” said Byers. “Then they get a list of materials to the procurement person and the supplies are assembled.”
Many of the supplies come from the Habitat for Humanity “Re-Store” but many of the materials are donated by businesses and specialty items are purchased.
This is a National program that will be in 200 communities across the county bring together volunteers and communities to preserve home ownership and improve the lives it serves. The home improvements are at no cost to the homeowner.
Saturday the projects will be in the hands of the volunteers.
“We might be able to place somebody with a work crew if they haven’t volunteered yet,” said Byers. “Most of the crews are stuffed with volunteers, but if they come out to our command center at the Habitat Re-Store (S. Walnut Street in Plymouth) we might be able to find them something to do.”