Several months back, as part of our company's 100th anniversary, we worked with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild and renovate a two-family house in Dorchester that was gutted by fire six years ago. It had been abandoned after and everything was left as it was. So our job was to empty the house of all the burned stuff, including a refrigerator that still had food in it. Imagine that! Well, maybe not if you're eating. After emptying the soot-filled house, the clean-up followed. We demolished and threw out what was rendered useless by the fire and proceeded to work on what was left, which was basically the frame of the house. Everyone was assigned a task, like putting sealant in the basement, making the porch, etc. We were given instructions by engineering students who volunteered their services as well. I worked on hammering blocks of woods in between the walls and floors to help insulation, as well as the skeletal structure that supported the shelves. It was a hard but very fulfilling job. All the resulting aches in our bodies were worthwhile knowing that two very deserving, low-income families would be given a home that they could only dream of before then. Last week, they had the turnover of the keys to the recipients/new owners. Below are the photos of the house 'during' and 'after' the renovation.
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DURING
AFTER
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Not too shabby, hmm? It is encouraging to see some evidence of what people can do collectively when they give even a little of their time and themselves. The little that we do can really mean the whole world to somebody.
1 comment:
That is really cool.
-Dan
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