North Buckhead residents and the North Buckhead Civic
Association are funding and volunteering their Saturdays to build North Buckhead's Habitat
for Humanity house. Habitat representatives say that they believe this is the first time a
neighborhood, as opposed to a company or a church, has sponsored a Habitat house in
Atlanta. We are special! And you can help by helping us build it. North
Buckhead Habitat Volunteers
Good News
We now have an address for our house: 91 Brown Avenue, in SE Atlanta
near Jonesboro Road, between I-75 and the Federal Prison, about a mile SE from the
University Avenue exit on I-75. (Map instructions below.)
We also have our new homeowner: Shanita Silas and her eight-year-old daughter Ashley
Silas. They currently live in an apartment in SE Atlanta near Moreland. Coincidentally,
Shanita works in near our neighborhood at the Kroger at Peachtree and Piedmont. Both
Ashley and Shanita were at our North Buckhead Civic Association's Spring Fling street
party last Sunday. They are really nice people. You can see pictures of the Ashley and
Shanita at our Spring Fling on our
web site.
Our Volunteer Coordinator: Christina Wester
Christina is helping us get additional volunteers.
Our House Leader: Henry Grimes (Cell
phone 4/861-8495)
Our Habitat house involves work on seven Saturdays, starting on June 12
and ending on July 31 (with no work on July 3). Our Habitat "House Leader" is
Henry Grimes, who lives in Dunwoody. Henry and his wife Gail were at Spring Fling party.
Henry will lead the volunteers in building the house.
Henry said he may adjust the following schedule somewhat, but this may give you an idea
of what is involved week by week.
Schedule
The project workday is 8:00 until 4:00. Approximately 35 volunteers are
needed on the first day, about 25 per Saturday thereafter. Lunch will be provided. Water
will be provided. A portable toilet will be on-site. Habitat provides the tools. You
provide your own work clothes. Experience is not necessary.
We will meet each day at 7:00 AM at Sarah Smith School on Old Ivy
to organize car pools. If you miss the carpool, meet us at the warehouse or the
site. Site: 91 Brown Avenue: driving instructions we
provided earlier
don't work! -- streets have been closed. Instead use these instructions:
Go south on I-75, past stadium to exit 89 (University
Ave)
Turn left from middle lane onto Ga 54 South
Follow Ga 54 through several name changes for about 0.7 miles
Turn right onto (one way) Thirkeld
Continue for 2 short blocks to Crogman
Turn left on Crogman and go one block
Turn left onto (one way) Brown Ave (careful, bushes obscure oncoming traffic)
91 Brown Ave is the 2nd or 3rd site on the right.)
No work is cancelled in advance due to bad weather -- Henry makes the
final decision about if the day is shortened or cancelled.
Habitat provides insurance which is supplemental to the volunteers own insurance and
provides basic coverage for volunteers with no insurance.
| June 12 |
Build exterior and exterior wall panels (Warehouse)
Grade crawl space (House site)
Install floor joists (House site)
Deck floor (House site)
Install exterior wall panels (House site)
Install interior wall panels (House site)
Frame front porch (House site)
Everyone one this first day reports to the Warehouse *, NOT the
house site ** |
| June 19 |
Set trusses
Install plywood on roof
Load shingles on roof
Interior framing
Exterior doors/windows
Preparation for siding installation |
| June 26 |
Install shingles on roof
Insulate exterior walls
Install siding and soffit
Porch ceiling |
| July 10 |
Complete siding and soffit
Exterior painting
Insulate ceiling |
| July 17 |
Interior trim, cabinets, and countertops
Complete exterior painting/begin interior painting |
| July 24 |
Interior painting
Punchout |
| July 31 |
Landscaping
Punchout
House Dedication |
Notes:
* the Warehouse is at 500 Woodward Avenue
** 91 Brown Avenue: see driving instructions above.
We Need Help!
We need help in three categories: construction workers, lunch-providers
and lunch funders (while we have amassed $45,000 for the house, we could use $1,000 or
$2,000 for lunch and cokes). You may sign up for one day or several days or most days.
Please e-mail me if you have questions, or if you want, call me at 404-231-1192 after 4:00
until 8:00 or at 404-219-2818 during the day.
Currently we have 41 potential volunteers. I hope we will hear from you, our North
Buckhead neighbors. However, if we don't have enough volunteers for the first day by May
28, I will contact Henry. He says there are plenty of people waiting in line to work on
our Habitat house -- but unlike us, they don't have the funds to start a house.
Please contact me in the next few days. Specifically, I need to know if you want to
help and, if so, how much. I am building a schedule of volunteers by day. If you have
specific day(s) you want to work, I will reserve them for you.
We need to have the most people on the first two days, so if you want to work then, it
is especially important to hear from you.
Lunch is also important. If you want to help, let me know.
If you have additional questions or want to talk, e-mail me or call.
Visit our web site here to read about those who we thank
for contributing funds for this house.
Gordon Certain
4/231-1192
gcertain@nbca.org
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