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Habitat for Humanity

Posted on November 7, 2003June 22, 2019 by mikeyroy

I’ve been going up to the thriving mecca of Magna since July nearly every Wednesday to help build houses w/ Habitat for Humanity. It’s a riot. You get your regulars, most of which are pretty cool. They’re a mix of retired guys, unemployed guys, guys that work odd hours a couple days a week, and the young single guys with nothing better to do (i.e. me). Then you get the volunteer groups. My favorite has been ATT Wireless because they bring cold drinks, and order pizza.

Since I’ve been going there we’ve mainly been working on 4 different houses. There are four houses that have already been built and are occupied, with another 8 or 9 lots awaiting some action over the next couple years. Through the summer months most of my time was spent shoveling, and raking gravel for foundations and driveways. It does a wonder for your abs & back 😉 On days where somehow I was able to do something else we mainly framed three of those houses (after the foundations were all done). One is a two story we put the rafters on a couple weeks ago.

It’s been a lot of fun to learn this much about building houses. I don’t know how much longer I’m going to keep going up there. I mean, it is 48.64 miles one way. With 15 total trips up there, that’s 1459.2 miles so far. At least the mileage should be tax deductible. I’m going to be looking at the local habitat group in Provo. They’ve done a very poor job of impressing me before when I inquired with them last year. When I sent in my application to the SLC habitat chapter they called me the very next day. Very impressive. It looks like Provo is actually doing something right now, so maybe I will switch.

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