Last Friday, I had the pleasure (lol) of hanging out with a bunch of Ladue guys all day. They were supposed to be on a build site (building a house) but due to some miscommunication, they worked in the ReStore that day. The ReStore is a store with materials that people can use to fix up their houses for really cheap. They get their stuff from houses they tear down and from donations. Our supervisor at the store looked really happy to see us. But about 20 minutes in, we all up and moved to a different ReStore in Des Peres. We spent the day bagging tulips. Every year for Mother's Day, Habitat gives out tulips. I guess it's for people who can't afford to buy flowers but still want to give something to their moms.
On Saturday I got to go out to a build site! They are building 7 homes in Riverview. We worked from around 8-2:30. It was hot and sweaty, but actually really fun and rewarding. I'm considering going to do more building this summer. We were mainly putting in subflooring. I learned how to hammer a nail properly. Yay! We were also moving wood around. I went to Ted Drewes afterwards. All in all, a really good day.
Monday was more administrative work. I was writing heartfelt notes in these photobooks they give to donors. When you're writing the same message over and over for 2 hours, you really get it etched into your brain. I could repeat it really easily right now, but I won't bore you! Later, Harper put me on a research project. She wants to find out what other Habitats across the country are doing -- in the way of social media, various sub-projects of Habitat, and benefits for sponsors. It was actually pretty boring, but oh well.
Yesterday I worked in the ReStore! My supervisor, MJ, is so talkative and fun to work with. To my surprise, Lucy Summer showed up! She was a little bit useless (sorry Lucy) because of her knee. But she kept the spirits up. There was another really quiet guy from CBC there too. MJ had us sorting and moving around inventory in the store.
Here's a video of the cardboard smasher.
I hope we're not supposed to be logging our hours every day, because I haven't been doing that.
Great video. More please.
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I think it's really cool that you get to do such a variety of things during your days with Habitat.