Volunteers cornerstone of nonprofit program
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Volunteers nail decking as they work constructing the Habitat for Humanity home for Roberta Stephens.
PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON
More than 30 volunteers crowded onto the construction site, helping out where they could.
Some cut two-by-four boards to the specific lengths for the frame of a house. Others hammered those pieces on to place the sub-floor built over the pre-poured foundation.
They came from local businesses and churches with one goal — to build a new house for a family in need.
With the help of 11 local businesses and churches, Habitat for Humanity of Johnson County will complete its 10th build this fall. Though businesses, churches and non-profit groups have contributed money and volunteer labor since the organization started, this has been the most comprehensive and well-organized effort of area industry, executive director Lee Ann Wilbur said.
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