2008 Habitat
for Humanity
and Holy Hammers Project
The Holy Hammers, our 13-church coalition that partners with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity,
will soon begin our 2008 project. This year we will build a two-story house and garage in St. Paul
at 887 Randolph Ave, ˝ block west of Victoria Avenue. The foundation is in and the basement is
already capped.
The project will take 10 weeks, April 14 through June 27, and includes an all-women’s week. The
work hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Each church must provide varying numbers of
workers for specific dates. To support the project, PCOTW has pledged $15,000, 113 volunteer
laborers, plus food, site hosts, and tool crib managers for 8 days. Dennis Foderberg will again be
a project manager for one of the weeks.
PCOTW’s scheduled days (with tentative work assignments) are:
- April 17, Thursday: (framing): 6 workers
- April 28-May 2, Monday-Friday: (framing/roofing): 32 workers, plus a daily “tool crib manager,”
who will be in charge of keeping the tool shed organized and help distribute tools. (Dennis Foderberg
is project manager. PCOTW must provide food and site hosts all week.)
- May 5 and May 9: Monday and Friday: (insulation) 11 workers
- May 12, Monday: (dry wall) 6 workers
- May 19-21, Monday-Wednesday: (dry wall): 19 workers
- June 2, Monday: (taping) 8 workers
- June 9-11, Monday-Wednesday (All-Women’s week) (taping): 14 workers (PCOTW provides food, site
hosts, and tool crib manager for these 3 days.)
- June 16, 19, 20, Monday, Thursday and Friday (painting): 17 workers
Sign-ups are already closed at the church. (See PCOTW
volunteer schedule.) However, if you cannot work any of PCOTW’s assigned dates, please contact
Judy Murakami and sign up as an alternate for any date between April 14 and June 27,
and list your preferred dates. Or indicate your willingness to fill in as needed. We may also need
a few people willing to work in early July to help with the final “punch list.”
In addition to general laborers, we need crew leaders to help small groups on a single task. Youth
(ages 14-15) can work only if there is a 1 to 1 adult ratio; youth (ages 16-17) can work if there
is a 1 to 4 adult ratio. We will also need phone callers to remind the workers of their scheduled
times, food providers, and people willing to “fill in” at the last minute, if needed.
If you have any questions, please call Judy Murakami.
You may also visit the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity website at www.tchabitat.org, and sign up to receive free e-newsletters.
