July 12th Recap

Progress at the Khan home was significant and very successful. Our volunteer crew consisted of 7 sets of mother/daughter/granddaughter teams, a group of 3 students from Ichabod Crane’s Habitat Club and Naznin with two family friends.

The students worked with the Johnson’s on their shed roof – all of them in very high spirits (oh to be young again).

Many of the mother/daughter teams worked inside installing insulation in the exterior walls and roof venting materials inside the roof. They completed these tasks very efficiently and the team work, led by Pat Baer & Amy, was amazing.

A smaller group of mother/daughters led by Lucy Grosvenor and Naznin’s group led by Pat Wiswell worked outside to complete the sheathing on the two eves and made progress on the areas of siding installation that still remain. This was a slower, more tedious project happening on ladders and scaffolding that is really coming along nicely.

If all goes well with inspections this week, we should be looking at dry wall work next Saturday and a continuation of the siding project.

Mary Lou Kersten and I were assisted by Rose Rose in the morning for registration while Debra instructed the crew leaders about the day’s activities. We answered many questions by our mother/daughter volunteers about how the Women Build came about. A major organizer for several of these pairs was Lisa from New Jersey who had been planning to bring her girl scout troop to the build. When those plans fell through, Lisa recruited her friends and colleagues (from NY, NJ, PA) who had teenage daughters for an all girls weekend.

A fabulous lunch was provided by Camphill Hudson residents. Tuna and egg salad sandwiches, chips, green salad, carrot sticks and fresh fruit salad with banana yogurt to pour on top. Yum! What a great day. Everyone was amazing!