November 12, 2022 On the Home Repair Program front we are up and running and already booked out till late spring! We recently completed home repair for a local family which included a major site cleanup and extra-large steps built for accessibility. With the help of our wonderful volunteers we fought the weather and completed … Read more
November 10, 2022 We are ready for trusses! Roof trusses are set to arrive just before Thanksgiving. Weather permitting, we will have the roof on and the building dried in by the time the turkey is on the table! Much gratitude to GGL, the Habitat Crew, and our faithful volunteers for all your hard work!
On the Home repair program front we were able to install an accessibility ramp for a family in Cottage Grove! View from before ramp installed Previously, we received a donation of an aluminum modular wheelchair ramp and we have been storing it for months in hopes that we could use it to help a family … Read more
October 15, 2022 Volunteers with Habitat of Central Lane are always invited to assist on first floor framing and wall raising however, for safety reasons when it’s time to move up to higher ground we rely on the professionals This month we brought in our Sub Contractors at GGL Building Innovations. GGL along with our … Read more
September 28, 2022 Every year in late September, during “Days of Caring,” United Way mobilizes hundreds of volunteers across Lane County to team up with local non-profits. Habitat of Central Lane had the assistance of several generous hardworking volunteers from our community who joined in the framing fun! — Thank you United Way for sending … Read more
September 10, 2022 We’ve been recruiting local ducks to help out on the FV build… Quack, quack, ducks?? No silly, U of O Ducks. A great energetic crew from the U of O Men’s Basketball Team showed up and slam dunked the day of framing! Go Ducks!! Way to slam dunk a day of framing … Read more
September 8, 2022 A framing extravaganza has been happening at Fischer Village this August and September. It started with a group of employees from Weyerhaeuser, who donated their hard-working hands on the framing job and then continued on to raise many of the first walls! Yes, we have been framed, or rather the first building … Read more
A group of volunteers from Wayfair came out to remove the foundation forms and insulate it. They worked tirelessly with a wonderful team spirit. We can’t thank Wayfair’s employees who joined us at Fischer Village enough for their efforts.
Several volunteers gathered for what would be our first of 6 all volunteer foundation pours. In the past we used to subcontract this out. Inflation and the desire to have more opportunities for volunteers, doing the foundation this way was financially advantageous for our project. It did help that one of our volunteers, the Master … Read more
AmeriCorps Ben and Construction Manager prepare the foundation for the two day intensive training for volunteers. But first they had to work together placing the membrane and rebar perfectly. Their training included: finishing protocols, tools and techniques plus the all important safety measures when working on the job site. This gave the volunteers a snapshot … Read more