Habitat Happenings

Habitat Office Volunteers

To be a volunteer in the Habitat office is to wear several different hats.  One day the order may be to label and file pictures of volunteers taken from the construction site.  Another day may include entering data from an expense report, helping the office manager track mortgage payments, or preparing the employee payroll.  Oh, and please water the plants!

We have been blessed to have many wonderful volunteers generously donate their time in the Habitat office over the last 20 years, and they are as unique as the jobs they perform.  We currently have two ladies who are willing to help in whatever way they can when events like Bike to Build, home dedications and special celebrations roll around.  They share a passion for being grandmothers to their grandchildren, and they don’t mind one bit making time to talk about them when asked!

Hazel Spain is our volunteer photographer, who captures the constantly changing construction of houses and volunteers.  Her dedication to the job not only blesses the regular construction volunteers who look forward to seeing her, but the future homeowners too.  Her photos are put together in an attractive scrapbook for the families to enjoy forever!  While helping in the office, Hazel is forever finding ways to better organize our new facility, and is constantly sought after for information about the organization.  She has been with us for five years and continues to bless our organization with her gentle laugh and cheery smile!  Thank you, Hazel for being a part of our team.

Vicky Byrd has been volunteering in the office for over ten years!  It is easy to assume that Vicky is an employee, as she works diligently on the computer preparing documents.  Her loyalty to the organization was deepened as a member of the board of directors, where she served a 3-year term.  She enjoys learning new software programs, and furthering her computer skills to keep her mind active.  Vicky’s positive, teachable spirit is contagious, and her assistance to the office manager allows for timeliness, accuracy and organization of important documents.  It’s hard to imagine the office without her!  Thank you, Vicky for your dedication!