We did it !!! We Built 2 More Houses!!
 Habitat for Humanity Kingston
and Assurant Solutions
completed Build 2005
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Heath Gurr leading the CMHC Build Team June 29th on a very humid day!
The CMHC Team hung the floor joists for
Build 2005 and hence created a bit of shade for themselves in the process!
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 Hanging joists June 29 before sheeting of the floor. Framing of the walls began the week of July 4.
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Royal Bank Financial Group helped sheet the floors July 4th. After several hot hours in the sun
they took a wee break for cool drinks and tall tales.
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MANY thanks to the numerous volunteers who
took time off from work and/or part of their vacation to help
build the perimeter and demising walls in 2 days!!!
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Dan Krueger showing excellent balance and style while helping to put up the
trusses on the north side. JULY 19
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JULY 21 was a very good day!!!
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JULY 22 - Corrections Services Canada Commissioner Lucy McClung showing us how its done right the
first time!
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North Kingston Community Health Centre, Better Beginnings and Street Health
helping to Build Homes and Build Hope......and having fun along the way! |
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JULY 22 -
CSC and CORCAN putting up the final truss!
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JULY 23 -
another hot and productive day!
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Assurant Solutions framing the interior walls on the South unit and sheeting the roof.
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FRAMED! A fine way to end the week and the month of July.
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AUG 2 - First Moncton (New Brunswick) United Baptist Church with some help from
their friends.
A long way from home, helping to build 2 more homes in our community
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AUG 3 - HRSDC is providing the opportunity for 12 youth to develop
their skills during Build 2005. Welcome
aboard, Kingston Builds Crew!
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 AUG 6 -
A youth mission from Moncton NB took a time-out to entertain other
volunteers |
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AUG 22-25 - Staff and inmates from Corrections Services Canada from Warkworth to Greater Kingston
plumbed, wired and installed soffit.
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SEPT 6 - The Kingston Builds Crew completes the porches and assists with the heating system
preparation.
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Rick Lemmon from Wolesley Mechanical Group leads the installation of the infloor heating
system.
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SEPT 9 -
Lafarge pouring self-levelling concrete over the recently installed infloor heating
system.
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Matt Dove from Lafarge and Heath Gurr, Habitat Kingston's Construction Manager supervising the
pour.
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SEPT 12 to 16 - TD Financial Group celebrated their 150th birthday by assisting on Habitat
for Humanity projects across the country. Here in our community, they framed the basements of both new homes.
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SEPT 23- KPMG helped to install siding on their Employee Volunteer Day. |
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SEPT 28 - Team Home Depot landscaped front and back as part of thier company-wide
500,000 volunteer hours. After Bayridge Landscaping delivered the many skids of sod, the Home Depot crew raked and planted
and sodded until a construction site became a cozy yard.
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OCT 21 - The Kingston Builds Crew will complete Build 2005. This week was the installation of
insulation and preparation for drywall hanging. They completed the siding installation two weeks ago. Thank you
Kingston Builds!
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JAN 6 - Assurant Solutions, Kingston Builds, TFP Stairs, Kitchen Craft, Cataraqui Cabinets,
Wolesley Mechanical Group and the ReStore-Kingston have worked round the clock over the last month to
bring us to completion---well...we're almost complete.
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JANUARY 20, 2006 - Dedicating the new Habitat for Humanity houses to the two newest
Habitat Kingston Partner families. Assurant Solutions CEO Steve Philips, accepted a thank-you plaque from Habitat Kingston
Executive Director, Sandy Berg for their company-wide and limitless support for Build 2005.
MANY thanks to the hundreds of
volunteers
who donated thousands of hours to Build 2005 !
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