Habitat for Humanity Projects, April 24, 1999, in Dayton, Ohio

    On a beautiful spring Saturday morning, April 24, 1999, to be exact, club members gathered to support  local Dayton Ohio Habitat for Humanity (DOHH) projects.  Under the direction of chief honcho Marguerite Sharp (ably assisted by hubby Lou), the "construction gang" began work at DOHH's Rustic Road site, off Salem Avenue.  DOHH foreman Bob Plummer supervised the work, which mostly entailed weeding, yard cleanup, and sowing grass seed.  On hand to help out — in addition to Marguerite and Lou — were Mark Dowd and his daughters, Dave Diven and his son Eric, and Bob Gehman.

    After several hours work at Rustic Road and a lunch break, the crew moved south to DOHH's Roosevelt Avenue site.  We were privileged to attend The Blessing ceremony for the Hope Williams Home, at 1503 Roosevelt Avenue.  We then spent the waning hours of the afternoon under the watchful eye of Marguerite and DOHH foreman Kenneth Meek.  Primary tasks were loading, transporting (via wheelbarrows), and spreading topsoil around the foundations of two nearly completed houses. 

    Here are a few pictorial glimpses of how we spent the day . . .

Lou and Marguerite, at the Rustic Road site, ready to go at 8 am.

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Eric Diven, Dave Diven, and Marguerite hard at work pulling weeds at Rustic Road site.

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Dave Diven (foreground) prepares backyard topsoil for fertilizer and seed while Lou Sharp and Eric Diven (far background) continue yard clean-up.

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Bob(cat) Gehman peers out from the "bobcat cage."

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Lou Sharp and Mark Dowd smile during a well-deserved break.

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Marguerite and Eric look up momentarily from their trenching chores.

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Dave surveys his progress in moving fill dirt.

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Mark and daughters make sure ample grass seed is spread on the backyard.

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The Blessing of the Hope Williams Home, 1503 Roosevelt Avenue.

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Bob puts on a brave smile and wipes a fevered brow while laboring under Marguerite's discrete but watchful supervision.

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Eric Diven (foreground) and dad Dave (background) bend their backs to the arduous task of filling wheelbarrows with topsoil.

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