Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity (AAHH) recently recognized its “core” Construction Services volunteers with a breakfast event at Warren Wilson College. Core volunteers are those who help Habitat build and repair homes on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. In 2013, 95 core construction volunteers collectively contributed more than 15,000 hours of service to Asheville Area Habitat. And to put that in perspective, of all the volunteer hours contributed on Habitat construction sites last year (1,700 people/ 30,000 hours), 50% of those hours were completed by just 95 individuals - the “core” volunteers!
Among this core group, there were 10 who individually contributed more than 280
hours and one who topped the scale at more than 700 hours! Habitat
congratulated and thanked:
“Top Ten Hours” volunteers
1.
Dick Allen
|
705
|
2.
CJ Obara
|
556
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3.
Jerry Ray
|
446
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4.
Ken Clark
|
443
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5.
Bob Laveck
|
414
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6.
Bob Swartz
|
341
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7.
Ross Akin
|
317
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8.
Kevin Cox
|
312
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9.
Tom Houser
|
285
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10. Paul
Finegan
|
281
|
Habitat also recognized those who hit significant
longevity milestones. The honorees were:
10 Year Award - Ken Clark, Mike Lang, Len Lorensen and John Steigerwald
20 Year Award - Paul Finegan
“In
his 20 years of service, Paul has logged more than 6,500 hours of volunteer
service with our affiliate! He has
pounded more nails and installed more siding than we can count, and probably
eaten more than 1,000 donuts on the jobsite since 1993! But the most important
measurement of all is human lives. In the past 20 years, Paul has helped build
more than 230 homes for 230 Buncombe County families. Those families’ lives
have been forever changed thanks to Paul and all of our volunteers,” noted Lew
Kraus, Executive Director.
In addition to Construction volunteers, Habitat
utilizes volunteers in the ReStore and administrative office. These volunteers
are recognized in separate appreciate events. Collectively and across the
entire organization, more than 2,100 volunteers contribute more than 60,000
hours to AAHH last year!
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