FAMILY PROMISE

Andrew Akers, Seth Nash, Jesse Wagner, Anthony Caputo,

PROJECT MISSION STATEMENT To help underprivileged families make

the steps they need in order to increase their standard of living and become functional members of society

WHAT WE DID TO HELP We were asked to clean, make space,

and build a wall in order to divide a room into two separate parts.

In total, we worked on the attic and the basement of the Family Promise building in downtown Williamsport

FIRST VISIT On our first visit, we focused on cleaning up

the attic and the basement. Originally it was cluttered, but we invested about 5 hours in and it looked a lot better.

We managed to clean up the attic entirely, and completely rearranged the basement which is their supply area.

Our next step was to set up the walls around the basement to make it more secure.

FIRST VISIT - BEFORE PICTURES

FIRST VISIT – AFTER PICTURES

SECOND VISIT Our purpose on our second visit was to

bring up a secure wall, and also to cover a crawlspace that they were having problems with.

After a whopping 8 hours, we accomplished what we needed to.

PICTURES WITHOUT THE WALL

MAKING THE WALL

HOW WE DID IT To actually make the wall, we set up a

wooden foundation by placing a top and bottom beam, and putting columns in between.

Once the foundation was made, we had to drywall it, and finally tape and glue all of the creases together.

It was the same process on a smaller scale for the small crawlspace.

COMPLETION OF THE WALL Unfortunately we were unable to take

closing pictures of the wall once it was completed due to technical difficulties. (batteries died)

The wall turned out great, and we were all happy to complete the project for the group.

WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED We helped out the Family Promise group a lot

by putting in our hours to help renovate the house.

But apart from that, we all had a great time hanging out and doing this project.

During the time, we met a lot of great people and made new friends.

We are very thankful for the opportunity to help, and we hope for the best for those families in need.

Family Promise has over 125,000 volunteers, but they are always looking for more.

To help, go to www.nihn.org and volunteer

You can make a huge difference for families that really need it, just like we did for our project.