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Talbot County Habitat for Humanity Build with the Talbot County Alumni Chapter

April 11, 2009

WC students worked on four homes, two duplexes in a new multi-income and unit development called Milestone on Clay in Easton. The community is being built by Habitat for Humanity of Talbot and Dorchester Counties in partnership with Elm Street Development and several other local companies as well as a large and committed volunteer and donor corps. Lorraine Kenton Polvinale '69 P'98 & Tom Polvinale '70 P'98, Kristina Tatusko '88, Michael Henry, Kendall N. Schwartz '82, and Eleanor Shriver Magee '93 donated food to help feed the hard-working volunteers.

Click to enlarge photos by Maria Rose Hynson.

Beverly Frimpong '12 uses a putty knife to spackle nail holes.
Beverly Frimpong '12 uses a putty knife to spackle nail holes.
Emily Hess '12 sands walls.
Emily Hess '12 sands walls.
Steve Stranahan '12 helps a local volunteer to cut drywall.
Steve Stranahan '12 helps a local volunteer to cut drywall.
Maria Rose Hynson helps Beverly with the spackling.
Maria Rose Hynson helps Beverly with the spackling.
Steve measures the drywall carefully.
Steve measures the drywall carefully.
Beverly moves on to filling nail holes in the ceiling.
Beverly moves on to filling nail holes in the ceiling.
Aliina Lahti '09 screws drywall into place with a cordless drill.
Aliina Lahti '09 screws drywall into place with a cordless drill.
Beverly helps to mark the drywall sheet for the next cut.
Beverly helps to mark the drywall sheet for the next cut.
Aliina stretches to reach over the sliding glass door.
Aliina stretches to reach over the sliding glass door.
Meghan Lepley '12 raises clouds of dust with her sweeping.
Meghan Lepley '12 raises clouds of dust with her sweeping.
Sarah Billmyre '11 wipes dust from the walls to prepare them for painting.
Sarah Billmyre '11 wipes dust from the walls to prepare them for painting.
Loydis Cummings '09 sweeps sawdust from the floor of a freshly painted unit.
Loydis Cummings '09 sweeps sawdust from the floor of a freshly painted unit.
Emily Hess '12 and Morgan Phillips '12 clean up a unit to prepare it for inspection.
Emily Hess '12 and Morgan Phillips '12 clean up a unit to prepare it for inspection.
Taking a break from the clean-up (from right to left): Loydis Cummings '09, Aliina Lahti '09, Morgan Phillips '12, Beverly Frimpong '12, Sarah Billmyre '11, Latoya Gatewood-Young '11, Emily Hess '12, Alyssa Velazquez '12
Taking a break from the clean-up (from right to left): Loydis Cummings '09, Aliina Lahti '09, Morgan Phillips '12, Beverly Frimpong '12, Sarah Billmyre '11, Latoya Gatewood-Young '11, Emily Hess '12, Alyssa Velazquez '12.
Alyssa Velazquez '12 crouches low to paint a wall.
Alyssa Velazquez '12 crouches low to paint a wall.
Emily Hess '12 smiles as she rolls paint on a bedroom wall.
Emily Hess '12 smiles as she rolls paint on a bedroom wall.
Meghan Lepley '12 adds some paint to the wall.
Meghan Lepley '12 adds some paint to the wall.
Latoya Gatewood-Young '11 tries her hand at painting.
Latoya Gatewood-Young '11 tries her hand at painting.
Kelsey McGuinn '12 files the rough edge off the drywall around the sliding glass door.
Kelsey McGuinn '12 files the rough edge off the drywall around the sliding glass door.
Steve checks the edges of the drywall on the stairway.
Steve checks the edges of the drywall on the stairway.
The dusty group after a hard day's work (front row, from right to left): Aliina Lahti '09, Latoya Gatewood-Young '11, Alyssa Velazquez '12. (Back row, from right to left): Maria Rose Hynson (Office of the Provost), Clint Roderick '10, Loydis Cummings '09, Emily Hess '12, Morgan Phillips '12, Steve Stranahan '12, Joe Morris '12, Kelsey McGuinn '12, Beverly Frimpong '12, Sarah Billmyre '11, Meghan Lepley '12.
The dusty group after a hard day's work (front row, from right to left): Aliina Lahti '09, Latoya Gatewood-Young '11, Alyssa Velazquez '12. (Back row, from right to left): Maria Rose Hynson (Office of the Provost), Clint Roderick '10, Loydis Cummings '09, Emily Hess '12, Morgan Phillips '12, Steve Stranahan '12, Joe Morris '12, Kelsey McGuinn '12, Beverly Frimpong '12, Sarah Billmyre '11, Meghan Lepley '12.

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