On Saturday, June 26, 2010, a couple of our friends from the Catalyst group in Calera traveled to a home in Montevallo belonging to an elderly couple. One of the men had heard of the difficulty the couple were having managing the steps from their home to their car. The two guys did a great job on this ramp, as you can see below. A huge thank you to them for volunteering to head this job up and getting it done!

On Saturday, June 19, 2010, a group of nine volunteers went to work in the sweltering heat to build a long-awaited ramp for a hospice patient in the Indian Springs area. Five of the volunteers were regular Hearts In Hands helpers. Thank you so much, guys, for your faithful assistance!  In addition, we had four new volunteers from the Indian Springs Baptist Church, where the client we were assisting attends.

Working all together, they were able to build this 28-foot ramp in one day. Upon completion, the pastor from the church dedicated the new ramp with a prayer.

On Saturday, May 15, 2010, four adult volunteers and one youth tackled a ramp project for a hospice patient in the East Lake area. They worked in the sweltering heat–drank lots of Gatorade and water–and pressed on until they got the whole ramp built. A huge THANK YOU to our volunteers for a great job!

One of our patient’s caregiver is her daughter, whose garage roof had completely deteriorated causing further damage to the structure. This is where she keeps her lawn maintenance equipment. She does her own maintenance, and was worried about losing her secure place to store the equipment. She got a quote from someone to replace the roof, but it was cost-prohibitive for her.

Shared Properties, LLC once again generously offered to put a new metal roof on her garage for her on April 17, 2010. Thanks, James, for easing some of this caregiver’s worry!

On April 10, 2010, two volunteers went to a home in West End to replace a worn out ramp for a hospice patient. The old ramp was rotted and unsafe and had to be completely removed before a new one could be rebuilt. Thankfully, the step up was not high and the ramp could be relatively short. So this job was completed in one day.

On March 20, 2010, a volunteer installed a pet door for a caregiver in the Chelsea area. Her husband is very ill, and she was having to stop what she was doing many, many times a day to let one or all of her dogs in or out. It was adding to her stress and exhaustion, but she loves her dogs. Hopefully, this will be a good solution for her. Thanks, Wayne!

On Saturday, February 27th, a small team of five returned to the home in Homewood to complete the ramp begun February 20th. As you can see from the pictures below, they did a great job and the homeowner is pleased to be able to more easily get her mother out of the home.

A team also attempted to complete the roofing project last Saturday, but the weather was again uncooperative. Frank and four grandsons returned on March 6th to help get the roof completed. A huge “Thank You” to Shared Properties, LLC for heading up this project for us and completing it at no labor cost to Hearts In Hands! We couldn’t have done it without them.

What a productive day we had working in the beautiful weather last Saturday! The guys in the Catalyst group completely rebuilt a porch and added a ramp for a lady in Marbury. This was a project that had been on hold for a few months due to the remote location, so thank you so much guys!

Another small team led by Jimmy started a ramp for two elderly ladies in Homewood. This is a big project, so a team will need to return again this Saturday, February 27th. Please consider volunteering for this project. We’ll need a big team to get this one done for these ladies this Saturday.

And we finally had a good weather day to begin reroofing the home in Roebuck. We got about half of the roof done, so we’ll also be returning to this location this Saturday, February 27th, if the weather will cooperate again.