March 14, 2009

Habitat for Humanity

Large numbers of volunteers are coming out to put a house up. Habitat for Humanity is using the Wehking Alumni Center parking lot to construct a home that will be transported to its finally resting place after most of the structure is completed.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Nineteen-year-old volunteer Jessica Ibendahl screws in ceiling beams at the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Mark Bartlett's Center for Child Studies preschool class takes a field trip to the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jarod Goetter exits the Habitat for Humanity home he is volunteering to build Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Volunteers gather outside a Habitat for Humanity house being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Volunteer Amy Pinter screws in ceiling beams at the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Dave Sanders, left, and Loren Winterhof share a hammer while securing rafters in thehe Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Friday, March 13, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Nineteen-year-old volunteer Ann Leitensdorfer screws in ceiling beams at the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Dave Sanders secures rafters of the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Friday, March 13, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com The Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Friday, March 13, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jacob Asendorf, 4, practices hammering at the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Center for Child Studies preschoolers Allanah Long, left, Jacob Asendorf, Logan Mizicko, and Zach Brazel practice hammering during a field trip to the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Terry Juden, left, and Amy Pinter talk at the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Tom Murphy, left, 20, and Dave Sanders build a wall Tuesday, March 10, 2009, while preparing a Habitat for Humanity house being built in the Alumni Center parking lot.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Work progresses on the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com The Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com The Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot takes shape Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Tom Murphy, left, 20, and Aaron Kucker, 19, build a wall Tuesday, March 10, 2009, while working on a Habitat for Humanity house being built in the Alumni Center parking lot.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Volunteer Amy Pinter, 21, screws together ceiling beams while a large group of volunteers goes through orientation for the Habitat for Humanity home going up in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com John Sterling, right, helps Chris Ellis cut rafters Wednesday, March 11, 2009, for Sterling's future home, which is being built by Habitat for Humanity, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Zach Brazel, 3, learns to hammer Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com John Sterling exits his future home, being built by Habitat for Humanity, Thursday morning, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Volunteer Andrew Valleroy, 22, supports a window as it is installed Thursday, March 12, 2009, in the Habitat for Humanity home being built in the Alumni Center parking lot in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Volunteers install a window Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the Habitat for Humanity home being constructed on Southeast Missouri State's campus.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com John Sterling, left, and Chris Ellis cut rafters for Sterling's future home, being built by Habitat for Humanity in the Alumni Center parking lot Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com A view of volunteers from under the Habitat for Humanity house being built in the Alumni Center parking lot Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Cape Girardeau.

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Large numbers of volunteers are coming out to put a house up. Habitat for Humanity is using the Wehking Alumni Center parking lot to construct a home that will be transported to its finally resting place after most of the structure is completed.

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