It was Tuesday and we were in Tuskegee. We had been loading left over wood from a wheel chair ramp for over half an hour and had been on the road back and forth from three worksites most of the morning. As we were getting ready to load up and head back to Auburn, a … Read more
So What… Last night was Night 2 in the Shack. The weather is still holding out and relatively comfortable…the colder air…creeping in. I had some young painters come and put their handy work on our shack giving the black, empty tar paper some color and personality. It gives us a chance to talk to kids … Read more
“Wednesday, Kim received a phone call from a sweet lady named Ms. Katherine. Before she could tell her that we weren’t accepting repair referrals (because we have over 100 people currently waiting), she began telling her about her illnesses and that she had no place warm to stay due to her kitchen floor and roof … Read more
Currently we have 102 people on our list in Lee/Macon counties calling us because they have problems with their homes! Their roof is leaking, their floors are falling in, wind is coming through the cracks. And these are people’s homes. No, we would never say a person is living in “a shack” but this annual … Read more
What a loaded statement! This could go so many ways! But the context is based upon a news release last a few weeks ago. Two different stories ran that independently mean little but when taken in context show a type of leadership schizophrenia we have in our state at times. The first news cast was … Read more