Habitat For Humanity Yukon

Habitat for Humanity
Yukon

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Please enjoy these photos showing our work on the duplex on Keewenaw.

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Dedicating Steve and Cheryl's duplexes. October 2, 2010.
Laying sod at the duplex. June 22, 2010.
Ground work at the duplex. June 15.
Cleaning Steve's half of the duplex, so he can move in.
The duplex seen at the end of July.
Painting the first half of the duplex.
The siding is done on the duplex.
Progress at 75 Keewenaw. April 15, 2009.
Progress on the siding. Nov. 9, 2008.
Progress on the siding. Oct. 18/19.
Working on the siding and decks. Oct 11/12.
Nancy Rohaly and six electricians work on the wiring. Oct 11.
Building the decks. Oct 5.
Meeting our new families.
State of the duplex May 1, 2008.
We insulate the duplex. Dec. 15
The roof is being installed! Nov. 28
Now we just need a roof! Nov. 25
This is starting to look like a house!
The building takes shape.
Yukon College students at work.
The building begins. October, 2007.
Arctic Backhoe digs the hole for the foundation. Sept 22.
Clearing the lot, Sept. 9 and 15, 2007.

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We celebrate the completion of Steve and Cheryl's duplexes, Oct. 2, 2010.

1. Cheryl's rec room, ready for guests.

2. Steve, Cheryl and Minister Lang.

3. Minister Kenyon recieving his plaque from Michael Purves.

4. Mary McAvoy, Michael and Terry Weninger, President of Yukon College.

5. Joanne Fairlie honours Yukon Women in Trades and Technology.

6. Her Worship, Mayor Bev. Buckway, receives a plaque on behave of the city.

7. NOW Appliances and Bedding and Northern Home Furnishing supplied the appliances.

8. Tracy Baxter did the drywall on Steve's half of the duplex.

9. Sourdough Sodbuster's are thanked for their donation.

10. The Needlecraft Guild present Steve and Chery with their gifts.

11. Steve and Cheryl cut the cake.

12. Mike Pare recieves the first Todd Hardy Volunteer of the Year award presented by Titus Hardy.

The lawns are done, what a difference two hours' work makes.

1. Laying down the last few pieces of sod.

2. The front yard, all done!

3. A view of the front and side of the duplex.

Our volunteers laying down the sod, generously donated by Sodbusters.

4. Volunteers finishing up work on Cheryl's lawn.

5. Ginny, always ready to lend a hand.

6. Mike, almost at the end of two year's work on the duplex.

7. Steve, working on his lawn.

With the inside done, we are working on yards now.

1. Rock crush with feature boulders for the side of Cheryl's duplex.

2. Soil ready for sod at the back of Steve's duplex.

3. Rock crush for the side of Steve's duplex.

4. Soil ready for the front of the duplex.

Cleaing Steve's half of the duplex so he can move in. November 10, 2009.

1. Joanne gives a professional clean to the kitchen, including cupboards.

2. Shar of Care and Share Family Help Services shows Steve how to really clean a floor.

3. Shar working away on a bedroom floor.

The duplex as seen at the end of July.

1. Front view of the duplex.

2. Back view of the duplex.

3. One bedroom painted.

4. Looking in to the new kitchen.

5. Steve's finished basement.

6. Cheryl's side, waiting for Steve's side to be completed.

7. The bathroom will be here.

8. The rooms upstairs.

We start painting the interior of Steve's half of the duplex.

1. The family room, with a coat of grey primer, waiting for the colours.

2. The kitchen, waiting for primer.

3. Jen cutting in the colour for Chalsea's room.

The siding is done on the duplex, thanks to Penner Construction!

1. The north side of the duplex.

2. The front of the duplex.

3. The south side of the duplex.

4. The back of the duplex.

Progress at 75 Keewenaw. April 15, 2009.

1. A very neat plumbing job.

2. The main floor gets mudded and taped.

3. Outside, the deck needs to be completed.

4. One of the rooms needs the ceiling to be completed.

Progress on the siding after another day of work. November 9.

1. View of the back of the duplex at the end of the day.

2. Now for the soffits!

3. The front is still waiting for more volunteers.

4. When the side soffits are installed, we'll get to the back of Cheryl's half.

Progress on the siding after another weekend of work. October 18/19.

1. View of the back of the duplex after a weekend's work.

2. View of the side.

3. View of the front.

4. View of the side and our sponsors sign.

1. Volunteers from the Royal Bank and the Bank of Montreal made great progess on Oct. 18.

2. Time to raise the scaffolding.

3. Starting on the back of the duplex.

Our volunteers work away on siding and decks. October 12.

1. Joe cuts siding for our crew.

2. We need scaffolds to keep going.

3. Pat and Michael get to the top of the Tyvec.

4. Meanwhile, Michelle and the Etienne family work on the decks.

Yukon Housing and HFHY announce the Phoenix Rising Project. October 6.

1. A busy crew doing a fantastic job.

2. Nancy Rohaly, who organized the electrical work.

3. Inside Steve's house.

4. Inside Cheryl's house.

A dozen people enjoyed a warm sunny October day and built 4 decks.

1. John cuts pieces for the footings.

2. Mary assembles the footings.

2. Michelle assembles the footings.

3. Matt, Kevin and Daniel set the footings for the main deck.

Meeting our new family.

1. Steve Etienne signs his agreement, July 13.

2. Steve and his three children, Jacqueline, Steven Jr. and Chelsea.

3. Cheryl Keleher signs her agreement, August 29.

4. Cheryl and her two daughters, Amanda and Britney, along with Penny Raven and Todd Hardy.

The state of the duplex. May 1.

1. An outside view.

2. An inside wall.

3. More inside framing.

4. An outside view.

We insulate the duplex. December 15.

1. One room done.

2. The vapour barrier is done.

3. Lynda and Dick fitting insulation around those pesky windows.

4. Messy, but progress!

The roof is being installed!

1. Yukon College carpentry students leaving after a job well done.

2. One of the students, learning his trade on a real building.

3. Don Gillies, carpentry instructor. The guy who makes it all happen.

4. A view of the first half of the roof.

Now we just need a roof!

1. The left side of the duplex.

2. The right side of the duplex.

3. A view inside the bottom floor.

4. Waiting for a roof! Note that Arctic Backhoe has backfilled the house.

This is starting to look like a house!

1. The top floor and walls.

2. A view of the first half of the duplex.

Students from Yukon College's carpentry classes are starting work on the duplex. October, 2007.

1. The second floor of the first half the duplex takes shape.

2. More walls go up.

3. Many hands make light labour.

4. The floor is nearly done.

The building takes shape. October, 2007.

1. Work on the walls and the floor.

2. Students at work.

3. Students at work.

4. Students at work.

Students from Yukon College's carpentry classes are starting work on the duplex. October, 2007.

1. Carpentry students from Yukon College start work on the foundations.

2. The foundations take shape.

3. The foundation is poured and ready to go.

4. The first wall is made. Three more to go.

Arctic Backhoe generously donates their services to prepare the lot. Sept. 22, 2007.

1. A big hole is needed for the duplex.

2. We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig.

3. We dig the whole day through.

4. You can't be too careful.

Clearing the lot at 75 Keenwenaw Drive. Sept. 9 & 15, 2007.

1. The lot before we start our work.

2. Some of our volunteers going back to work after a quick lunch.

3. Bucking up the logs.

4. Arctic Backhoe preparing to dig for the foundations.

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