We're making good progress on the Barnum Street Project in Milton as August comes to an end. In this week's pictures, you can see one of our partners (Tina Draper) building sweat equity towards her new house. Tina is the woman in the red shirt nailing siding. Please consider donating to help keep our costs and Tina's mortgage as affordable as possible.

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Pictures of the kick off of the 2 week building event by volunteers from GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare workers are in red shirts. Thrivent and Lowes are also major sponsors of the Milton houses on Barnum Street.

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Webmaster's note: On July 23rd, Green Mountain Habitat was featured in the Burlington Free Press. Click on the link below to read the full text.

"MILTON — Tina Draper and her family will move into a new house on Barnum Street this fall.

Five houses are being built on Barnum Street in the largest effort conducted by Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, said David Mullin, the group’s executive director.

Many of the volunteers who will build the Milton homes work for GE Healthcare Information Technology in South Burlington. The company, formerly known as IDX Systems, is deploying 700 of its 800 employees on four-hour shifts during a two-week period — generating 2,800 hours of labor."

The Burlington Free Press has created a great slideshow with sound of the GE Healthcare workers working on Habitat houses.

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The three foundations of houses to be completed this fall are in place, and the road into the project is there. About a dozen people were working on July 7th, including Green Mountain Pres. Jim Kalbfleisch, house leader Charlie McGill and his wife Ruth, GE Healthcare representative Greg Jackson, and others. During the day, a wall went up on house one, and the carrying timber was laid in house three. The second house stood with a foundation.

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We are in desperate need of Volunteers during the next week or so. Check the online schedule for the latest openings.

Check out the progress on the Milton neighborhood project: