Alternate Spring Break 2005

Spokane Habitat for Humanity
Spokane, WA


MISSION

To learn about Habitat for Humanity and to work for a good cause during Spring Break!

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Learned to caulk and install trim

Built a window

Used a nail gun and other power tools

Installed roof tiles

Put in insulation

Built a deck

Gained a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction while working alongside future homeowners.

 

FAVORITE MEMORIES

Making “funeral” potatoes

Crazy night out to dinner

Old construction workers rapping

Skits on the last night

Laughing at everything!

Anything that came out of Mustafa’s mouth

Taboo

Steam Plant Grill

Dinner with Beth and Jim

Singing in the car

“Sleepover” – falling asleep to a movie

Making progress on the house

The hospitality of community members

 

ENTERTAINMENT

Hiking in Coeur d’Alene and Bowl and Pitcher Park

Comedy Club

Movies

Downtown Spokane

Steam Plant Grill

Watching DVDs

Taboo

Chilled, talked, trying to rap

Sightseeing at Riverfront Park

Dinners out

Being hosted by others for dinner!

Shopping

EATING!!!

Going to Idaho

FAVORITE QUOTES

“We’re driving to the middle of nowhere and leaving you there –

my mom used to say that to me all the time.” – Jia Min

“Oh my God! I just realized this. Oh wow. The mouth, the hair, the nose.

You look like John Mayer”

“So what made you want to come work here in Spokane?” – Host

“Well, West Philadelphia is perfect, so we’re moving on.” – Eric

“Go Shorty, it’s your birthday…” – Bill, elderly construction manager on site

“So how much longer to Kennewick?”

“His name’s Mustafa, not Mufasa.” – Dilip

“I do it on my front porch every morning…you wrap fish in it.” – Mustafa

“Oh, that Sri Lankan humor.”

“I love the caulk” – Jon Beus

“You gave me your leaky caulk.”

“Oh wait, it’s 4 o’clock. We ate lunch 2 hours ago, but now we are late for dinner.”

“Caulk”

“The people in Rwanda and Siberia, the first place they heard of in America was Spokane

 

PARTICIPANTS

Leora Gabry

Mustafa Ghazanfar

Carli Koshal

Chau Lam

Jade Moore

Jia Min Ng

Jessica Pfeffer

Eric Plunkett

Ryan Pohlman

Dilip Ramachandran

Jill Reiner

 

SITE LEADERS

Jonathan Beus and Vanessa White

 


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