Basement Cement has been Poured

I went to the house today for the first time since the Dedication Ceremony and found the cement had been poured along with many other items finished.

Thank you to Jean Boudreau and Everyone else whom was there working on these items. It looks Great!!

Dedication Ceremony

This was a Wonderful Ceremony Thank you to All!!!

I want to thank my close friends and Family whom attended this event.
Thank you to the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.
Thank you to all the News crews and others whom took the time to be there.


All the speeches where wonderful and the gifts where unexpected and will be very useful.

The Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity Saint John Region Inc. presented the children and I with a

Tool Box Which will be very useful in helping me maintain our home. Which is what Jean Boudreau and Habitat for Humanity has taught me.

Bible which is needed by every family. This will help me to raise my children as positive contributors to society and to teach them right from wrong, good from bad.

Bag with these items and this poem.

A penny - so you will never be broke in your new home.

Wine - so you will never be thirsty in your new home.

Bread - so you will never be hungry in your new home.

Candle - so you will always know the warmth of family and friends in your new home.

Thank you this means so much!

Atlantic Wall Board gave us a Turkey and a beautiful homemade cutting board. We will enjoy the turkey. The cutting board I am sure will last many life time. Thank you this is very thoughtful!

Another great gift we recieved from Don Connolly is a Homeowners Manual which I am certain will come in handy. Thank you so much!

I am going to try to find the news stories on this and post.

I am also trying to add the video of speeches and ceremony.

Thank you for sharing this special day with us!

We wish you all a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Getting ready for Christmas

Today after we got done at the dedication ceremony Heather Myers from Xerox came to help me with everything I had neglected to do for Christmas at my apt. We bought a tree, decorated it and brought up all the decorations from the storage closet and decorated for Christmas. In order to put the tree and decorations up we had to move some stuff around. We put all the boxes and some dressers in my daughters room to make room for Christmas, When we were finished it looked amazing. Thank you so much I couldn't have done it without you both. I had a ball doing it. The kids were so happy when they got home. They had a great time decorating the tree.

Not Long Now!!

I want to Thank everyone for taking your precious time 5 days before Christmas to spend helping us finish our home. It shows the kindness in peoples hearts this time of year. When everyone is trying to find the time to get all of their own stuff done to prepare for the big day.

My children and I are truly blessed to have had so many wonderful people be there for us through this journey.

Great Job on the Siding John and Paul!

Great Job on the Siding Morgan!

John Boudreau

Paul Oconnor

Dave Ryan Jr.

Austin Ryan (Dave's son)

Morgan Mchatten

Greg Cook

Roger Rider

Sabrina Rider (Rogers daughter)

Neal Rider (Rogers son)

Thank you to Sue and Howard for once again babysitting my children.

Thank you to Tim Hortons for the hot drinks.

Great Job with the electrical Austin!

Mirrors, shelves, doorstops, ect look great guys!

Saturday Decameber 20th

Hi everyone,

We are going to be at the house today Saturday, 20th of December starting at 9AM and will be there for the day. We hope to have lots of help to get the house finished. Here are some pictures of what we have accomplished thus far.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Andrea

FLUOR PROJECT SOLUTION

Thank you so much to the team from Fluor whom came out tonight after working all day to put in a few more hrs of work to help us with our house. You got a lot done tonight. Thanks for taking time at this busy time of year. It is very much appreciated.

John Boudreau
Tony Hawker

Brian Bruno

Chris Albanity

Colin Gandy

John Oxley

Eric Peterson

Dan Fern

Jermy Fry

Dave Macleod

Amy Palalia

Martin Palalia

Saint John the Baptist / King Edward School

Today the children teachers at Saint John the Baptist / King Edward School had their annual Christmas concert. It was a pleasure to attend this beautiful event.

The School was given a $100.00 Irving Gas Card and they wanted to sell tickets for this ticket at the door of the concert and have the proceeds donated to Habitat for Humanity Saint John.

For this fund raiser they were able to raise $152.00.

Thank you to Everyone at Saint John the Baptist / King Edward School.
Thank you to Everyone who helped with this fund raiser.
Thank you Sonya Nash for Making and Selling the tickets.

Unfinished Items: Help Still Needed!

Here is a list of the unfinished items in the house.

Roof over deck
Siding on top half of house in front
Outside lights and Flood lights to be installed
Door bell to be installed
Finish front deck
Stairs on back deck
Paint downstairs doors and trim
touch up painting through the house
door handles to be put on after painting is finished
Inside stairs to be sanded and varnished
Railing to be put on inside
Railing at top of the stairs to be made and instaled
Counter top to be but on
Mirrors to be put up in Bathrooms
Appliances to be brought over
Basement - level, pour cement, Insulation, Lights, Stairs
Driveway
Power
Heat
Water

I will update to let you all know Days and Times when help is needed. Thank you!!

My Wonderful New Community

Many people from the community were at the house today all working together to try to get remaining work completed. Thank you all!!! I will add all the names and pictures tomorrow as I need sleep. lol

Dave Ryan the Electrician

Dave Ryan Jr. the Electrician

Ed From Irving oil Limited. What a hard worker!!!

Angela has organized all the volunteers from xerox throught the entire project. Today she brought Dave along to help.

The boys bringing the leveler to the basement

My good friend Sonya

Eric teaching his daughter how to hook the wires up. Your never too young to start learning. Great Job!

Eric's other beautiful daughter. Found some great use for some of the garbage. Great Imagination!

Great Job getting some more siding up!

Sue and Howard invited everyone over for Chilli, lots of other delicious food, wine and great company. It was the perfect way to end a great day of a community coming together to help the new family on the block.

Thank you so much guys. Also, thank you for babysitting all day. Now, that is really hard work! I have the best neighbours.

Thank you to Tim Horton's for the hot drinks on such a cold day.

Thank you Chris Boudreau for the use of all your tools and heater.

Thank you all for the phenomenal work done today. I once again have hope!

Dave Ryan

Dave Ryan Jr.

Dave Carr

Eric Chisholm and his 2 Girls

Tim Ryan

Ed Johnston

Sonya Nash

Robert Wheeler

Grace Beukeveld

Don Small

Conrad Brock

Sally Kwong

Deborah Tremblay-Boudreau

Chris Boudreau

Howard Labillois

Suzane Kingston

Lisa Frechette

Gisela Low

Angela Trecartin

David Spence

Greg Cook

Leslie Jeffrey

I know I have missed some names. Let me know and Please forgive me!

We now have a KITCHEN!!!

We received our kitchen today. Roland was very nice to come at the end of the day to put it together. It is beautiful. Thank you so much Kent's Building Supplies for this amazing donation. It is wonderful and we are going to enjoy it everyday. It has many large cupboards and drawers. This will help eliminate the stress of everything falling out of the cupboards and having to put it on the counter. One cupboard was not sent so, I will add a picture tomorrow.

Thank you for putting it up right away Roland, we really appreciate it. It makes it look so much more finished.

Aunty Jane and Mary

Thank you so much for coming out to help in the storm tonight Jane and Mary. You did a wonderful Job today Painting the doors and trim. It was nice spending time with you both.

The Plumbers / More trim and shelves

Getting lots done. The Bathrooms are installed! Now for the water. lol Still lots going on in the basement.

Call To Action!

Hello everyone,

I want to thank all the many volunteers whom so generously gave of their time to help my family and I in one of the most important times in our lives. This all would not be possible without you all working together to give us this wonderful opportunity for a better future. My heart fills with Joy as I look back through the pictures of all the wonderful people that were there for us in this time of need. I am putting out a call for action as there are still many things unfinished at the house and the dedication ceremony is 2 weeks away and Christmas 2 days after. My family and I really wanted to be in our house for Christmas. I know how busy everyone is this time of year and if you do have any extra time it would be greatly appreciated. Many, Whom have volunteered in the past have come back to give more help. Thank you so much. Even an hr or two is a great help and means so much to my family. I will be updating this post with a list of things that need to be done and when they can be done.

Plumber - hook up sewage system to house hook up bathrooms ect... - Dec 9th morning
Electrician - Hook up electricity and lighting ect... - Dec 10th
Enbridge Gas - Heating system -
Water gets turned on -
Kitchen instalation - Dec 10th -11
Trim - around remaining windows and doors. - Dec 9 - 10 - 11
All baseboards. - Dec 9 -10 -11
filling all nail holes and trim with puddy - Dec 9-10
Painting doors and trim - Dec9 -10
Back StairsSiding on front of house - Saturday Dec 13
Roof over front deck - Dec 13
Shelves in pantry - Dec 9 - 10
Closet doors - Dec 13
Remaining doors - Dec 9th
Basement levelled Saturday Dec 13
Concrete poured in basement and driveway Dec 17th
Painting - Touch ups mostly Dec 9 - 13
Moving lumber -
Cleaning - Everything - Everyday from 3:00 to 5:00

If you are able to give any time at all to help let me know.
Thank you all so much for supporting us through this journey.

Andrea Galbraith

iandrealee1973@gmail.com

A Few items on Sunday

Today John Thomson came to the house for the day to help.

We got the closet doors started
Put on some trim and baseboards
Did a lot of painting

Thank you so much for giving your time to help us with our home. It was great having your company and help for the day.

John & Roland

Today the boys put on doors, trim, finished the closets and installed some shelving. Still a lot of stuff going on in the basement too.

Thank you ! John and Roland

Irving Equipment / John Boudreau

The Boys where at the house today working in the freezing cole. What an amazing job they did today. We now have stairs on the front deck along with the roof over the deck almost finished. The back deck is completly inclosed with beautiful railings. Thank you so much for all your hard work today. Amazing job guys!!