Final week at Chatham, Illinois

 In our final week at MMDC in Chatham, Illinois, we continued with many of the same jobs although different people did some jobs.

Here Joyce, Ray and Stel are recruited to wrap finished unassembled desks for shipment.

Individually wrapped desks are stacked on a palet.

John and Ray are sanding repaired boards before assembly in desks.

Esther is cutting desk parts with the radial arm saw.

Some continued with the same jobs such as:

Jodi has a goal...

to drill every little block before she leaves.

Ray with the assistance of Jodi continues cleaning the dryer vent in the basement of the duplex.

Yet, there were a number of new tasks undertaken.

Jake hoists Larry over the new warehouse doors...

and Larry then installs numbers over each door..

so that delivery or shipment vehicles can easily be directed to the correct entry point.

Jim and Larry began dismantling shelving in the old warehous

and moved it to the new warehouse.

Stel is adding weatherstrip to the "man doors" in the new warehouse...

and adding rain diverters over the doors.

Lary and Hank repair a chair from the chapel.

Karen and Gloria began working in the sewing machine area to repair donated sewing machines or identify problems.

Donated goods arrive in packed crates...

Dave and Linda take inventory of the donated goods.

Other volunteers were at the center again this week and packed flood buckets.

We ended the week by celebrating the birthday of one of our own.

Surprise?

We made Kitty wear this to work all day.

The week and the project are over and time to say goodbye to new and old friends...

or "here's a hug 'til we meet again.