More

than 100 members of Peachtree City United

Methodist Church turned out Saturday to build

their second Habitat for Humanity house in

Riverdale's Trinity Park. According to Joe

Tuggle, who is known as the project's "Blitz

Boss," volunteers will complete the 1400

square foot house in just one week. "We were

the first group to build a house in a one-week

blitz last year for the Southern Crescent Habitat

for Humanity, and now we're the second ones to

ever do it," Tuggle said.

The

2,000 member Methodist congregation paid $45,000

to Habitat for the structure's materials and will

provide the labor as well. "The money comes

out of our annual budget," Tuggle noted.

Tuggle

said their partners in the construction project

are members of the family approved by Habitat for

Humanity to purchase the house. "They invest

sweat equity and pay a mortgage to Habitat,"

he explained. The new Habitat homeowners are also

required to help build additional houses in their

neighborhood. "The family we partnered last

year will be helping us this weekend,"

Tuggle noted. "It was fun for us to provide

that family a house."

"I

got so much as a person working on this

project," Tuggle said. He recalled that one

of the best things was working side by side with

other church members; some of whom he knew, and

others he got to know through the building blitz.

No

special skills are necessary to be a Habitat

volunteer. Workers can wield a hammer, make sure

the water cooler is full, or snap pictures of the

work in progress. "We have a lot of senior

adults who volunteer and we have to try and slow

them down," Tuggle joked.

Keeping

the volunteer crews fed and hydrated falls to a

special group of volunteers who coordinated with

Peachtree City and Fayetteville businesses to

provide lunches and snacks throughout the week.

Contributing food to the effort is Pizza Hut,

Subway, Philly Cheese Steak, Chik-Fil-A, Du-Roc

Cafe and BBQ, Schlotzky's Deli and Arby's.

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