Cherokee Fire Recruits Help Build Habitat For Humanity Home

CANTON, GA — Cherokee County Fire Recruits spent the day last Friday to help Habitat for Humanity build a new home. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home.

According to fire recruit, Beau Witcher, “We are given the opportunity to do community service as a part of the recruit program. So, we looked at different areas throughout the county in which we could help and one of those was Habitat for Humanity, so we decided to give them a call.”

Two weeks ago, David Young, Construction Manager for Habitat for Humanity said his director did not have a day this week for volunteers and Young needed some to help with the paint and siding.

"My mother has this thing of when she prays, miracles happen and I inherited that from her and I told the director that I was going to pray about this," Young said. "Thirty minutes after I left the office, the director called and said the recruits had called her to volunteer.”

The recruits worked to finish putting the siding on the home which is 1280 square foot in size and will be a 3-bedroom and 2-baths home.

Young praised the recruits for the work they did that day.

“They were awesome," he said "They listened very well and called me 'sir' all day and I loved that. They were great and I would have them any time, any day."

The Cherokee Fire Recruits who worked on the home were; Scott Brooks, Desmond Chavarria, Anthony Ciorba, Asheton Collins, Amanda DeWoody, Joseph Gates, Matthew Hickey, Cameron Hubbard, Chance Huffschmidt, Chris Lafontaine, Ryan Laughridge, Jonathan Laurich, Jacob Murphy, Neven O’Hearn, Austin Owen, David Scalf, Caleb Smalley, Scott Ward, Alex Weaver, Mason Williams, Beau Witcher, Michael Zuchegn and Ryan Crump.

The home, which is located on Lusk Court Road off Highway 20, is being built for a family of four from West Africa. The home will have its official dedication on August 10.