High Gas Prices And Volunteers

Alabama Mobile Groups like Habitat for Humanity can use more helping hands.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Thu, June 26, 2008 - 7:39 pm CST

A group that helps build homes for the needy in Mobile can use your help.
Officials with Habitat for Humanity in Mobile County are looking for volunteers to finish homes in Citronelle.
Habitat officials dedicated one home there Thursday, but they are building four others.
Brenda Lawless with Habitat for Humanity said it took several months to build that home.
She said, "It has been a tough, tough challenge for us because we had such a shortage of volunteers in the northside of the county."
Habitat leaders say they had an increase in the number of volunteers at the end of the school year, but Lawless said, "This summer and any summer, especially the last three years since Katrina has just been flat lined with trying to get volunteers. And now, we've got the gas prices sky high, its tough, its really tough."
What's the reward for volunteers?
Plenty of smiles on the faces of people like Celena Still and her two daughters.
They moved into the Citronelle home that was just completed.
When asked how it feels to move in, Still said, "That's undescribable. The joy just drips off."
For more information on volunteering, call Habitat for Humanity in Mobile County at (251) 476-7171.

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Razorsharp Says:

Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:02 pm

I agree. I used to do a lot of volunteer work in south Baldwin county, but since I live in Mobile, the cost of gas keeps me from doing so any more. I simply cannot justify the expense since it affects my personal finances to such a great degree now.

2652 Says:

Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:02 am

The cost of gas has a lot to do with volunteer participation. I would love to volunteer more for American Red Cross, but with the cost of gas, I must stay home. The cost of gas is interfering with everyones lives at this point.