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BUILDING HOMES - BRINGING HOPE
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."Â Matthew 7:24-25
OUR STORY
In response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Solid Rock Carpenters (SRC) formed in 2005 to offer opportunities for people from all backgrounds and skill levels to volunteer for rebuilding projects providing shelter for people in need. Over the past 14 years, more than 4,700 volunteers have supported SRCs mission of Building Homes and Bringing Hope to the underserved. SRC has been active in planning outreach programs locally, nationally and internationally - hosting 18 Framing Day Events, many local building projects and directly involved in the building of 50 new homes on 58 organized trips. Â
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FRAMING DAYS
100-200 Volunteers gather in a parking lot and frame walls for a home in sections. Those walls are then loaded on a big truck and shipped to our partner organization to be constructed on site at a later date.Â
SERVICE TRIPS
We have coordinated teams from 10-230 people. However, our typical team size is 30-50 people. These teams travel to various partner organizations to build new homes and repair existing homes for people in need.Â
VARIOUS LOCAL PROJECTS
We have served with Chicagoland homeless shelters to build bunkbeds for their facilites.Â
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