Our current project involves assisting a widowed mother with five children. I am organizing the logistics to restore their house. Stay tuned for volunteer opportunities. If you can't volunteer, you can donate on the main page to support the Service B4 Self mission.
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Military Support Fondation
Military Support Foundation
Military Police Regimental Association
Orion, Halley, & Thomas Building Hope Foundation
Citywide Plumbing
Operation Enduring Gratitude
Home Depot
State 48 Roofing
Drain pipe above the ground
Temporary drain installed above the ground
Kitchen Plumbing
Vent tube
Kitchen sink plumbing
Damaged floor
Damaged floor
Wind damage to roof
Wind damage to roof
Wind damge to roof
Wind damage to roof
Temperature for the day
Darryl Hawkins cutting the cement
And it begins
First cut into the cement
Ricardo Aguirre trying out the jackhammer
MPRA Members, Mike Dennison and Ken Sakakibara
Working too hard to stop for a picture...
Channel 15 camera crew
Ricardo Aguirre
Carlos Aguirre getting in there to help out his family
Jeff Moore, founder of the nonprofit, "Orion, Halley, & Thomas Building Hope Foundation"
Jeff Moore in the trench
Mike Dennison working the shovel
Jeff Turney on the jackhammer
Making progress
Another hot one...
Another hot day, but getting the job done anyway...
Ditch digger to loosen the soil
Mike Dennison handling the ditchdigger
One of many loads of removed cement
Jeff Turney's turn to use the ditchdigger
Hand digging the hard spots
The trench is getting dug...
Another load of soil removed
Almost done loosening the soil
Delicate work around the water pipes
Almost to the corner...
Mike Dennison cutting out the cement
MPRA member Mark Owens moving the dirt
Mark Owens getting it done
Mike Dennison in the trench
Action shot of Mike
Working by spotlight...
Trench is dug
A view at ground level
Ready for the plumbers
Citywide Plumbing volunteered to help with the plumbing issues
Bill Harden and his team from CityWide Plumbing
Fixing the plumbing
Citywide Plumbing getting it done...
Citywide Plumbing moving dirt
Citywide Plumbing repairing a broken line
Home Depot, Another one of our sponsors
This section had to go
Citywide Fixing the inside plumbing
Citywide Plumbing team
Just another day in the Valley of the Sun...
New plumbing is in
Too big to lift
A breaking bar will fix hat
More manageable
New plumbing is back where it should be...underground...
Dumpster is starting to fill up
Plenty of room for the old roof shingles
Waiting to receive more trash...
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