By: Vanessa Alcala
The Habitat for Humanity of Bulloch County organization is open to volunteers helping to build homes for those in need throughout the community. Off Henry Road, three houses are under construction for residents.
Aaron Marcinkevich is the construction manager for Habitat for Humanity. He leads a group of volunteers to work on the houses.
The interior of the houses are packed with construction tools, floor coverings and paint ready for the team to use. The items are supplied through donations and a yearly budget.
Marcinkevich looks through his tool chest, trying to find something to assist one of his volunteers. They are preparing to hang a light fixture in the bathroom.
A volunteer, Cole Langford, begins to configure the wires to hang the lights. These lights are going to hang above the mirror in the bathroom.
On the kitchen countertop, two paint buckets sit with paintbrushes in them. The paint job on the interior of the homes was complete.
Inside the third home, one of the bedrooms is filled with boxes of appliances, waiting to be installed. This is one of the last steps of the process.
Marcinkevich uses a tape measure to mark the spots for the doorknobs on the closet. While he does this, he talks to the volunteers, making sure they understand the calculations he used to find the best spots.
Brady Ninowski looks through the drill kit, trying to find the right one for the job. He was the one in charge of drilling the holes in the doors.
Maintaining his focus, Ninowski begins to drill into the closet. There will be a round doorknob on each of the panels.
The light helps Ninowski guide the drill into the panel. To make sure the doorknob is secure, it has to be a very precise movement.
Moving to another panel, Ninowski repeats the drilling motion. While he does this, the other volunteers look for other things that could be worked on.
After Ninowski finishes drilling the holes, Jamin Minyon, another volunteer, begins to screw the first doorknob into place.
In the backyard of the third house, there is a Habitat for Humanity trailer parked in the grass. This trailer is used for storage.
Ninowski sits in the closet area, watching as Marcinkevich helps put something in place with one of the closet door panels.
After taking a look at the door, Marcinkevich looks for a screw to help with the task. While the volunteers worked, Marcinkevich spoke with them about their lives and helped educate them about the projects.
Ninowski places the electric drills on the ground before moving on to help Minyon screw in the rest of the doorknobs.
Marcinkevich leans in to check the doorknobs after the volunteers placed them. He goes in behind their work to make sure they did the job well.
In between the two houses under construction, there is a completed home with residents who recently moved in. One of the residents uses a wheelchair, so there is a construction crew coming in the coming days to install a ramp for easier access to the driveway.
