ASP Connect: Harlan County, KY

Week 7 and 8 Pics! Sorry Week 7 pics are just now being added, but we had over 500 photos!! Thanks you to all our wonderful volunteers this summer! These pr… Read More >>

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Harlan Week 8 Wow, it’s Week 8! Last week of the summer! Crazy! I hope all our Week 7 churches made it home safe and sound! Thank you so much for all your hard work! Here’s the final update on the houses we completed this week! Take a look!

Code Name: Alohamora
Family Situation: An elderly widow, who lives alone with her dog and bird.
This week: We finished the last bit of siding, added some underpinning on the side of the porch, and installed wonder board on the back side of the house for additional weatherization.
Next week: Project complete.
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Code Name: Aparacium
Family Situation: An older couple who live with their two boys and their pet pitbull.
This week: We installed a boot to the chimney for weatherization.
Next week: Project complete.
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Code Name: Ferula
Family Situation: Middle-aged mother with four young children.
This week: We added downspouts to complete the gutter system.
Next week: Project complete.
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Code Name: Sonorus
Family Situation: An elderly black couple who live alone with their two dogs.
This week: We planned to finish the front porch, but on Monday we had to pull off the house. For further questions about this project, please contact the Harlan County Staff.
Next week: Project complete.
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Code Name: Terantallegra
Family Situation: An elderly couple living alone.
This week: We added fascia, soffit, and gutters to the front of the house, added a window adjacent to the back porch, and added extra weatherization to the new back door.
Next week: Project complete.
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Thank you Village United Methodist Church for all your hard work finishing our projects and helping us prepare for close out! We wouldn’t be ready without you! Just wanted to take one more opportunity to thank all our wonderful volunteers that have come through good ’ole Harlan County this summer! We were blessed to have each and everyone of you serve ASP and the Harlan county community in a huge way! Thanks for another amazing summer! We love you all and hope to see all of you next year!!

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Week 6 Pics! Here’s the Week 6 photos! Sorry they’re a little late—you guys supplied me with a LOT of pictures this week! Enjoy looking at them! Hope… Read More >>

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Harlan Week 7 Well it’s Week 7 here in Harlan! One more week to go! I hope all of you who have already visited are having a wonderful week! Here’s the projects that are in the works this week! Check it out!

Code Name: Alohamora
Family Situation: An elderly widow, who lives alone with her dog and bird.
This week: We completed housewrapping the entire perimeter and began installing j-channel and vinyl siding. We also installed wonder board on the bottom perimeter of the house for extra weatherization.
Next week: We will complete the vinyl siding.
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Code Name: Aparacium
Family Situation: An older couple who live with their two boys and their pet pitbull.
This week: We removed shingles from the roof, finished underlaying, and installed tin.
Next week: TBD
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Code Name: Avis
Family Situation: An older couple caring for two of their grandchildren.
This week: We finished painting the ceiling in the living room, and replaced the floor in the living room and kitchen. We installed new luaun and VCT.
Next week: TBD
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Code Name: Fera Verto
Family Situation: Young couple with a four month old baby girl.
This week: We finished painting and tiling the baby’s bedroom and replaced the floor in the hallway and the bedroom. We also painted the bedroom.
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Code Name: Immobulus
Family Situation: An elderly woman, who lives with her children, one of whom is handicapped.
This week: We took down the existing handicap ramp and replaced with a newer, wider one. We also added small ramps on each side of the doorway.
Next week: Project Complete
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Code Name: Lumos
Family Situation: Elderly widow, who lives alone.
This week: We built an 8×10 back porch and fixed her back doorway to ensure a safe second exit.
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Code Name: Sonorus
Family Situation: An elderly black couple who live alone with their two dogs.
This week: We finished the floor in the pantry, painted the room adjacent to the kitchen and installed baseboard and trim. We also started repairing the front porch.
Next week: Finish the porch.
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Code Name: Terantallegra
Family Situation: An elderly couple living alone.
This week: We built a back porch and cut out and installed a back door. We also took up and replaced the living room floor.
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Thank you to all our Week 7 volunteers! You all we’re an awesome group and you really helped us reach our goal as we head into the last week! Week 8 groups, we can’t wait to see you here Sunday! Take a note of what you might be finishing up! See you in Harlan soon!

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Harlan Week 6 Nearing the end here in Harlan! Hope all our Week 5 crews are home safe and sound! We enjoyed having all of you and miss you already! Week six is moving along smoothly. Take a look at the projects this week! Week 7 volunteers take special note of next week projects! Happy Reading!

Code Name: Alohamora
Family Situation: An elderly widow, who lives alone with her dog and bird.
This week: We took down the existing siding around the entire house, house wrapped, and then began installing new siding.
Next week: Continue and finish the siding around the entire house.
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Code Name: Avis
Family Situation: An older couple caring for two of their grandchildren.
This week: We took down one wall in the living room, repaired rotten studs, added a window, insulated, and installed drywall. We also installed drywall in one of the bedroom walls. We mud, taped, and painted all the drywall.
Next week: We will finish any mudding and painting and begin replacing living room floor.
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Code Name: Fera Verto
Family Situation: Young couple with a four month old baby girl.
This week: We took up kitchen floor, replaced sagging OSB, and installed luaun and VCT. We also layed new flooring in the baby’s bedroom. We patched duct work underneath the house as well as insulated and recovered with chicken wire.
Next week: We will paint the kitchen and bedroom. Begin taking up floor in bedroom and hallway.
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Code Name: Ferula
Family Situation: Middle-aged mother with four young children.
This week: We finished installing drywall, mudding, and taping. We hooked up the hot water heater and the laundry machine. We also painted the walls and finished the floor.
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Code Name: Lumos
Family Situation: Elderly widow, who lives alone.
This week: We built an awning off the porch and dug a drainage ditch around the house. We installed a drainage pipe and covered with gravel.
Next week: Finish drainage ditch. TBD
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Code Name: Obliviate
Family Situation: Middle-aged man living alone in his trailer.
This week: We finished installing tin on the roof and installed rake trim and ridge cap. We also began work on fascia, soffit, and gutters.
Next week: Continue work on fascia, soffit, and gutters. TBD
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Code Name: Sonorus
Family Situation: An elderly black couple who live alone with their two dogs.
This week: We finished repairing pipes under floor, hooked up kitchen sink and water heater, finished floor, painted both rooms, and installed trim.
Next week: Repairing porch.
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Code Name: Terantallegra
Family Situation: An elderly couple living alone.
This week: We insulated the front of the house, installed plywood, and siding. We also finished fascia and soffit across the front. We cleaned and painted the cement building on side of house.
Next week: Build a safe second exit and repair living room floor.
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Looking forward to seeing all our Week 7 volunteers Sunday! Get excited! It’s almost here! Safe Travels!

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Week 5 Pics! Here’s the flickr link for week 5 pics! Hope all our wonderful week 5 volunteers made it back safe and sound! We miss you already! Thanks… Read More >>

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Week 4 Pics! Here’s some photos of our Week 4 crew! Thanks for all your hard work! You guys did a great job and we miss you! Click on this link for pi… Read More >>

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Edward Aughe This was our first trip with ASP and it was great! I am so impressed with what I had witnessed. To see these kids and adults walk in the center dirty, hot, sweaty, tired and never once did I hear anyone complain. I have been working in the construction industry building bridges and highways for over 23 yrs. and have yet to see anyone put heart and soul into a job that they are not getting paid for like these folks did during week 4. Great job buy everyone and thank you to the staff!

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Harlan Week 5 Hey Harlan County fans! Week Five is already here and we’re off to a great start! Here’s a look at what we’re doing this week! Enjoy!

Code Name: Accio
Family Situation: A middle-aged couple with three children.
This week: We removed the existing ceiling in the bathroom, replaced the joists, installed new insulation, and installed new drywall. We also primed and painted the bathroom walls and ceiling. We took up the existing flooring, installed luaun, and installed VCT tile.
Next week: TBD
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Code Name: Alohamora
Family Situation: An elderly widow, who lives alone with her dog and bird.
This week: We deconstructed the front porch, rebuilt it, reattached the stairs, and constructed a new roof over it.
Next week: TBD
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Code Name: Avis
Family Situation: An older couple caring for two of their grandchildren.
This week: We completed underlayment on the roof, and installed tin. We also took down the existing living room ceiling, installed insulation and drywall, and mud, taped, primed, and painted it.
Next week: TBD
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Code Name: Densaugeo
Family Situation: An older woman and her boyfriend, living with her several children and two small grandchildren.
This week: We insulated underneath the house and painted the roof.
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Code Name: Fera Verto
Family Situation: Young couple with a four month old baby girl.
This week: We took up the floor in the living room, replaced it with OSB, luaun, and VCT tile. We also installed underpinning around the trailer and added Z flashing for weatherization.
Next week: Weatherization and floor covering.
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Code Name: Ferula
Family Situation: Middle-aged mother with four young children.
This week: We took down the bathroom walls, fixed some slight plumbing issues, and installed new drywall. We also, mud, taped, primed, and painted the new drywall.
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Code Name: Lumos
Family Situation: Elderly widow, who lives alone.
This week: We took up a 7′×7′ section of bedroom floor, added some foundation, added new floor joists, and reconstructed that section of floor.
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Code Name: Obliviate
Family Situation: Middle-aged man living alone in his trailer.
This week: We installed a truss system on top of the trailer.
Next week: Finish installing tin. TBD
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Code Name: Rictusempra
Family Situation: Older single man living alone.
This week: We removed the existing roof, repaired rotten rafters and decking, and installed tin.
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Code Name: Sonorus
Family Situation: An elderly black couple who live alone with their two dogs.
This week: We replaced the ceiling in one of the living rooms and the kitchen. We started replacing the walls in the kitchen and continued work on the plumbing.
Next week: Finish the kitchen walls and floors. TBD
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Code Name: Terantallegra
Family Situation: An elderly couple living alone.
This week: We fixed a hole in the bedroom ceiling. We took down the ceiling in the living room, installed insulation and purlins, and re-installed the pine paneling. We also did some fascia and soffit around the house, and adding railing and new stairs to the porch.
Next week: Install vinyl siding. TBD
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Thank you to all our awesome Week 5 volunteers! Ya’ll we’re great and we hope to see you again next year! Week Six volunteers get excited-it’s almost your turn! See you Sunday!

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Week 3 Photos! Here’s a few photos from our week 3 crowd! Enjoy!

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