Habitat for Humanity

Some of the boys weathered (no pun intended) the cold to help out with Habitat for Humanity today.  Here's Adam:

Mitch Topping and Derek Ryckman:

Shinny with the hammering skills:

The boys:

Looks like Dow, Ryckman (?), Hamonic in the back there, Grist, Wilgosh, Shinny, Topping, and Big Mess there in front.  Good work boys!

Eight members of the Tri-City Americans hockey team helped build the frame of a home Wednesday morning in Pasco.

The team partnered with Habitat for Humanity to lend their services for about four hours this morning.

Mitch Topping, Americans Defenseman, said this is the perfect opportunity to help a community out that has done so much for the team.

"This is a minor thing that we can do to help out the community," Topping said. "What this community does for us to support the team, this is the least we could do."

Players grabbed hammers and nailed in framing for windows and helped saw off two by fours to go into the house's frame.

Karen Rider, Habitat for Humanity, said the players were really hard workers and it meant a lot to the organization for them to come out.

"We just really appreciate the Americans supporting us in that way," Rider said. "Bringing out volunteers to help build the homes...we are grateful."

The home being built today is for the Htoo family.

Daniel and Sang Ra moved from Burma in 2009 and now work a couple of jobs just to make ends meet, but live in a small apartment with their five-month old daughter.

Habitat for Humanity in the Tri-Cities has built 70 homes since 1994, and 28 in the Pasco sub-division Terra Vida.  (KAPP/KVEW)