Dramatis Personae

Americorps (Full-Time). These were Americorps volunteers who were spending their full year working on Habitat construction projects. They train by actually building a house from the ground up so they can see every single phase and facet of a Habitat 'build'.

Americorps (Six-Weeks). These volunteers, usually organized in teams, spend six weeks on a project and then move on to another one, sometimes in Gulf Coast reconstruction in another location, sometimes a different project altogether.

Habitat Staff. These were people who often had extensive construction experience and had even run their own companies working directly for Habitat.

Camp Hope Staff. These are the first folks you meet when you walk through the door and while they work for Habitat their job is to feed and house everybody rather than organize.