As the summer continues, as do the CarMax volunteers at the Walmsley Boulevard Habitat for Humanity neighborhood. 

June 18

As we backtrack to mid-June, teams were assigned various projects to complete the first few houses in the neighborhood.  On June 18th, CarMax volunteers worked on preparing the A frames to a roof so that they could be placed on the house by a crane the next day. 

The second half of the team’s day was spent framing the porch on the same house.  Dan Rafferty, Programmer Analyst of the CarMax Systems Technology team, was a proud volunteer helping with these tasks.  Dan said, “It was enjoyable and rewarding.  I plan to volunteer again at my next opportunity.” 

July 9th

Moving to the beginning of July, many CarMax volunteers had the pleasure of working on some of the final homes in the neighborhood.  Volunteers from the Carmax IT Business Applications and HR Systems teams arrived at a house where only the foundation existed.  The group worked on sill plates, the center beam, and floor joists.  They also assembled parts to be used in the house framing. 

Troy Hannon enjoyed these projects and said, “I especially enjoyed working on the joists for the floor of the house.  It is amazing that just that little bit of wood could hold up all the people and furniture that will one day be loaded on top of them.”  He went on to say that “it was also rewarding to work with other team members on something so concrete (no pun intended)!”

The volunteer team on July 9th also had the wonderful pleasure of meeting a new homeowner who was continuing to volunteer, even though she had already completed her required volunteer hours.  CarMax volunteer Zanetta Fisher said, “She had such a giving spirit because she actually completed her hours and was still there to make up hours for some of her new neighbors.” 

Stephen Manley of the Business Services team said “Everyone put in a hard day’s work and felt like we really accomplished something.”

This blog covers just 2 days of the 19-day team-builder in which about 400 CarMax associates have joined forces with Metropolitan Richmond Habitat for Humanity and other volunteers in the community to feel the same sense of accomplishment that Stephen mentioned.  More pictures and stories from the 17-home community to come!

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