Service Project

Our Habitat for Humanity service project turned out to be a lot of fun. Yes, it was just the 3 of us there this time so hopefully next spring more of you will come join us!

The morning started out with clearing a ditch of tumble weeds and bushes, then we tackled a very large pile of branches and garbage and put it all in the dumpster. This was a good task to put us on first to get us over the cold and the surprise that we were going to be doing exterior work instead of interiors as planned.

Brit and I heard a yelp and saw that Kia had disappeared into the dumpster! Talk about throwing yourself into your work.The majority of our time was spent working on getting ready for the foundation to be poured. We secured the forms, then Mike (the builder) used the surveying equipment to tell us where to put marks to guide us as we made chalk lines and hammered in nails to guide the people who will pour the cement tomorrow.

We then placed 2x4s as more supports, hammered them in, hammered in stakes, then hammered nails thru the stakes into the 2x4s to hold everything in place. We hammered a lot.

Brittany insisted on precision. The foundation will be the straightest all because of her need to have things line up. Kia is a fantastic hammerer. She impressed Mike like no other guy he has ever worked with. Way to go!

We had a really good time working hard and entertaining ourselves when we started to get cold.
One of the highlights of the day was meeting this man who lives in one of the homes built by Habitat for Humanity. His wife is blind and has terrible allergic reactions to many different smells and chemicals so receiving a home from Habitat literally saved her life he told us. He likes to come over and chat with Mike who has built most of the homes in this development.


Plan on coming next time, it was so much fun! Thanks for a hard days work ladies!

Come Volunteer!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Meet in the Commons Area at 7:20 if you would like to carpool

Pack your own lunch and plan to be there from 8 am to 3 pm

Wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty. We will be painting, tiling or whatever else they need us to do.

You must have a release form filled out in order to volunteer. Pick one up tomorrow at the meeting (info in the previous post) or print one out from the Habitat for Humanity website.

This is going to be a lot of fun, see you there!

IIDA SPEAKER

Mauro Barros

Landscape Designer/Engineer

Mauro Barros is one of the top Landscape Architects in Brazil. He will be teaching us about the Elements of Landscape design and the importance of combining interior and exterior design.

11:10 in room 702 Thursday, November 6th. See you there!

Change in the schedule

The speaker scheduled to come on October 30th has a conflict so the date has been moved to the following thursday, November 6th at 11:10 in room 803. See you there.

resources

a little note for one of the sidebar features: There is a growing list of website links for you to check out if you ever have a few minutes to browse.

the newest link to the list is the benjamin moore website online learning for architects and designers. They offer mini courses to keep up to date on the latest techniques and finishes.

Check it out sometime.

Coming up this week

IIDA LUNCH SPEAKER
JACKIE SANDERS

Thursday, September 2, 2008
11:10 in Room #802

All Interior Design students welcome.

Opening Social a Success

THANK YOU
for coming and making the opening social such a success!

We felt like it was a great opportunity to meet everyone and share our enthusiasm for the upcoming year and the events we have planned.

This is the first year for LDSBC to have an IIDA student chapter and with your help we are going to make it a year to remember.

Thank you for signing up for mentoring, the service project and your willingness to serve on committees.

We look forward to working with you and growing together.

Remember our first speaker is the fabulous Jackie Sanders next Thursday, October 2nd at 11:10 in room #802.