By Kate Stefanowicz

Over this last week we've accomplished a lot on our worksite. We've put up new siding on about half the house and it's starting to look like a whole new house already. We saw our participant a few times this week and she was very pleased with the progress we were making. In addition to new siding her house will be getting a new roof and new floors in three of her rooms. We still have a lot of work to do but we are moving along pretty well.

On Friday myself and three of my housemates (Mark, Kathleen and Tamara), all took a trip out to Harold's house (our volunteer manager). We had an amazing breakfast that he and his family cooked for us and then we got to see some of his animals which included goats, chickens, pigs, a bunny and a few dogs. While we were there we got to feed the goats and milk one of them, which was pretty cool because I've never milked a goat before. Two of the goats also had kids a few weeks ago, so they were really cute and we got to hold them as well. Also we got to run a few tests on the goats to make sure they were all healthy. Therefore  I learned a lot about goats and how you take care of them, especially from Harold's kids who knew a lot more about goats than I did. It was a lot of fun seeing the animals because I grew up in the suburbs so the only time I saw goats or pigs was when I went to a festival or some kind of petting zoo. In addition to seeing the animals Tamara and I took a ride on the four wheeler which was pretty exciting because I've never been on one before. It took us a few times to get the hang of it, but we eventually got it.  So our trip to Harold's was a great time and it was awesome to get to see all his kids who are all so amazing and very knowledgable about all the animals. I certainly learned a lot from them.

Harold trimming Charlie's nails

Tamara

Kathleen

The Pigs!!!

Charlie

Mark milking the goat

Kate is a long-term volunteer in CAP's Housing Program. She lives in Floyd Volunteer House.