Staff reports
MIDDLETOWN — Hammers for Hope, a newly formed nonprofit group, kicked off its next project on May 4 in Middletown.
Hammers for Hope”s mission is to help seniors and low-income families who are in need of minor home repairs but who lack the financial resources for the work. While delivering lunches for the Meals-On-Wheels program, District 1 Supervisor Jim Comstock met Margaret Bowlings, a longtime Middletown resident and senior citizen.
Bowlings mentioned that she cuts and hauls wood inside her home for her wood burning stove but could really use handrails to help her get up and down her front porch stairs. Comstock brought this project to the attention of the Hammers for Hope”s board.
It turned out that Bowlings” porch was very badly dilapidated and needed to be replaced. Instead of just handrails, Bowlings now has a new porch with the much needed hand railings.
The project was headed up by Mike Sand, Coyote Valley Construction. Calpine employees Barbara Ferguson, Dan Ferguson, Tom Stewart, Jill Gibbs and Danielle Matthews Seperas volunteered alongside Sand and his team to get the job done.
