On the verge!

Volunteers have been hard at work moving items into the new apartments! Picture one shows some HRDF volunteers and some guest volunteers who assembled sets of linens for the apartments and distributed them to the third and fourth floors of the east building on Monday, January 21. On Saturday, January 26, more volunteers, including some students from University of St. Thomas, helped move furniture and other items. The yellow cart and red wagon have been getting lots of use. Picture three shows that the community room still has lots of "stuff" in it, but we're making pathways where we couldn't walk before. We intend to have space for the annual meeting on February 10 although there were still be some items in the community room. Pictures four and five show some of the items that have been placed in the apartments. We hope to have pictures SOON of some guests moving into the new apartments. We're keeping our fingers crossed (toes, eyes etc.) that we get an occupancy permit any day now. Meanwhile tomorrow (Monday, January 28) new refrigerators are being delivered for all of the apartments in the east building and window blinds are being installed. Stay tuned! And if you live in the Houston area and want to help with the move, send an e-mail to hospitalityapartments@yahoo.com!

Getting closer!

Thanks to the efforts of Ray Gearhart, the guests will know which apartment is theirs! Door numbers were added last week to all of the doors in the east building. The plan calls for the occupation of the east building by the middle of February by all of the guests from the old apartments. The old apartments should be torn down to get ready for the new road around the beginning of March. Will it happen as planned? Stay tuned!

We've taken another leap of faith and are replacing many of the furnishings. (Our first leap of faith was undertaking the $4 million construction project which now has been funded!) New washers and dryers have been received. New refrigerators, new mattresses, new sofa beds have all been ordered. We're shopping for new recliners. We're hoping that by the time the bills come in, additional funds will have been received. (We have a line of credit, to be used if necessary.)