We've built 10 houses. Habitat headquarters in Americus, Ga., makes up postings of places needing the Vanners services. Vanners are all folks who love traveling in RVs and love working with Habitat. This is the first time they've come to Ocala. Publix is making some lunches.
Habitat officials are delighted to find their workforce expanding, if only for two weeks.
Tim was a firefighter in Thornton, Colo., for 20 years before retiring. Carol owned a card shop. In 1978, they built a geodesic dome, the sum total of their building experience before Habitat. They have three children and 10 grandchildren. The Bartels' Habitat adventure started five years ago.