A total of 13 volunteers from the Glyndon United Methodist Church in Baltimore have spent the last week working with Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle to improve the home of a local family.  The group, which ranged in age from 14 up to 55, managed to add on a bathroom and build up the foundation and deck for two new bedrooms on the home of the Pate Family.Shannon Pate owns the home along with her husband and five children.  The Pate family partnered with habitat almost a decade ago and has put many hours into not only their home, but also the homes of other habitat families.  She said one of the best things about habitat for Humanity is that people get to work at building their own homes, and that makes them appreciate what they have even more.Dan Marshall is a member of Glyndon Church and serves as the project manager.  He said his church first got involved with Habitat in the Eastern Panhandle through a former pastor who had once served as a minister in the area.  Their first project was putting plumbing in to several houses on English Street in Martinsburg back in 1994.  Marshall said the most rewarding part about working with habitat is the people you meet and work with year after year.

Another group of volunteers will be taking over the project starting on Monday.  Al Means, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle, said the walls will go up and the family will be doing most of the work inside.

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