Thursday, March 5, 2009

Spring Break 2009

About Us: Nine students and two staff of Warren Wilson College and Local Partners
Our Goal: Weatherize 5 Homes In 5 Days!
Destination: Buncombe County, NC
Dates: WWC Spring Break - March 14 - 21, 2009

To learn more about Warren Wilson College, visit www.warren-wilson.edu.

We are the INSULATE! Spring Break Crew of 2009. We plan to weatherize five homes in five days. These homeowners have requested weatherization assistance through Community Action Opportunities in Asheville, NC.

There are over 44,000 homes in Buncombe County, NC that need similar assistance. The case load for our local service agencies is more than they can manage with limited resources. Many of these homes are below the national poverty level and are spending one-third of their income on utility costs.

In our week, we will be joined by sponsors of the INSULATE! program. Joel Adams of JB Adams and Associates Inc. has financially sponsored two homes. Pisgah Valley Retirement Community has financially sponsored one home and is sending 12 staff to assist with weatherizing the home they adopted. Appalachian Offsets has financially sponsored one home and is financially supporting job trainees from Asheville Green Opportunities to weatherize their adopted home.

The Asheville Home Builders Association is sending physical support as they have for every home since the inception of INSULATE!.

The City of Asheville will be filming the work conducted to create an instructional “how to weatherize your home” film series for public television.

TS Designs donated organic cotton t-shirts made in North Carolina for our work crew!

During our seven days of Spring Break in Buncombe County, we will be working to make our entire trip sustainable. We will be lodging at the Asheville Green Cottage, a certified sustainable bed and breakfast. Our food will be from local producers. Some of our food has been donated by Mary Lou Surgi of Blue Ridge Food Ventures. Thanks also to Michael Gentry and Craig Shultz of WWC who assisted with our menu. Our entire menu will be on our website www.insulatenc.com.

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