Guelph organization helps non-profits and individuals with minor repairs and renovations

A group is helping renovate homes and structures successful Guelph and Wellington County, Ont., 1 nail astatine a time.

The Carpenter’s Crew is made up of 17 retired and semi-retired carpenters and tradesmen who get together to do projects successful nan organization 2 to 3 times a month.

“Typically we do projects that tin beryllium done by 3 aliases 4 guys successful 1 day,” co-founder David Hartman said.

The Carpenter’s Crew has done activity pinch charities for illustration Women successful Crisis, Michael House and Stepping Stone. Hartman said they precocious helped retired astatine a Habitat for Humanity build successful Fergus. They person besides lent their services to families successful request who couldn’t different spend aliases beryllium capable to do upgrades.

Hartman and six others co-founded The Carpenter’s Crew successful 2022 arsenic a measurement to springiness backmost to nan community. Hartman felt that location was thing missing erstwhile he retired a fewer years ago.

“I figured you person each this clip and do each nan things you wanted to do,” he said. “But what you really miss is nan camaraderie of doing things and being pinch different people.”

The group’s emblematic time involves getting together to talk what projects they are doing that time complete breakfast. The projects that The Carpenter’s Crew does see painting, assembling furniture, building an accessible ramp and more.

What they won’t do, however, is awesome electrical aliases plumbing work. Hartman said they are not successful nan business of competing pinch those who are licensed to do specified work.

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The group’s website has a assemblage of photos of nan group astatine activity and testimonials from their clients.

Since nan group was formed, Hartman said they person received truthful galore calls and emails from group asking if they tin lend a manus pinch their projects. He said he and others person enjoyed it truthful overmuch that they nary longer see it work.

“The guys get excited successful coming retired to help. The time conscionable flies by and they’re excited to travel retired again to help.”

Hartman said location is presently a waiting database for those looking to subordinate The Carpenter’s Crew. He said ideally he would for illustration to group up a section successful areas specified arsenic Kitchener, Waterloo aliases Dundas arsenic nan adjacent measurement successful nan maturation of nan group.