Bagot St. Retrospective

Construction of semi-detached home at 133 & 135 Bagot St. began on August 30th, 2010. The home was built for two deserving and grateful families, the McParland family and Blair family. Through the dedication of our committed volunteers, accumulating many build hours and eating several delicious A&W/Boston Pizza/Zen Gardens sponsored lunches, we were able to move our respective families into their homes for the holiday season.

This would also be the inaugural project of Women Build. The Women Build team displayed perseverance after their initial lot at 439 York Rd. (their current build site) was delayed until 2011. They bonded as a unit and joined general build volunteers to complete the beautiful Bagot St. homes. Despite the fork in the road the Women Builders proved, "They'd rather build it than clean it".

The McParland and Blair families are another story. They were as committed and passionate as any partner family could be! Those volunteers that worked on the Bagot St. homes became extremely familiar with Travis, Cate and Heather over the sixteen-week period. Many of our volunteers gushed over the gratefulness exemplified by Travis as he thanked every single volunteer at the end each work day he participated.
Heather, the recipient of the Women Build home, developed a strong relationship with the Women Builders that she built alongside.

One year later, we've started our recent build at 28 Huron St. We hope by this time in 2012 we can share similar stories of the committed volunteers, wonderful families and generous sponsors (Whirlpool Canada)!

Thank you Guelph!