Habitat volunteers completing exterior work on new Struthers home

Associated Press

STRUTHERS

The song “What a Difference a Day Makes” that jazz singer Dinah Washington and other artists popularized talks about how quickly love and romance can be rekindled, bringing with it a sense of renewed bliss .

The title also goes a long way toward describing the progress made in 24 hours on a new home that’s being built, many might say with a sense of love and bliss.

“They did about two months’ of work in two days. I’d say they’ll be done with about 50 percent of the work by the end of today,” said Monica Craven, Habitat for Humanity of the Mahoning Valley’s executive director.

Craven was referring to the status of the 950-square-foot, two bedroom house at 58 Ridgeway St. that Habitat volunteers, along with those from the Habitat Road Trip Crazies, began constructing Saturday morning. Exterior work was expected to wrap up this evening.

The Road Trip Crazies are a loose-knit group of volunteers from 14 states who travel to small communities two or three times yearly. They plan, organize and help build homes in as little as two days.

The structure will belong to Janine DiPaola of Liberty Township, who could be moved in by August. This will be the first time she’s owned her own home, DiPaola said.

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