Construction Project at United Methodist Children's Home
Re-Construction Started
The long awaited rebuilding of Leigh Cottage has begun!
Work crews with the GlenCastle Constructors organization began the process of preparing the worksite on Tuesday May 26th by installing a slit fence around the construction area, and laying out the building footprint. Over the next several weeks workers from GlenCastle consturctors will digout the foundation, pour footers and concrete walls.
The UMMen are looking for volunteers to complete the framing and roof of the building starting in mid July and being completed by mid September. You are needed! Look at the schedule below and start recuiting your teams! Please complete the Individual Voluteener Skills Inventory form so we can keep you informed of the upcoming work needs.
The current schedule can be found below.
UM Children's Home Groundbreaking
Leigh Cottage Groundbreaking was held on Friday May 15th, at 10:00 AM, on the new Leigh Cottage site. The event was well attended with representatives from the Board of Directors and staff of the Children's Home, North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, GlenCastle Constructor, United Methodist Men, former residents of the home and supporters.
Volunteer and Project Schedule
The Volunteer and Construction Project Schedules are listed in the calendar below (or click here). Updates are made on a weekly basis (or more frequently as needed) to show the work scheduled for a particular weekend, the volunteer construction teams, and the volunteers provding meals.
Please take the time to complete the Individual Volunteer Skills Inventory form. Click here to acccess the form.
As we move through various phases of the project we will be in contact with you.
GlenCastle Constructors - Prime Contactor
GlenCastle Constructors have joined the team and will lead the rebuilding effort as the prime contractor on the replacement cottage.
What's different about GlenCastle is that its mission is to build projects for the Atlanta-area not-for-profit and charity community, and to do so either at or below market cost. The group takes on roughly one project every year, a rate it has maintained since its start when it renovated the old debtors' prison, the Atlanta Stockade - also known as GlenCastle - into a homeless shelter for FCS Urban Ministries.
We are thankful that they have chosen to take on this rebuilding project.
Volunteer and Construction Schedule
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Leigh Cottage
Before and After November 2007 Fire.
About
United Methodist Children’s Home– www.umchildrenshome.org
The United Methodist Children’s Home has been changing lives since 1871. A multi-service agency with programs for the entire family, UMCH reaches out to families throughout the north Georgia area with a message of healing and hope, offering services that are therapeutic in nature. The mission of the United Methodist Children’s Home is to provide redemptive, healing services that bring meaningful change to the lives of children and families. Grounded by scripture and the tradition of the church, we seek to bring the wholeness of God’s love to persons through Christ.
United Methodist Men, North Georgia Conference – 
www.ngcumm.com
The United Methodist Men of the North Georgia Conference have a long history in construction and reconstruction actives with volunteers. Several of the projects include: rebuilding of New Salem United Methodist Church in Commerce following a fire that destroyed the church; construction of the Welcome Center at Camp Glission in Dahlonega; construction of cottages, bathhouse, well house and pavilion at Collinswood; construction of a home at Mountain Top Boys Home in Villanow; rebuilding and construction in Florida and Mississippi in response to devastation from hurricanes.
GlenCastle Constructors is a completely different type of construction firm. Formed in 1987 at the behest of some of Atlanta's biggest developers, GlenCastle is an incorporated company made up of representatives of some of the biggest construction firms in the Atlanta area and the Southeast.
The list of construction firms represented on the company's board of directors reads as a who's-who of the area's heavy-hitters: Brasfield & Gorrie, Hardin Construction Co., H.J. Russell & Co., Batson-Cook Co., Holder Construction Co., Humphries and Co., Malone Construction Co., Pinkerton & Laws, Skanska USA Building and The Winter Construction Co. to name a few.