Construction Project at United Methodist Children's Home
Construction Continues....
Progress continues on the Leigh Cottage. The framing inspection has passed, which means the following have been completed: windows & exterior doors installed; purlins, deadwood and tie downs installed; electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler rough-ins completed and inspections passed. Additionally, the exterior building wrap is complete along with the sofit.
Starting in February, professional Brick Layers have started working outside and Volunteers are beginning the installation of Insulation and Drywall, which we have been given a target of the end of Feburary to complete.
The UMMen are looking for volunteers: You are needed! Look at the schedule and start recruiting your teams! Even if the calendar below shows a team coming, please call to schedule your team, as we have a lot room to work.
Volunteer Team Schedule
The Volunteer Teams Scheduled are listed in the calendar below (or click here). Updates are made on a weekly basis (or more frequently as needed) to show the construction teams scheduled for a particular weekend, and the volunteers provding meals.
Team Leaders to schedule your team, contact Robert Rylee at 1-877-866-3601 x1321. Also complete the Volunteer Roster and Volunteer Team Info forms and email to umchrebuild(at)ngcumm.org. Each team member that works on site need to complete a Release Form.
Anyone wanting to volunteer, please take the time to complete the Individual Volunteer Skills Inventory form. Click here to access the form. As we move through various phases of the project we will be in contact with you.
Video & Photo Gallery
A video showing the progress of the rebuilding is available by clicking here.
Click here to open the photo gallery on the North Georgia Conference web site
Volunteer and Construction Schedule
use the arrow (< and >) to move from month to month
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.