Barker Home

Barker Home Construction

We are in the home stretch of construction now! With the home dedication scheduled for April 25th, volunteers working on the App Builds a Home project will be working to finish the interior. Projects such as painting, installing cabinets and flooring, and landscaping will make up the majority of the work for the remainder of the build. If you are interested in helping put the finishing touches on the Barker home, you can visit this link to sign up to volunteer!

Following the Blitz Build weekend of September 21st, even more of the house has been completed! Stucco has been added around the outside of the house, some final paint touch-ups have been completed, trimwork has been added around doors and windows, construction of the decks have been completed, and plumbing and electrical has been roughed in. The project is currently waiting for the HVAC system to be installed, after which work will continue on the interior of the house and we can continue moving towards the finish line!

Construction began on the App Builds a Home project on September 21st. App Builds a Home was joined by the Habitat Roadtrip Crazies, a group of dedicated volunteers who travel up and down the East Coast providing assistance to local Habitat affiliates. Over the course of two days, we went from foundation to fully dried in - meaning walls, roof, and even some siding was completed on the house! There were over 150 volunteers present from the Appalachian State community working together to accomplish this blitz build. Check out this article for some more information on this exciting weekend.

The Team

Megan Laws

Megan Laws is a Graduate Assistant working on App Builds A Home. Through her time at AppState she has learned about Housing insecurity and has seen its local impact. She is very excited about making such an impact on a local family and giving back to Watauga County. She is studying Reading Education and enjoys teaching skiing and snowboarding.

Kayla McDougle

Kayla is a junior at App State and is currently studying Interior Design with a minor in Building Sciences. She is also the current president of the Habitat for Humanity club at App State. She is very excited about the App Builds A Home project because she thinks it is a great opportunity for the Appalachian State community to give back to the town that supports it. She loves road trips and recently went on a cross country trip from CA to NC!

Dorothy Williams

Dorothy Williams is a senior Middle Grades Education major. She is also involved with Appalachian Educators and Presbyterian Episcopalian Campus Ministry. She is excited because she has come to love living in this community in the high country and this is one way to give back to it. When Dorothy is not working on App Builds a Home, you can find her playing the clarinet with App's Marching Band.

Allyson Medlin

Allyson Medlin is a junior Public Health major. She has served as the Service Chair for her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha, for two years. She is dedicated to helping others and making our community a better place!

Lillian Abernathy

Lillian Abernathy is a Graduate Student seeking her Masters in Social Work. She is a Graduate Assistant through the A.C.T office whose focus right now is being a part of the team for App Builds A Home. She is very excited to connect students from Appalachian State University to Watauga County to help build this home from the ground up. In her breaks she enjoys taking her dog, Millie, on adventures with her.

Mackenzie Millett

Mackenzie Millett is a freshman Exercise Science major from Amelia Island, Florida. She is a member of the Honors College at App and is also involved in One Heartbeat Club. Being new to the community, she is thrilled at the opportunity to give back and impact the community so soon! Were literally building a home for the Baker family to live and grow in! There is nothing more special and rewarding than that.

Misty Mayfield

Misty Mayfield is an Academic Advisor, Geography Professor, and Group Fitness Instructor. She has worked with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity for many years and is very excited to see this partnership come to life.

Alex Hooker

Alex Hooker is the Executive Director of Watauga County Habitat. He received both his BA and MA from ASU and has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Appalachian Studies since 1998.

Tasse Little

Tasse Little has been an active alum of Appalachian since graduating in 1986, and began serving the university in 1998 when she was selected to be on the College of Arts and Sciences Advancement Council. She has since served on the university’s Board of Visitors, Alumni Council, Parent and Family Board as well as the parent liaison to the Foundation Board. She has been an active Habitat for Humanity build volunteer with Christ Episcopal Church – Charlotte since 2008. She has participated in two Women Builds as well as the 2014 Everest Build III in Nepal. Tasse knew she wanted to get involved with ABAH when two of her passions, the App State community and Habitat for Humanity, were working together to make an impact on affordable housing in the High Country.

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