Veteran volunteers work on Rowan Helping Ministries transitional housing project

  • By Shavonne Potts

    spotts@salisburypost.com

  • Thursday, March 7th, 2013
    Larry Beck and J.D. Jackson work on replacing the floor joist in the bathroom at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Larry Beck and J.D. Jackson work on replacing the floor joist in the bathroom at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Heavy equipment sits idle from the recent rains at the work site for the new Rowan Helping Ministries on North Long Street. The house at the top of the hill is currently being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional houseing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Heavy equipment sits idle from the recent rains at the work site for the new Rowan Helping Ministries on North Long Street. The house at the top of the hill is currently being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional houseing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    J.C. Eagle cuts a board that will serve as a floor joist in the bathroom at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    J.C. Eagle cuts a board that will serve as a floor joist in the bathroom at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Volunteers work to remodel the house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Volunteers work to remodel the house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Ed Bitner and Jeff Houston fit a piece of plywood that will be part of the new subfloor at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

    Ed Bitner and Jeff Houston fit a piece of plywood that will be part of the new subfloor at a house on the Corner of East Council Street and North Long Street in Salisbury. The home, which is owned by Rowan Helping Ministries, is being remodeled by volunteers to serve as transitional housing. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.