CHARLESTON — Coles County Habitat for Humanity is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for its 50th home build at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at 206 Walnut in Charleston.
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Coles County Habitat for Humanity construction committee chair Hugh Birch (on right) guides a truss carrying crew through the front doorway May 22, 2010 during the Pedigo family home blitz build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
The first of the Pedigo family home's roof trusses is fastened down as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer watches from the truss pile in the blitz build site's backyard May 22, 2010 at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
PHOTOS: Coles County Habitat for Humanity past Blitz Build
Check out the scene during a Habitat for Humanity build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston.
Blitz build volunteers create a lifting tool as they stand inside the unfinished walls of the Pedigo family home May 22, 2010 during the Habitat for Humanity build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
Water cups marked by Habitat for Humanity blitz build volunteers wait to refresh their owners during the heat of the Pedigo family home's build May 22, 2010 at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
Habitat for Humanity blitz build volunteers joke as they wait for the next truss to arrive atop the Pedigo family home May 22, 2010 during the build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
Habitat for Humanity volunteers Ida Cockrum and Lou Marble prepare hard hats for the blitz build crew working on the Pedigo home May 22, 2010 at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
Coles County Habitat for Humanity construction committee chair Hugh Birch (on right) guides a truss carrying crew through the front doorway May 22, 2010 during the Pedigo family home blitz build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
A team of volunteers lift a wall section of the Pedigo family house into place for raising May 22, 2010 during the Habitat for Humanity blitz build at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
The first of the Pedigo family home's roof trusses is fastened down as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer watches from the truss pile in the blitz build site's backyard May 22, 2010 at 408 North Fourth Street in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan).
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