Maine East students build frame of a house to help family
The Geometry Construction class at Maine East High School partnered this year with the Northern Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity chapter to help build a home for a deserving local family.
This week, students — working under the guidance of professionals — completed the framing of the house, and the Perez family of Elgin got to see the skeleton of their new home.
The home will be disassembled after Friday's open house, and on May 20-23, the pieces will be shipped to the site of the home's foundation in Elgin. It should be move-in ready by mid-July.
Aside from the work by Maine East students, Johnathan Bendewald of Wheeling already has donated $1,600 for windows for the home and is planning to raise more. To get the money, he's going on a 1,000-mile bike ride through Wisconsin and Minnesota this summer, performing magic shows for entertainment on the way. He did some card tricks at Friday's event.