“It’s fun being out here, getting your hands dirty and having to do teamwork in a whole new way. I think this is the most fun type of volunteering we can do,” Bynum said before adding, “Though none of us are really that good at it.
“We’re making it a competitive environment right now,” he added. “And everybody wants to also help each other figure out issues. It really mirrors what we do on the football field, problem solving and trying to figure things out. Me and Nick were trying to rotate the [Sheetrock] to get to the other room, and we had put our minds together and figure out the best way to get this giant piece of drywall to fit in a tiny doorway.
“It didn’t work, and we had to pivot,” Bynum admitted. “But, that’s football. And it’s the same thing with building homes. I love it.”
On the home’s lower level, Habitat Senior Site Supervisor Beth Juedes helped direct Dalton Risner, Walter Rouse, Bo Richter, Henry Byrd, Levi Drake Rodriguez and Zavier Scott in a larger room off the kitchen.
“Tell ’em how it’s done, ‘Rook,’ ” Risner told Rouse, who majored in biomechanical engineering at Stanford.