{"id":2360,"date":"2021-04-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockfordhabitat.org\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2021-04-27T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:18:14","slug":"staff-spotlight-gary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockfordhabitat.org\/es\/2021\/04\/29\/staff-spotlight-gary\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Spotlight: Gary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gary Trueblood is Rockford Habitat\u2019s Assistant Construction Manager, which means that he wears many hats within our organization. He helps with everything from construction management to repairs, and this year, he\u2019ll even be the house leader for our Community Build!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary got connected to Habitat as a volunteer about five years ago. His first volunteer experience with Habitat was on a build for a Habitat partner family that went to his church. Here\u2019s a quick fun fact: on the construction site, Gary worked alongside Jack, who is now our Construction Manager. Jack and Gary had actually met each other 10 or 15 years before that when their sons played high school soccer together. Gary also went to the same high school as Jack\u2019s wife, Beth. It\u2019s definitely a small world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After volunteering on that build site, the rest is history, and now Gary and Jack work together every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI worked all summer volunteering there, and then volunteered another year or so, and then the opportunity came up that I could retire and work part time for Habitat,\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary loves working for Habitat because of the way that he gets to use his talent and gift for construction to support people in his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I love is just to be able to serve the community, and to able to see people become homeowners and get into a nice, safe, affordable housing situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also shared that he enjoys repairing and rebuilding homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s kind of a different construction skill than building new houses. You\u2019ve got to really be creative and think on how to repair things and how to fix things,\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he completes repair projects, Gary also enjoys helping Habitat homeowners learn how to do some simple projects around their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like to try to teach people how to fix things, and how to do things themselves, so they can be self-supporting later on,\u201d he said. If homeowners learn how to make simple repairs around their homes, they won\u2019t have to hire contractors for those projects in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Gary isn\u2019t doing a home repair or helping out with Habitat-related work, he enjoys being active. He likes all kinds of outdoor activities, including surfing, biking, hiking and running. He has run 13 marathons and several triathlons over the course of his life! Gary also enjoys golfing, and hopes to hit his second hole in one someday\u2014his first one was in 1978 in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary is incredibly dedicated and hardworking, and our work would not move forward in the same way without him. We are so thankful for the care and quality that he builds into Habitat homes and the way he serves the Rockford community!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gary Trueblood is Rockford Habitat\u2019s Assistant Construction Manager, which means that he wears many hats within our organization. He helps with everything from construction management to repairs, and this year, he\u2019ll even be the house leader for our Community Build! Gary got connected to Habitat as a volunteer about five years ago. 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