Volunteers build walls for Habitat homes

MISHAWAKA, Ind. - 50 walls. 6 hours. That was the ambitious task at hand for dozens of volunteers from the Greater South Bend-Mishawaka Association of Realtors on Friday.

They teamed up with Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County to construct 50 walls that will be used on the homes built during the 2018 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

The project will take place from August 26-31, 2018. Hundreds of volunteers will joins the Carters in building 21 news homes in the city of Mishawaka. Additionally, 17 properties in South Bend will be renovated over the course of the enxt year as part of the project.