Habitat volunteers to make packages for Haitians

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Habitat for Humanity volunteers are
joining forces to send emergency shelter kits to victims of the
Haitian earthquake.

Volunteers will join Jonathan Reckford, who is CEO of the
Atlanta-based organization, on Feb. 9 in McDonough to assemble
8,000 kits. The packages include building materials and tools for
families to make repairs to damaged homes - wire, rope, a pry bar,
a mason's chisel, nails, a hammer and a saw.

The kits will be shipped to Port-au-Prince, which was hit by the
deadly earthquake Jan. 12.

The volunteers will gather at the Whirlpool Distribution Center
in McDonough, which is south of Atlanta.