Hammer time

The staff at the George R. Brown Convention Center provided helping hands during the collaborative effort of Major League Baseball and the Houston chapter of Habitat for Humanity to build eight houses during the three World Series dates in Houston. The house frames, which were constructed on the green space across from the convention center and then shipped out, were part of an effort to relocate Gulf Coast families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. George R. Brown employees and contractors from Aramark, AVW Telav, Initial Security and TD Industries who helped out were, kneeling, Todd Etheridge and Lee Ward; standing, Jason Smith (on ladder), Ray Raibourn, Dave Osterhout, Shinita Carter, David Sloma and Gerad Moers; rear, Pamela Walko and Meg Winchester.