2017 Touchstone Energy Community Service Project

Some 120 volunteers pitch in to fix needy homes during the annual volunteer event.

Workers break ground to lay new stones in the backyard of a house at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Jim Meiers of CFC finds stucco is not the easiest material to work with at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Somehow Sean Vanslyke of SEMO Electric Cooperative has earned the task of toting the hose at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

CEO Jeff Brewington of Glades Electric Cooperative is active with paint and tray at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Geoff Oldfather of Arizona's G&T Cooperatives smooths some ground in front of a house at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

There was no doubting the magnitude of work that five houses required at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Mary Hart, wife of Thomas Hart, a director at Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative, works in a narrow space at the Community Service Project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Mary McLaury, chief operating officer of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, does touch-up work of her own. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Director Ric Evans of Great Lakes Energy is among those tackling a massive clearing of overgrown brush. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Keck Melby, a director at Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, hauls one of many bags of overgrown shrubbery. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Mike Kezar, general manger of South Texas Electric, peers over the edge of a roof during the service project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

From left, Ainsley Decker, Anne Harvey and Dallas DeShazior Flores represent Touchstone Energy in an energetic way. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Pee Dee Electric Cooperative is well represented by directors Richard Melton (l) and Richard Johnson, and Richard's wife Elaine. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Ken Johnson, CEO of CoMo Electric Cooperative in Missouri, poses with wife Kendra during a service project interlude. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

A little music is appreciated while workers are toiling all day; it keeps things upbeat. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Volunteer workers line up for fresh tacos served at lunch during the service project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

A group of volunteers shows off some of their labors at one of five houses targeted for upgrades during the service project. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

Janet Hawk and Nelson Smith touch up a fence during the service project; Smith is a director at The Energy Cooperative. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)

When Derice Vega delivers her baby, Elijah (that's the tentative name) will come into a newly repaired home. (Photo By: Luis Gomez Photos)