2017 Touchstone Energy Community Service Project - America's Electric Cooperatives

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)