AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Amarillo is temporarily home to 34 volunteers making their way from Maine to California and stopping along the way to help raise awareness for affordable housing.
These young men and women are re-painting the Re-Store over on Western, part of the Habitiat for Humanity program, as they travel through Amarillo.
Each has their own reasons for traveling across the country and trying to make a difference along each and every stop.
"Whether it's from someone losing their house or someone buying into habitat for humanity and putting the hours in just listen, start a conversation and it's amazaing what you can learn," said Elysia Glover, a Canadian on the trip whose family relied upon affordable housing to keep them together when she was a child.
Daniel Northcutt, from the Gulf coast region has seen plenty of displaced families from hurricanes and also want to help out, combining his love of cycling and volunteering.
"In a lot of communities, people with great stories and great messages and stuff...and if you really reach out, you'll learn a lot of incredible things."
Habitat for Humanity Developmental director in Amarillo, Becky Davis, applauds their efforts.
"I'm really impressed they can ride a bike that far but also that they'll get up and do a project that will help a family who needs a home."
To learn more about the organization or follow them as they head to California at the end of the month, go to their website, www.buildandbike.org
