WTHR |FFA members help build homes before big convention

FFA members help build homes before big convention

Lynsay Clutter/ Eyewitness News

Indianapolis - The FFA convention is five days full of workshops, business meetings, and skill demonstrations, yet dozens of members are still finding time to help build a row of houses on the east side of Indianapolis.

The students are teaming up with Habitat For Humanity in the 2300 block of Wheeler Street.

"They figure out they have skills that maybe they didn't know they had. It's a lot of fun to work with the kids. They're absolutely tremendous. When you see 55,000 blue jackets downtown, this is what it's all about, " said Ron Hoyt, FFA. "It's giving back to the community and that's what every one of these young people are engaged with in their own communities."

"Everybody needs a place to live everybody deserves a nice house to live in, where they can go home and feel at home and feel safe. It's a great thing to be out here knowing that you're giving someone that basic need that they don't have right now," said Tim Mihoerck, FFA Member from Pennsylvania.

All the materials, the wood, the siding, the drywall, and the tools, were either donated or provided by corporate sponsors of Habitat For Humanity.

Volunteers say, the move-in day for homeowners on could be as soon as the first part of November.

The FFA convention officially gets underway Wednesday with  more than 53,000 representatives in Indianapolis.

The conference brings in an estimated $40 million dollars to the city each year.  It its scheduled to take place in Indianapolis each year through 2012.