Dennis Floyd, president of the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia, has extended praise to members of the association who participated in the recent old fashioned "barn raising" at the Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville.

Floyd said the co-cordinators for the representatives of the home builders group were Jeff Ellis of Community Development Corp. and Doug Walker of Walker Concrete.

The volunteers from the association included Curt Hirsch and Tommy Thomas from Alley Cassetty Brick; Randy Hayes (team leader), Nick Furey, Robbie Morgan, Cal McShan and Steve Hanel from Hayes Development Corp.; Brent Scarbrough from Brent Scarbrough & Company Inc.; Richard Simms (team leader), James Dozier, Clarence Walker, Sam Norton and Jeff Parrott from Richard Simms Homes; Robin Keesal, executive officer of the association; John Hayes (team leader), Jerry Davis, Adam Rogers, Chris Cull and Juaquin Chavez from Torrey Homes; Dell Walker from Harris-Walker Trucking; Ernie Kearns from Earnie Kearns Nationwide Insurance Agency; Jeff Betsill (team leader) and Jason Betsill from Jeff Betsill Homes; Jerry Tedder from Jerry Tedder Company; and Bob Barnard (team leader) from Barnard & Associates.

The team leaders are all members of the local home builders association's board of directors.

Donating products were Home Depot (Terry Escalena); Williams Brothers (Chuck Mooney); Metro Builders Supply (Keith Benson); Central Builders Supply (Al Gilbert); Plymart (Dale Mastly); Walker Concrete (Doug Walker); Greg Holland Inc. (Greg Holland); and Carolina Builders (Jim Stansbury).

Floyd said that special thanks go to the framers, Joe Cook of JDC Construction and Paul Boylen of Southern Framing.

The association's volunteers joined a large group of other volunteers from the community to help raise the walls and do the framing for the school's new 8,000 sq. ft. building, located at the intersection of Yorktown Drive and Brandywine Boulevard across the street from Fayette Medical Clinic.

The Joseph Sams School provides comprehensive education to pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school students with developmental disabilities.