Electricians Light Up Medical Shelter

Volunteer electricians – members of IBEW 26 -- replaced shower and bathroom fans and lights, put in new fluorescent light fixtures and ballasts and installed several exit signs and exterior lights last Saturday at Christ House, a homeless medical shelter in Adams Morgan. "This has been absolutely fabulous for us", said Christ House Administrative Director David Inoue. Christ House provides in-patient medical care to dozens of homeless individuals and runs another facility that offers permanent housing and treatment to people with chronic health problems. "We are always scrambling for adequate dollars to help us provide these critical services. Getting this kind of work donated allows us to direct critical resources to the patients here who need them so desperately. We are very grateful to the members of IBEW 26,” Inoue said. The Minority Coalition of Local 26 sponsored the event with assistance from the Community Services Agency and Dynalectric – a union signatory contractor that donated all the materials. (r) Local 26 volunteers posing for a group photo outside of Christ House; (l) Jarreau Anthony and Tanya Filkins working on Christ House interior
- Report/photos by Kathleen McKirchy