@GitEm$teveDave: check out the handson network, americorps or your local volunteer center (more than likely run by handson). They'll still hook you up without a fee. Habitat has really missed their opportunity to be truly great following katrina. I also don't really like the pay to play model of volunteer…

@Ed Hassinger: Actually, no. Your free time has value. If you learn something from volunteering then you have paid for this education from your free time. If you've learned nothing (which is quite sad), then you have donated your time, which could eqaute to manpower hours estimated within the project.

@Ed Hassinger: How do you plan on learning things without using time ??