Mike and Susan Gartland’s four daughters, ages 17, 14, 10 and 9, had been sharing one of their home’s two second floor bedrooms. Mike Gartland has been disabled for some time and cannot climb stairs.. Now, two of the girls can move into the bedroom which had belonged to Mike and Susan. OOR Huntingdon’s Masonry CReW has built a 30' x 30' addition to the house.

The new one-story addition includes a bedroom, bathroom, laundry room and closet. The OOR CReW completed all aspects of the project, except the excavation and electrical hook-up. They did the concrete floor, interior and exterior walls, roof, siding, windows, doors, insulation and dry wall. Two inmate trainees put on the finishing touches, supervised by Danny Noye, Instructor Aide.

"This is quite a project," said Instructor Richard Cassatt. "It’s the first new construction that this crew has had. It gives them a chance to work on all phases."

Richard‘s crew completed many projects throughout Huntingdon County for both homeowners and non-profit organizations.

He was commended in January 2002 by both OOR and Superintendent Kenneth Kyler of SCI Huntingdon, for stopping on the way back from a job site to help free a motorist who was trapped inside an overturned vehicle.

Richard was an umpire for PIAA, AAABA and NCAA baseball. He coached PeeWee Football for over 20 years and belonged to two bowling leagues. He was an avid sports fan, gardener, hunter and fisherman.