News  Cape Probation and Clerk’s Staff help build Habitat for Humanity homes in Wellfleet

Six staff members of the Orleans District and Barnstable Probate & Family Probation Departments as well as the Clerk’s Office helped construct three of four single-family homes being built by Wellfleet Habitat for Humanity.

The homes are being built “deep in the woods of Wellfleet,” according to R. Wayne Chase, Orleans District Court Chief Probation Officer who has been volunteering for Habitat for Humanity for over a decade.

"I think being able to meet the families and children who are going to live in these homes is very rewarding and helping to build homes for families who truly need them and might not be able to afford them otherwise is really giving back to the community and showing families that we care and support them,” said Chief Chase.

The MPS volunteers, divided into two crews, included CPO Chase, Chris Martin, Barnstable Probate and Family PO; Chris Hercun, Barnstable Probate & Family ACPO; Amy Lucy, Orleans Probation Office Manager; Katie Sugermeyer, Orleans Assistant Clerk /Magistrate; Sally Ryan, Orleans Clerk’s Office.

One crew painted the upper porch, including ceiling, on two of the homes and the other crew installed a tongue and groove wooden porch ceiling, said Chief Chase.

MPS employees have volunteered annually for the past eight years and have assisted In the construction of homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod as part of Habitat’s mission to bring more affordable housing to the region.