Employees from Delta Air Lines kicked off a renovation project on a Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County home in Federal Way on Oct. 19.

The house will be entirely gutted, and over the course of three weeks, more than 300 volunteer Delta employees — from baggage handlers to flight attendants to Delta’s vice president in Seattle — will roll up their sleeves and unite efforts to transform the house. Work on the first day involved exterior demolition, including removing siding, building scaffolding and demolishing roofing.

When complete, the house will belong to the Webe Redie family including Tirngo Webe and Yibeltal Redie as well as their four teenage girls and infant daughter. Yibeltal works at a recycling center and Tirngo is on maternity leave but returning to her job in the near future as a laundry aid.

They are excited to be working alongside the Delta volunteers to create their new home and looking forward to having a safe place to live.

The Federal Way project is part of Delta’s nationwide initiative this fall, where more than 2,400 Delta employees will be working on seven homes in six cities, including Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and Seattle.