Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope board president Charles McGillicuddy and executive director Martha Everatt St. Pierre discuss construction Wednesday at 8 Summer St. in Augusta. The building is being converted into a shelter and transitional housing for female veterans.

Volunteer Karen St. Peter strips wallpaper Wednesday from a room at 8 Summer St. in Augusta. The building is being converted into a shelter and transitional housing for female veterans as the Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope.

Volunteer Norm Ginish unloads a ladder at the Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope on Wednesday at 8 Summer St. in Augusta. The building is being converted into a shelter and transitional housing for female veterans.

Volunteer Karen St. Peter walks Wednesday through a stripped room at 8 Summer St. in Augusta. The building is being converted into a shelter and transitional housing for female veterans as the Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope.