Classic Homeworks Staff Teams Up for Rebuilding Together

DENVER – On Saturday, April 30th 2005, long-time employees Colin Morrison & Terry Dugan gave up an entire Saturday volunteering to help a a grandmother on a fixed income who has little time or money to tackle necessary repairs on her home, while raising her six grandchildren. Their efforts were part of National Rebuilding Day, an event typically held on the last Saturday in April, where the metro Denver chapter of Rebuilding Together rehabs up to 30 homes, all within the time frame of a single day.

More than 30 members from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Rocky Mountain Chapter brought together their tools, supplies, and abilities. Working jointly on a project with non-profit agency, Rebuilding Together Metro Denver, NARI members lent their time, talents, and supplies to assist .

Rebuilding Together and its partners and sponsors repair homes for low-income, elderly, and disabled homeowners, to help promote and retain warmth, safety, and independence. NARI was supplied with a long list of repairs desperately needed on their client’s home. Crews will split up to tackle such jobs as concrete repair, painting, re- grading the yard to divert water, plaster repair, stair repairs, kitchen updates, and screen and storm window replacement. NARI volunteers will also perform an electrical inspection and replace outdated outlets and fixtures. “As a group of remodeling professionals and suppliers, the work that Rebuilding Together performs in the community is a perfect fit for us to support as an organization,” said Carla Roden, Team Captain for the NARI project home. “We have already had an opportunity to evaluate the home and what it needs to bring it up-to-date”

Since its inception in 1999, the metro Denver nonprofit has rehabbed a total of 115 homes and 6 nonprofit facilities. Through donated supplies and materials, Rebuilding Together is able to leverage $4 of services for every $1 donated. The work of Rebuilding Together could not happen without the generosity of hundreds of skilled and unskilled volunteers joining together to transform homes, like those volunteers from NARI. Last spring, nearly 1000 volunteers reported to “work,” performing hundreds of repairs such as installing new roofs, carpets, floors, wheelchair ramps, deadbolts, windows and appliances. Unskilled volunteers helped with painting, cleaning, and weatherizing to make homes clean and comfortable.