Nearly 300 Volunteers Join Rebuilding Together Boston to Renovate Homes and Non-Profit Facilities on National Rebuilding Day
BOSTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
OnSaturday, April 27, Rebuilding Together Boston (RTB), an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, a Safe and Healthy Housing organization that believes Community Starts at Home, is engaging nearly 300 local volunteers and civic leaders to rehabilitate eight sites including four homes in Mattapan,Dorchester, Hyde Park, and South Boston, three non-profit-owned facilities in Jamaica Plain.
This work is made possible by the generosity of sponsors: Bank of America, Starbucks Coffee Company, The Home Depot Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Jacobs Family, Booz Allen Hamilton , Pro Teck Valuation Services, Sears Holdings- Heroes at Home Program, Blue Hills Bank, BNY Mellon, Gilbane Building Company, Greenpark Mortgage, a Division of Berkshire Bank, and DiMella Shaffer.
"Thanks to the service of hundreds of volunteers on National Rebuilding Day, homeowners inDorchester, South Boston, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park will have essential repairs made to their homes to keep them living safe and healthy in their community," Mayor Thomas M. Menino said. "It is during these trying times that our compassion and commitment to rebuild has never been stronger. Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors who support Rebuilding Together Boston and our neighborhoods."
Rebuilding Together Boston,along with nearly 200 fellow Rebuilding Together affiliates and their more than 50,000 volunteers across the country rehabilitate and improve the houses of low-income homeowners at no cost to the chosen recipients each year. Recipients include the elderly, physically challenged, veterans, families with children and others in need.
National Rebuilding Month is a month long call to service during the entire month of April, culminating with National Rebuilding Day. It is the culmination of a year's worth of planning, volunteer recruitment and sponsorship partnerships to change hundreds of homeowners' lives across the country. Rebuilding Together affiliates nationwide will instill newly restored hope and memories in communities as numerous rehabilitations occur on a single day to create high-impact momentum for the rest of the year.
http://www.rebuildingtogetherboston.org/aboutus/BoardandStaff.html
7 comments:
what a fantastic show of community support!
My deep appreciation of your effort.
Good works! Thanks for your service to the community!
Here a poem my daughter in 8th grade wrote..
Fear
(referring to the Boston Marathon, 2013)
by Ramya Yedatore
Fear.
Lub dub, Lub dub, Lub dub
Heart racing, numb Legs, Head throbbing
The end is nearer than expected
Anticipating
Swift, long, painful strides
Eyes securely shut, limiting the world around
The end is in clear sight
Almost-
The ghastly roar is heard
Legs buckling, instantly closer to the ground
The end is far from here
Tumult
Shrieks, screams, shouts
Immediate flood of worried shoes, filling the road
Visibility fading, mind blurring
Blackness.
Heavy Eyelids, faintly open
Suddenly, rapidly, wheelchair rolling beneath
Neon yellow vests racing by
Uncertainty
Confined in a hospital room
Alert, looking down, upon the unharmed Body
The lucky one, all limbs intact
Realization
Continuous disaster outside
Smoke cleared, injuries displayed, tears shed
Life, sadly forever altered
Fear.
http://www.teenink.com/poetry/free_verse/article/543616/Fear/
She won the editor's choice award for this..
Sorry to hear about your friend.
This is terrific community action - we applaud you and your team! We were all stunned by the marathon bombing though not sure what more we could do than contribute to Boston Strong. We certainly experienced the same resilient response in New York after 9/11, but know that it only thinnly covers the sense of loss and invasion. We are with you in spirit.
Boston tragedy is so sad and unnecessary. Best wishes to your friend.
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