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Senior Citizen Housing
Seven Thousand Senior Citizens to Get Free Home
Rehabs Saturday
Rebuilding Together will have 265,000 volunteers
in 1,838 cities
 April 28, 2006 The homes of about 7,000
low-income senior citizens will get a free rehab tomorrow as part of
Rebuilding Together's National Rebuild Day. About 9,000 homes of elderly
and disabled low-income homeowners will be refurbished but about
two-thirds will house senior citizens, according to Patty Johnson,
president of the non-profit organization.
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Volunteers will number 265,000 strong and come
from all walks of life, says Johnson. Volunteers will gather April
29th at more than 8,900 homes in 1,838 cities and towns around the
country. The goal is to keep people living in safe, warm and dry
houses.
In recognition of the growing need of the now 24
million low-income homeowners, many having to choose between medicine
and home repairs, special emphasis is given to safety issues, along with
roofing and energy efficiency.
In Oakland, California volunteers will be working
on the home of a 103 year old woman who survived the 1906 earthquake,
preparing it for the next possible quake. In addition to the earthquake
mitigation repairs, the volunteers will also be installing a wheelchair
ramp for Annie Olivares and doing disaster training for senior and
disabled homeowners in Oakland.
In the Pittsburgh area one thousand volunteers with
Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh will make repairs to 31 homes of
low-income senior citizens across Allegheny County.
This is the 14th year for the Pittsburgh event.
Approximately $400,000 worth of renovations will be completed by
Saturday, according to Cindy Gilch, executive director of Rebuilding
Together Pittsburgh.
"Allegheny County has the second largest population
of seniors in the country," she said.
In the wake of the Gulf-coast hurricanes,
Rebuilding Together has launched Rebuild 1000! - a commitment to
rehabilitate 1,000 houses affected by the hurricanes. A $1 million
contribution from Countrywide Financial Corporation kicked off the work
in New Orleans last Fall. Volunteers from Fannie Mae Corporation are
rehabilitating houses in New Orleans this week, bringing the number of
Gulf coast houses rehabbed to 120.
But, its not always natural disasters that draw
Rebuilding Together volunteers to action. Disaster was quietly
chipping away at the life of a Washington D.C. grandmother who has lived
without a functioning furnace for more years than she can remember. With
the help of the American Petroleum Institute, her house is receiving a
furnace and new windows, making it more energy efficient.
In Sonoma County, California, hundreds of
volunteers including members of the Coast Guard will restore eleven
mobile homes, all suffering from flood damage. One elderly woman who has
lived with a leaking roof and no hot water for years will finally get
the help she needs for her home, described as impeccably neat and
clutter-free.
Tens of thousands of volunteers will cap off
National Volunteer Week by putting back together the communities hard
hit by these rains. As a volunteer recently put it, Were not fixing up
houses for a day, were fixing up peoples lives for a lifetime.
Another said, I got paid today I got paid in emotional dollars I
never knew that in giving I could get so much.
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