Thanks To…

Wells Fargo volunteers, who helped rehab a foreclosed home on May 10th.

Community volunteers, who made repairs for a Minneapolis veteran in need on May 11th.

Honeywell Retired Volunteer Program volunteers, who installed stairs for an Eagan homeowner on May 20th and 21st.

Catholic Heart Work Camp, who helped us repair three homes, rehabilitate a foreclosed home and make improvements at our office.

Safe at Home volunteers, who made safety and accessibility modifications for several homeowners this month.

Thanks To….

Honeywell Retired Volunteers Program Volunteers who installed a ramp for a homeowner living with a disability in Crystal on April 22nd and 23rd and installed a ramp for a St. Paul homeowner on May 6th and 7th.

Safe at Home Volunteers who made safety and accessibility modifications for several homeowners.

Cross of Glory Volunteer Team who worked on an REO home on April 20th.

Youth Volunteer with Us for Big Day of Serving

More than 200 volunteers from over 20 churches located in Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota joined us on May 4th for the Big Day of Serving.  These hardworking young adults headed out to several different projects that included helping Minneapolis homeowners with spring clean-up and yard maintenance, prepping an REO home for painting, working on the nature scape at the Chelsea Heights Elementary School, and making improvements and organizing the Rebuilding Together office and warehouse.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered with us that day!  We look forward to working with you again next year!

Four South Minneapolis Homeowners Receive Critical Repairs on Opus Founder’s Day

We partnered with 80 employees from the Opus Group on April 19th to provide critical repairs for four homeowners in need who live near Phelps Park in South Minneapolis.  These projects were part of a larger company-wide effort to commemorate Founder’s Day, which celebrates the origins of earlier Opus companies through volunteering.

Karla, one of the homeowners we helped that day wrote, “I want to thank you and the Opus volunteers for all their hard work and positive spirit. I can’t believe what they were able to accomplish in such a short time. I am so happy with how beautiful the tile and painting turned out. The guys upstairs gave their all in a stupendous effort, too. How blessed we have been!…I am summoning up energy I never thought I had. My boss said she noticed a distinct difference in me. That’s what hope and help will do for a person. I never received a gift like this in my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

We also received a thank you from Bill, another homeowner we helped, who wrote, “Thank you a million times over! This is FANTABULOUS! The work you have done today is something I have been trying to get done for a long time. It is so hard for me to find the words to express my gratitude. If my legs would hold me up, I would be dancing in the street.”

Thank you to all of the volunteers who worked hard to provide repairs for these families!  And, thank you to Minneapolis Ward 8 Council Member Elizabeth Glidden and President & CEO of Opus Holdings, Inc. Tim Murnane, who also joined us that day!