Author: Rebuilding Together Editor

Although we have temporarily suspended projects and postponed volunteer groups who help us complete repairs, we are still accepting applications for Safe at Home and Home Repair projects. Please click on the Apply For Help section of the website for more information.

We have also rescheduled our Neighbor Helping Neighbor Breakfast fundraiser to later this year. Once these unprecedented challenges are behind us, the need for Rebuilding Together’s critical home repair services will be more important than ever.

During times like these, our work of providing critical home repairs to ensure the safety and health of our low-income neighbors including families with young children, seniors, people with disabilities, and other at-risk populations will demand new ways of delivering our services. This is why we are asking for your help. The spread of COVID-19 has made our work more challenging, but we will persevere. Please consider a donation today to support our mission and keep our community safe.

The Rebuilding Together staff is currently working from home. We will keep you updated as this situation develops. If you have questions, please email info@rebuildingtogether-twincities.org or leave a message at (651) 776-4273.

Be safe and be well.

Last fall, we partnered with Opus to launch a second Ramp Team! This Team built their first ramp on October 24^th and 25^th for a woman in Richfield who recently suffered a stroke. The Opus Ramp Team is currently composed of nine retired Opus corporation employees, who served in a variety of positions, including superintendents, field staff, architects and sales and administrative supervisors. Together, this Team has over 250 years of construction-related experience!  

Craig Larson, the Opus Ramp Team Lead, is very excited about getting the Opus Team up and running. He looks forward to having even more Opus retirees join the Team and some good-natured competition between the new Opus Ramp Team and our Honeywell Ramp Team in the coming years.

We would like to send a special shout out to the faculty and students from the University of Minnesota Law School who dedicated part of their busy Saturday to help us in our warehouse. They spent the morning building storage systems and sorting and cleaning. They volunteered as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event, and we are very grateful for their hard work!

We are thrilled to welcome Chris Ryan to the Rebuilding Together Twin Cities Team! Chris is serving a year with our organization through the Rebuilding Together CapacityCorps program. He has extensive experience and expertise in the construction industry, including working for 25 years as a builder. 

Chris said, “Throughout my life I have been involved with volunteer opportunities, and I cherish the small contributions that I have made. My current situation provides the time and financial flexibility to make a full-time commitment. CapacityCorps looks like the perfect place to do just that.”  

In his spare time, Chris enjoys cycling, kayaking, and markets. Chris has already demonstrated compassion and commitment to our work to help our neighbors in need, and we are excited to have him on our team!