Sears Helps Veterans in Need and Homeowners Affected by the North Minneapolis Tornado

We recently highlighted Sears Holdings Corporation as a partner in our efforts to assist homeowners who sustained damage to their homes from the tornado that ripped through North Minneapolis last year.  We would also like to recognize Sears’ efforts to assist veterans in need in the Twin Cities community through their Heroes at Home program.  In June, Sears sponsored a home repair project for a veteran of the U.S. Army who lives in St. Paul.

Rebuilding Together Twin Cities would like to thank Sears for their commitment to helping our veterans live independently in safe and healthy homes.  This spring, Heroes at Home projects were completed in more than 80 cities across the country.  To date, Sears has raised over $15 million for Heroes at Home through a nationwide in-store fundraising campaign.  The project we completed last month is just one of the hundreds of projects made possible by these donations.   Thank you to Sears for their continued support of our efforts to provide critical repairs and accessibility modifications for veterans in need!

Thank You to Everyone Who Voted for the American Indian Family Center!

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported us and the American Indian Family Center by voting for the American Indian Family Center!  Thanks to your efforts, the Center will receive a $50,000 makeover through Maxwell House Drops of Good!

This makeover will upgrade the facilities in order to create an even more functional and inviting space for the people that the Center serves.  Please stay tuned for more information about this exciting project!

Thanks again!

North Minneapolis Tornado Recovery: A Year Later

Over the last year, Rebuilding Together Twin Cities has been working with several partners, including Habitat for Humanity, Sears and the Minneapolis Foundation, to make repairs for homeowners in need who were affected by the tornado that ripped through North Minneapolis last May.  To date, 43 homeowners have received free home repairs through these partnerships.

Despite the progress that has been made, there is still much to be done to help this community recover.  Assistance is still available for qualified low-income homeowners whose homes sustained damage from the tornado.  For more information, please contact us at 651-776-4273 or homeowners@rebuildingtogether-twincities.org.

“Most Valuable Volunteer” Green Hammer Awards at GLS Companies Home Repair Project

We recently partnered with volunteers from GLS Companies to make repairs for a St. Paul homeowner named Kathy.  Kathy is the proud mother of five children – three in college and two who are still living at home.  As a single mother, Kathy was struggling to keep up with maintenance and repairs to her home.  The volunteers from GLS Companies replaced the front and rear doors, repaired and removed cabinets and installed flooring in the kitchen, repaired and painted walls throughout the home, removed carpeting in the living room, installed security lights, replaced the sink and toilet in the bathroom, replaced a window on the front porch, and made several other minor repairs and improvements.  The sponsorship from GLS Companies also covered the cost of having Kathy’s roof repaired.

Among the day’s highlights were the “Most Valuable Volunteer” Green Hammer Awards, which were presented to two outstanding volunteers from GLS – Jim Benedict and Dan “Dusty” Dustin.  Congratulations to both of you and thank you for your hard work!

Thanks to GLS Companies for providing the resources necessary to complete this project and to the awesome GLS volunteer team who worked incredibly hard to help Kathy and her family live more safely and comfortably in their home!