Our Ramp Team Rocks!

As we celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we are looking back all of the amazing things our volunteers have done and the hours they have put in! Our Ramp Team, made up of retired Honeywell employees, works hard each year to restore the independence of seniors and individuals living with a disability. Since the group was formed in 2012, they have put in nearly 5,000 hours, building more than 30 ramps. The value of the time they have donated is approximately $110,000!

Check out this video about a ramp they built for a deserving homeowner.

Thanks To…

Bike and Build – The Bike & Build Team bikes across the northern United States and they stopped by Rebuilding Together Twin Cities to make some much-needed repairs at our office. A total of 36 riders helped paint the exterior of the warehouse, as well as clean and organize our ramp materials. Thank you!

Wells Fargo – We continued to partner with Wells Fargo volunteers this month, helping five homeowners in need. We are very grateful to Wells Fargo for their continued commitment to supporting our work to ensure that low-income homeowners can remain in their own homes and neighborhoods!

Check Out this Documentary!

Ethan Helmer, Rebuilding Together Twin Cities volunteer and the son of our Office Manager Silva, recently created a short documentary about the people we serve.

You can check out the documentary here.

Ethan said of the documentary: “I had to create a documentary for English 12 about a group that is suffering from a violation of their 30 human rights (as listed in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights). I chose to do my documentary about low-income families because of the volunteer work that I have done with Rebuilding Together, and because most people do not know that low-income is a status of people that is being disadvantaged due to the country’s focus on impoverished people instead.”

Breaking Ground for Transitional Home for Veteran Families in Crisis

We were thrilled to break ground last month on a very exciting project!  In collaboration with the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation, Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, and Lennar Homes, we will construct a new transitional home for veteran families in crisis in Saint Paul.

The home will have five bedrooms and two bathrooms, with the first floor being wheelchair accessible, and the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) will operate the home.  MACV has beds established for single veterans, however, they do not have any spaces for homeless veterans who have dependent children.  This home will meet a critical unmet need in our community.  We plan to finish the home in time to be included in the fall Parade of Homes, which begins on September 9th.

We would like to recognize our sponsors, including the Sears Heroes at Home program, Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and Lennar Homes.  We would also like to thank Council Member Jane Prince, Saint Paul City Council, Ward 7, Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services and City of Saint Paul – Government staff for helping to make this project happen!

To read more about the project, click here.