Thanks To…

Cornerstone Church Team who helped with demolition tasks at our Real Estate Owned (REO) home on March 16th

Dunwoody Students who worked on our REO home on March 22nd

The Rudelius/Spring Break Volunteer Team who helped to organize and paint our office/warehouse on March 29th

Conservation Corps of MN Volunteers who created some amazing rain barrels on April 1st that will be used at an upcoming community build project

Honeywell Retired Volunteer Program volunteers who pre-built several ramps on March 25-26th and April 11th for homeowners who are living with a disability

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

Resurrection Lutheran Church Volunteer Team who made repairs for a South Minneapolis homeowner on April 7th

Thanks To….

St. Kate’s Occupational Therapy students – Helped with Safe at Home previews and projects throughout the month.

Volunteers who helped wrap gifts at the HGTV Holiday House – Special thanks to HGTV for providing this fantastic opportunity and to MidCountry Bank, Wells Fargo, Dunwoody College of Technology, Constance Free Church, and Coldwell Banker Burnet for helping recruit volunteers.

Journeymen Volunteers – Made safety and accessibility modifications for a St. Paul homeowner on November 17th.

National Rebuilding Day Was a Huge Success!

Thanks again to the hundreds of volunteers who braved the rain to help 25 families in need on April 28th for National Rebuilding Day!  Thanks to your efforts, we were able to help homeowners like Erin, a proud owner of her Camden Neighborhood home.  Erin’s grandson recently began living with her, and because of the expense of taking care of him, she is not able to afford repairs to her home.  In her thank you note to the volunteers who worked with her, Erin wrote, “Thank you for allowing my house to become more of a home.”

We would also like to thank U.S. Senator Al Franken, who came out to meet volunteers and one of the homeowners we helped that day, as well as MN Housing Commissioner Mary Tingerthal, State Senator Linda Higgins, State Representative Bobby Joe Champion, Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels, and Rebecca Lucero from Congressman Keith Ellison’s office.

Finally, we would like to thank our sponsors and partners for National Rebuilding Day, including Wells Fargo, Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation, Honeywell, MidCountry Bank, US Bank, On Site Sanitation, Valspar, Catholic United Financial, Lowe’s, Caribou Coffee, Subway, CitiCargo & Storage, Target, The Big Day of Serving, Dunwoody College of Technology, Tree Trust, Mortenson Construction, Ironwood Carpentry, Neighborhood Improvement Program, American Public Media, Coca-Cola, Cookie Cart, Webster/Windsor Insulation and ABC Supply Company.

New Partnership with Dunwoody College of Technology

Rebuilding Together Twin Cities is thrilled to announce a formal partnership with Dunwoody College of Technology. This partnership will enable us to help even more homeowners in need and provide students with an opportunity to apply their skills outside of the classroom in real life situations.

Students from Dunwoody’s Construction Project Supervision Program have already begun to serve in key leadership roles on both Home Repair and Safe at Home projects.  Five Dunwoody students served as House Captains for National Rebuilding Day on April 30th. In this role, students were involved in all aspects of the home repair project, including previewing the home, planning the scope of work and supervising volunteers on the project day. In addition, 18 students, faculty and staff participated in National Rebuilding Day as volunteers.  Students from Dunwoody are also involved in Rebuilding Together’s Safe at Home projects, previewing homes to determine what work will be done at the home.

“This partnership is a win-win for both Rebuilding Together and Dunwoody College of Technology,” said Kathy Greiner, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Twin Cities. “We need skilled volunteers to provide the expertise necessary to complete some of the home repair projects and to supervise volunteers working on the project. By working together, we will be able to serve more homeowners in need and provide students with a unique opportunity to use their skills to really make a difference for someone in their community.”

Heather Gay, a Senior Instructor for the Construction Supervision Program, who was instrumental in forming this partnership, said “Dunwoody College of Technology’s partnership with Rebuilding Together Twin Cities is an amazing way for our Construction Project Supervision students to combine field experience with service learning. Our students are able to connect with the communities they live in; essentially, the community is the classroom.”

Rebuilding Together Twin Cities is proud to be partnering with Dunwoody College of Technology to help more homeowners in need live independently in homes that are safe and warm.