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 Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation.  Through this partnership, Rebuilding Together Twin Cities and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation will make repairs to the homes of three North Minneapolis families.  One of the families that will receive assistance through this partnership is a homeowner named Erin, who is the primary caregiver of her two year old grandson.  Erin has not been able to keep up with repairs to her Camden neighborhood home and has received citations from the City of Minneapolis.  Volunteers from Ironwood Carpentry, a member of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, will make repairs to ensure that Erin and her grandson can live safely in their home.

“We’re very excited to begin a new partnership with Rebuilding Together Twin Cities and know that by pooling our strengths and efforts we can accomplish more together than either of us can alone,” said Sara Anderson, Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation chair.  “With the help of our Builder Partner, Ironwood Carpentry, LLC, a Builders Association of the Twin Cities member, we will be tackling three projects for local families in need.”

Thanks to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation for helping us make sure that more Twin Cities homeowners can live independently in safe and warm homes!