As the economic pressure on low-income families grows, more and more families are placed in the position of choosing between vital necessities and essential home repairs and modifications.
Each year, on National Rebuilding Day (NRD), thousands of volunteers throughout the county (and across the country) come together to complete necessary repair work -- such as fences, painting, clean-up, grab bars, new appliances, floor coverings, hand rails, landscaping. Their group effort is combined with volunteer project management, private and public funding, donations of materials and partnerships with professionals in the construction trades who install furnaces, replace roofs, complete plumbing and electrical repairs, install windows, and repair stucco. The net result is a near-complete home transformation on a very limited budget.
All repairs are paid for by Rebuilding Together; the homeowner pays nothing. Each year we use countless gallons of paint, boxes of nails, lumber, roofing material, sealant, pipes and even fixtures like stoves and bathtubs. Some materials are donated, others purchased – often at wholesale prices. Project sponsors help to underwrite the cost of each project. Additional donated materials and skilled volunteer labor enables Rebuilding Together programs to leverage six dollars of repairs for each dollar contributed.
