Remodelers Council of the Home Builders and Remodelers Assoc
For Immediate ReleaseThe Remodelers Council of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association Raised $2,708.66 in Proceeds Benefiting Rebuilding Together*Greater Burlington
Essex Junction, Vermont April 18, 2008 -- The Remodelers Council of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont held a Silent Auction and Kids Build at the 39th 2008 Vermont Home and Garden Show with $2,708.66 in proceeds benefiting Rebuilding Together*Greater Burlington. The HBRA has also been a source for skilled volunteers on project days.
Two current board members of Rebuilding Together, Dixie O’Connor and Bob Schwartz are past chairs of the Remodelers Council and have outreached to peers for help on project days as well as fund raising efforts. The Remodelers Council has contributed proceeds from the last four years by fundraising at the Home Show through a Kid's Build area - kids come and build a tool box or flower box and contribute $5 - along with a shed raffle in the past three years. The past two years they’ve also had a Silent Auction. This year Todd Warren at Otter Creek Awning donated a motorized awning, valued at $2,200, to our Silent Auction in lieu of a shed and that was the auction’s big draw. The Council had a total of $9,500.00 worth of donated goods and auction bids reached $5,236.00. After expense, it’s expected that the Remodelers Council will donate $2,700 to Rebuilding Together*Greater Burlington.
Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization working to preserve homeownership and neighborhoods by providing rehabilitation services free of charge to those in need. Through the support of corporate sponsors, local businesses, and the work of a quarter-million volunteers, Rebuilding Together rehabs and repairs more than 9,000 homes each year. The market value of this work is in excess of $100 million annually. In addition to its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together rehabs community centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that focus on elder home safety, energy efficiency, veterans housing, and disaster recovery and reconstruction. Rebuilding Together has grown to nearly 225 affiliates nationwide since its founding in 1988, and is now preserving safe and healthy homes in 1,800 communities nationwide. Rebuilding Together celebrated the rehabilitation of its 100,000th home in 2006. For details, see www.rebuildingtogetherburlington.org or call 1-800-4REHAB
The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont is dedicated to promoting, enhancing and maintaining a positive business and economic environment conducive to the construction of new housing and renovation of existing housing. The association is committed to providing for the housing needs of all Vermonters and to creating competitive advantages for its members. For more information visit http://www.vtbuilders.com
Contact:
Eva Skinner
Remodelers Council Chair
(802) 862-8203
eskinner@gazoconstructionvt.com
Dixie O’Connor
Rebuilding Together*Greater Burlington
(802) 862-1463
DixieFoley@aol.com
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