Excel Homes - Baltimore Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
I was privileged enough to be able to volunteer for this wonderful project!
The recipient is "Boys Hope Girls Hope Baltimore" and the builder is Excel Homes.
To be part of this was a wonderful and rewarding experience! The entire community was in full-on "giving" mode and it was amazing to be a part of it! Watching a community of people come together, every day people coming to the site with donations of water, supplies, massage therapy, their skills and their time...it was priceless! There wasn't a moment that went by that someone didn't drive up to the entrance with an offer to help in some way, large or small...as I was leaving my shift a truck filled with five brick layers drove up to volunteer their skill to get the home completed on time (severe time set backs due to the stormy weather put them way behind schedule). It was an outpouring of love and support that I had never experienced before!
Some of us were lucky enough to be part of the filming and get to meet the cast of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and the children of the cast of "Modern Family" (Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Ariel Winter). It was interesting to see what goes on "in front of the camera" and to meet many of the people "behind the camera" that make the show come together.
If you find out this show is coming to your area...volunteer. Not only will you end up with the "coveted blue shirt", you will know you helped your community, be part of something much larger than yourself and feel the love that goes into helping others!
You can find more information about the project by following Excel Homes Blog and signing up to be alerted when the epidsode airs!
Who knows...you might even see me on TV :)
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