NFL’s David Garrard, Thomas Tapeh and Brandon Jones help local community center and homeowner with much needed repairs
Article type: News
PHOENIX – February 2, 2008 – Rebuilding Together, the nation’s largest nonprofit working to preserve affordable home ownership teamed up with NFL players David Garrard, Thomas Tapeh, and Brandon Jones to repair and paint a community center and the home of long time community volunteer, Ella Hennix. 
The 13th annual “Kickoff to Rebuild” event drew more than 100 community volunteers, including Phoenix City Councilman Greg Stanton. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon also spoke at the event and thanked the community for all their hard work.
Rebuilding Together has partnered with the NFL for the past 13 years to make a valuable and lasting impact in the Super Bowl host city. This year’s project provided much needed repairs to the Valley Christian Center and to the home of local community volunteer, Ms. Ella Hennix. This work was critical and provided repairs and upgrades to the properties to ensure safe, healthy, and efficient standards.
Rebuilding Together is already hard at work planning the 14th annual “Kickoff to Rebuild” which will take place in Tampa, FL in 2009.
For more information about Rebuilding Together visit www.RebuildingTogether.org or contact Cynthia Woodruff, VP of Marketing and Communications for Rebuilding Together at 202-518-3504 or Becky Carter, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Rebuilding Together at 202-302-1139.
About Rebuilding Together
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 hands-on 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. Rebuilding Together responds to the needs of low-income homeowners including families at risk, the elderly and veterans through four specific practice areas: Safe & Healthy Homes, Disaster Recovery & Reconstruction, Veterans Housing, and National Rebuilding Day to ensure that homeowners live in safe, warm and dry homes. Rebuilding Together celebrated the rehabilitation of its 100,000th home in 2006 and has grown to nearly 225 affiliates nationwide since its founding in 1988. For details, see www.rebuildingtogether.org, or call 1-800-REHAB-9.
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