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Rebuilding Together Valparaiso 

Rebuilding Together Valparaiso has been working to keep low-income homeowners warm, safe, and dry in Northwest Indiana for 20 years.  The affiliate was begun as an intentional “town-grown” effort, bringing together leaders from the City of Valparaiso; students, faculty and staff from Valparaiso University; and residents from the surrounding community.

Their spring Rebuilding Day in April regularly brings together more than 600 volunteers from across the community to work on more than two dozen homes and not-for-profit facilities.

If you are in Northwest Indiana on February 12, plan to join the community at a breakfast on the campus of Valparaiso University to celebrate the work of Rebuilding Together Valparaiso.  The breakfast will celebrate the unique partnership between Rebuilding Together and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a partnership which has annually provided work teams for projects in the community and leaders for the affiliate.  These leaders include its current president, Jeff Lamb, a Thrivent Financial Consultant and Rev. John Albers, a member of RT National Board of Directors, a Thrivent Financial Member.

For more information on Rebuilding Together Valparaiso visit www.rebuildingtogethervalparaiso.org

 

In its 20-year history, Rebuilding Together Baltimore has assisted over 1,000 low-income homeowners with home repairs that will help keep them warmer, safer, and drier, and help revitalize their communities. Rebuilding Together Baltimore has served over 30 communities in the Baltimore region, and over 20,000 volunteers have been involved in the effort.  The value of Rebuilding Together Baltimore’s work over the past 20 years is estimated at $7 million. 

Rebuilding Together Baltimore’s unique model of focusing on target neighborhoods helps to ensure that both homeowners and whole communities see the benefit of this important work.  Rebuilding Together Baltimore’s target neighborhoods for 2009 are Park Heights and Turner Station.  The organization will provide repairs for 25 homeowners in each community this year.

In 2008, Rebuilding Together Baltimore was one of the winners of the HGTV’s Change the World. Start at Home contest. As a result, Rebuilding Together Baltimore completed three large scale projects in the Pen Lucy and Waverly communities.

Learn more about Rebuilding Together Baltimore at www.rebuildingtogetherbaltimore.org