New Partnership with Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation.  Through this partnership, Rebuilding Together Twin Cities and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation will make repairs to the homes of three North Minneapolis families.  One of the families that will receive assistance through this partnership is a homeowner named Erin, who is the primary caregiver of her two year old grandson.  Erin has not been able to keep up with repairs to her Camden neighborhood home and has received citations from the City of Minneapolis.  Volunteers from Ironwood Carpentry, a member of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, will make repairs to ensure that Erin and her grandson can live safely in their home.

“We’re very excited to begin a new partnership with Rebuilding Together Twin Cities and know that by pooling our strengths and efforts we can accomplish more together than either of us can alone,” said Sara Anderson, Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation chair.  “With the help of our Builder Partner, Ironwood Carpentry, LLC, a Builders Association of the Twin Cities member, we will be tackling three projects for local families in need.”

Thanks to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities Foundation for helping us make sure that more Twin Cities homeowners can live independently in safe and warm homes!

Spring Break Spent Helping a North Minneapolis Homeowner

For the second year in a row, we were thrilled to host students from Central Michigan University who spent their spring break helping a North Minneapolis homeowner named Ora Lee.  Ora Lee’s home, which she has lived in for nearly 50 years, was damaged by the tornado that hit North Minneapolis last spring. Volunteers from Central Michigan University spent several days scraping paint and priming walls and trim, in preparation for volunteers to do additional work at Ora Lee’s home in the coming weeks.

The Central Michigan University volunteers also spent a day going door-to-door in the West 7th neighborhood of Saint Paul to hand out information about our Safe at Home program, which provides minor home safety and accessibility modifications for homeowners in need who are older adults or individuals living with a disability.

THANK YOU to the awesome volunteers from Central Michigan University!  We look forward to spending spring break with you again next year!

Rebuilding Together Twin Cities Partners with Two Local Companies

Rebuilding Together Twin Cities recently partnered with the Mosaic Company and GLS Companies to provide critical home repairs for two North Minneapolis homeowners.

On September 23rd, volunteers from the Mosaic Company descended on the home of Harry, who has lived in his home in the Willard-Hay neighborhood of Minneapolis for nearly 20 years.  Harry is a retired athletic equipment manager from the University of Minnesota, and he suffered a serious heart attack in 2009.  Volunteers painted the interior and exterior of the home, repaired cracks in the foundation, replaced the front door, repaired the plumbing and made other repairs to the home.  The sponsorship from the Mosaic Company will also cover the cost to replace the roof, and Standard Heating and Air Conditioning donated a new furnace.

Volunteers from GLS Companies repaired the home of Annette on September 24th.  Annette has lived in her North Minneapolis home for more than 30 years, and she is partially disabled due to a back injury.  Volunteers painted the interior of the home, re-graded to improve water drainage, replaced a hazardous walkway with pavers, and repaired and painted the deck.

This is the fourth year in a row that Rebuilding Together Twin Cities has partnered with the Mosaic Company and the first collaboration with GLS Companies.  We thank both companies for their commitment to helping homeowners in need live independently in homes that are safe and warm!

Youth Volunteers Help North Minneapolis Homeowners

Thanks again to the incredible team from the Catholic Heart Workcamp who spent a week with us making repairs for homeowners in need in North Minneapolis.  This team helped us complete several projects started on National Rebuilding Day and reorganized our warehouse.  This is the third year in a row that we’ve had this incredible group volunteer with us.  We look forward to working with you again next summer!  Thank you!