Denver Post “Your Hub” – Zion Senior Center receives a facelift
January 17th, 2012
Rebuilding Together provides paint and carpet to center that serves Park Hill seniors
Seniors are enjoying a transformed Zion Senior Center thanks to Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (RTMD) and volunteers from two RTMD partners who helped replace more than 5,000 feet of carpet and put a fresh coat of paint on interior walls.
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Channel 7 News – Foreclosed Home Is Refurbished, Becomes Family’s Dream Home
December 25th, 2011
Wells Fargo Donated Home To Rebuilding Together
AURORA, Colo. — A foreclosed home in Aurora has been refurbished and turned into a family’s dream home.Laura Pretty, a Colorado native, had been living in El Paso, Texas, with her family, but wanted to move back to her home state.
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Denver Post “YourHub” – Donated house becomes a home for a family in need
December 13th, 2011
Aurora family moves into their first home in time for the holidays. The affordable house was donated to Rebuilding Together Metro Denver by Wells Fargo
It will be a very special holiday for one Aurora family who moved into their first home last weekend. Laura Pretty, Sergio Duran and their two children are thrilled to be the new owners of a home donated to Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (RTMD) by Wells Fargo.
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Denver Post “YourHub” – RTMD projects for Make a Difference Day
October 22nd, 2011
Rebuilding Together Metro Denver helps area seniors and disabled
Dozens of volunteers with Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (RTMD) joined millions nationwide over the weekend for Make A Difference Day 2011. RTMD volunteers like Brian Dale (pictured), from Citibank, worked in yards, painted rooms, put in new carpets, fixed electrical problems and installed grab bars, all to make homes safer and healthier.
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Wheel of Fortune – Maxwell House “Drops of Good” rebuild
Aired on October 18th, 2011
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Fox 31 news – Enerplus rebuild
July 28th, 2011
Group ‘rebuilding’ Denver’s at-risk neighborhoods
She thought she needed a little help with her yard work, but now an elderly Denver woman has a lot of volunteers to thank after they gave her home a major makeover. It’s a group that’s been doing a lot of good in one of Denver’s at-risk neighborhoods.
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NBC’s 9News – Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Barnum rebuild
Aired June 20th, 2011
Historic neighborhood gets free overhaul
The nonprofit organization Rebuilding Together Metro Denver, RTMD, takes unhealthy houses and turns them in to healthy homes. Their most recent project is their biggest one yet.
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Denver Post – Building a Heathly Neighborhood in Barnum rebuild
June 15th, 2011
Extreme Neighborhood Makeover
Twenty homes in Denver’s historic Barnum neighborhood are getting makeovers. Rebuilding Together Metro Denver is concentrating on homes on Hazel Court–all improvements are being done at no cost to the homeowners.
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Channel 2 News – Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Barnum rebuild
Aired May 26th, 2011
Dozens of homes in Denver neighborhood get makeovers
One of the leading causes of death and injury in the home is unsafe or unhealthy living conditions, and an organization in Denver is trying to change that one neighborhood at a time.
“This is a blessing to have a new water tank. Now all of us are going to be able to take a shower almost all at the same time,” says Lorraine River.
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Denver Post – Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Barnum rebuild
May 11th, 2011
Rebuilding Together to fix up houses in Denver’s Barnum area
The Denver affiliate of Rebuilding Together plans to rehabilitate about 40 homes in the Barnum neighborhood to coincide with a national housing conference in June.
Kathryn Arbour, CEO of Rebuilding Together Metro Denver, said the work is expected to include about 40 percent of the homes on South Hazel Court between West Third and Bayaud avenues.
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Colorado Springs Real Estate Journal – CHFA Golf Tournament
July 25th 2011
CHFA Golfers Raise $85,000 for Local Nonprofits
One hundred golfers at the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s (CHFA) J. David Barba Golf Tournament raised $85,000 for Rebuilding Together Metro Denver and Rebuilding Together Colorado Springs.
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ParentYourParents.com – Gift of Independence rebuild
May 17th, 2011
Gift of Independence Project Helps Older Adults
Mary and Robert Larez raised five children in the Denver home they have owned since 1967. But time and a tight economy have taken their toll on the house, and health issues and injuries have resulted in a loss of mobility for Mary, 77, and Robert, 81.
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