Household Number One is a past Paint Your Heart Out home of Loring Philips. Loring took in her Nephew and two kids when life happened and they needed a place to go. Members of the community came together and collected furniture and all sort of items to help them get settled into their new home. The Food provided today will hopefully help as the father gets back on his feet.
Needs for this household is to finish the trim work in the back and we need a skilled person to replace the window trim and wooden shudders around the home. We have a CPU, Mouse and Key board Donated by Shona in Lake Worth, refurbished and just needs a computer screen so we can provide a computer for the home for the kids to use and for the father to continue to look for a full time position. We thank the SOSA Neighborhood with the past painting projects and help. Carmello who is the President of the SOSA Neighborhood even built a new wheel chair ramp for Loring. There is also a large tree in the side yard that has grown way out of control and needs some serious trimming.
If you would like to help at this location please contact jaiken@swa.org or nhnproject@gmail.com and let us know.
Our Second home is Les & Deb Smith along with her brother Lee. Lee is a Vietnam Veteran and lives on Disability. Les & Deb had a failed business due to the poor economy and moved in with Lee in their mothers home. While Les & Deb are searching for work they are all three trying to live off of one income which is not enough to keep their household going. They are great neighbors for the ROLOH Neighborhood and we look forward to Painting the outside and doing some minor repair work with in the home through Paint Your Heart Out and Rebuilding Together of the Palm Beaches!
When we get this work schedule we will also be asking for Volunteers from the ROLOH neighborhood and surrounding areas to help with any donations towards helping with landscaping the front of the property which will provide a full beautification event for our neighborhood!
Needs for this home are still high and include replacing of some fascia boards and eaves, in Desperate Need of a gas stove, Kitchen Sink needs to be replaced, Main Shower is leaking from the handles. Deb has an interview this week and we are praying that she gets the job but in the mean time they have a long road towards financial recovery. Lee was recently in a motorcycle accident and is currently in the VA Hospital and expected to be fine. Les is still job hunting and when not job hunting is giving back to the community by serving on the PBSO COP Volunteer Program which patrols the City of Lake Worth.
If you would like to help with this home please contact jaiken@swa.org or nhnproject@gmail.com.
We hope to have this home on the schedule in the first part of the New Year!!!
We want to thank Pat and all our friends at the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties for this generous food donations to our two families and all our volunteers for making a difference in the lives of our neighbors every day. Lets continue to bring the "Neighbor" back to the Neighborhood in the New Year by promoting an everyday Neighbors Helping Neighbors atmosphere in each area of our county! And remember to Volunteer to make a difference Today!
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