**MEDIA ADVISORY**
Rebuilding Together Of the Palm Beaches and Sears
Announce Fall Heroes at Home Projects
WHAT:
Heroes at Home. Rebuilding Together of the Palm Beaches is teaming with Sears Holdings for a rebuild, one of a series occurring across the country throughout the fall. Heroes at Home projects are key rebuilding initiatives for Rebuilding Together. Since 2007, Rebuilding Together and Sears’ Heroes at Home program have rebuilt veterans’ homes and community centers to help improve the lives of our nation’s military families through critical renovations.
Sears’ Heroes at Home program plans to complete more than 60 projects throughout the country this fall, and to-date has raised more than $12 million to help veterans and their families live in viable and safe homes. Rebuilding Together has completed more than 900 rebuilding projects for veterans across the country.
WHO:
Rebuilding Together of the Palm Beaches is an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, the nation’s
leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership by revitalizing communities
nationwide. Rebuilding Together of the Palm Beaches, Sears Holdings and Veterans Services of America will work together with 300 volunteers to engage local community members and
businesses to impact:
WHEN:
October 22, 2011 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm with a presentation at 12 Noon.
WHERE:
Rebuilding Together of The Palm Beaches will be working at Veterans Services of America at
711 11th Street in West Palm Beach Florida. The media will be meeting across from 1209
Sapodilla Street in WPB.
CONTACT:
Media Contacts for Rebuilding Together of the Palm Beaches
Joanna Aiken RTPB Board President (561) 358-2163
Media Contacts for Rebuilding Together’s National Headquarters:
Becky Carter (202) 518-3500 (0) (202) 302-1139 (m) bcarter@rebuildingtogether.org
Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing extensive rehabilitation and modification services for those in need.
RTPB is partners with Sears Holdings and National Rebuilding Together to assist with housing needs for Veterans in Palm Beach County. www.rebuildingtogether-pb.org and www.rebuildingtogether.org
About Sears Holdings
Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Sears Holdings is the 2010 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe
Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at www.searsholdings.com
