Extreme Makeover, the fantastically popular reality program hosted by Ty Pennington is looking for families and communities for their next round of fantastic renovations! In just seven short days you and your family or community could be enjoying a completely remolded home, school or community center.
Does your family have a compelling and heartwarming story? Does your school or community center need a re-haul ? You could be featured in an upcoming episode! Millions of people watch this touching program every week and now they could be watching you. Auditions and casting calls will be going on soon for the all new season of Extreme Makeover so submit yourself or someone you knwo today.Here is the application information: a.abc.com/media/primetime/xtremehome/apply/EMHEApplicationS7.pdf Be sure to leave a comment below and stay tuned for all of the exciting updates.
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My name is Crystal Favre. My husband and I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Like so many others, we lost our home and all of our belongings to Hurricane Katrina. We were blessed to receive an inheritance from an Aunt after Katrina, which is how we were able to put our lives and home back together. We were elated to move into our home after spending more than 2 1/2 years living in a Fema camper. Six months after moving in to our new home, we discovered that it contained Toxic Chinese Drywall. For the past 7 years, we have been waiting on a class action lawsuit. Unfortunately, the Chinese Co. that manufactured this drywall, refuses to pay. People think that New Orleans La was hit the hardest by Katrina, but this is simply not the case. Our little community will never recover from that hurricane. I work full time but it is all I can do to keep up with electronics that continually go out in my house due to the drywall. It is extremely toxic and is making both me and my husband sick. We really want to get it removed and replaced. I'm really not looking to have a completely remodeled house. I can live without carpet and tile. I can even put my old cabinets back in the house. If we could just get the drywall taken out and replaced, all of the electronics would quit breaking. Thank you for your consideration.
Hi everyone, my name is Samantha! I am writing to you about my aunt Aimee Foster. Aimee is the most incredible woman that I know, who thrives from the joy that she brings to others. Aimee was diagnosed with a strong form of breast cancer around 3 months ago, and her upcoming surgery will determine if the cancer will be gone or not. Aimee is a single mother to my two wonderful cousins Ivy and Cole. Her and her husband just went through a tough separation, and that's what makes this all harder. Their home is falling apart, and it's harder and harder for Aimee to do the common household chores that are to be achieved everyday. Aimee is a daycare teacher, and is a proud advocate for our churches charity, "The House of Hope". Aimee is such a strong faithful woman who deserves a new home, a new start. Please please help our family!!!
Hi, my name is Jessica. I am 26 year old mother of 4 who recently married the man of my dreams in december 2013. His name is Dustin and he has 2 kids whom we just won full custody of. Together we have 6 kids and my 17 year old borther lives with us as well. We are renting our home for the time being and it just isnt big enough for a growing family of 9. We are a blended big family. Although we makes ends meet we really want to build a home that our kids can grow in and have the space to grow in. I have 6 year old twins, one of which has severe epilpisy and is Altistic . he doesnt like to be crowed and it cause him having fits more often that the kids are all growing and space is starting to get limited. Please let me know how to appy and what needs to be done to get the help needed to get my family into a bigger home and most of all Dylan into a safe enviroment to where he doesnt have to be crowed and he wont have as many episiodes.. thanks in advance . God Bless !
Hello i am writing to you for my grandmother her name is Mary Reed. She has been in this house for 36 yrs and they are saying that she owes more than the house is and she is disabled and retired plus since the morgage has switched hand with about 4 different companys she is behind on her property tax as well. I lost my mother in 2012 that cut out some of the help on the bills and my granny is taking care of my little sister that is graduating this school year. The house has alot of problems the bathroom floor is falling in and there is alot of electrical problems in the house. it is a 3 bedroom one bath i wish i could help alot but i am disabled and struggling with 3 teen boys myself and she trys to help out with them when she can. she has so many bills piling up she is behind on alot of them. the ceiling is falling in in the kitchen. i will send a video if i have to please help i really dont know what all i need to say but she really need the help. we cant find any help in our city of memphis, tn.
Hi my name is Shelby and I'm writing in regards to my aunt Lynette. She isn't my biological aunt but I've known her my whole life. Recently she took in her handicapped disabled sister and her house is a raised ranch and isn't wheelchair accessible. Her mother who was terminally ill passed away just a few days ago and I know this would help make her life a lot easier. They have been through so much and I would love to see them get their spirits lifted. Please consider them for the home improvement opportunity! Thank you.
I am writing about my Neice Lynette McGill. She has a home in Hopkinton Rhode Island. It is a raised ranch. Recently her Mom died and she is caring for her Special Needs sister Lisa. Lisa was born with the fibular bone missing in both legs. She is 32 years old and still walking, but with much difficulty. In fact she crawls or walks on her knees much of the time, which is taking it's toll on her knees and hips. She will most likely be in a wheelchair very soon. She already has been fitted to one. Lynette has been struggling for years just to keep her home and and the upkeep on it. She has opened her home to her handicap sister without hesitation to keep her out of group homes. I would love to see her get a make-over so her home could be wheelchair accessible. God Bless you all for all you do, and thank you for your time reading this.
I nominate my father in law for his dream house, he diserves to have his place fixed he cant live in it because it is unlivable from the floors to the roof. he is special to me because he took my husband in as a youth as his own son (no blood relation) , treats everyone like gold and if you need anything he jumps to help just because he wants to. even in his age of 60 taken on 2 toddlers to live with him and his partner. I wish he could be happy in his home again and have something work out for him. He is described as a solid, caring motorcycle enthusiast.
Hi my name is Cindy, I am my mom's primary care
giver and have also this last year gotten power of custody of my 3 year old great great nephew. My mom's health is not the greatest, she has had 2 by-pass surgery, 2 hip replacements, she lose's her balance. We only have 1 bedroom and made the dining room into a bedroom, which is my bedroom with the 3 year old nephew. My mom's bedroom is falling into the basement, and we don't have the money or anybody in our family to fix it.
The basement wall is starting to cave in. The electric in the kitchen needs to be redone and the water when we do laundry will back up into the toilet and tub sometimes. We need help really bad. So please help us if you can. Thank you very much.
Hi my name Sharon need help with my home and medical bills I am 57years old I havestage4lung cancer can't work and I am going to lose my home and it is falling a part.going in hospitals on the 3rd I have a blockage I+ my heart can you me .Please help me please.god bless You.
I am writing you because on September 5, 2014 our home burnt down completely, We are blessed no one was home. Me, My husband Brad, and two boys Grant and Garret were at the high school football game.
We loss everything. We have been blessed to
have such a wonderful community, The very
next day we had a family welcome us in, and
give us a temporary home. A friend started
a Go Fund Account for us that collected
3600.00 in 2 wk. High schools in the
surrounding counties collect money for us
at their football games. News channel 3 in Chattanooga done a story on us. So many people have came into our lives these few weeks. I never would have dreamed that me and my little family would be homeless. For years my husband has helped kids coaching, teaching, and just being there when they needed a friend or father figure. Brad was a local cop that had such a big heart for trouble teens and kids that he went back to college to get a degree so that he could teach school and coach baseball and his sons football team. He is a wonderful and loving husband and father. Brad wasn't raised up with not a lot of Love , after his mother die when he was 8. His father became a alcoholic. I would love surprise my husband with a new home. To show him that we Love him so very much. I work for the local EMS as a EMT-Iv I see so many people Grundy County TN that need help and I feel so bad to ask for help for myself. But I see my kids eyes that they are home sick, that it breaks my heart. So I am asking you to help the Dees family get their home back. Thank You so much for reading my story. God Bless you all for what you do..
Help my name is gloria ortiz i,am a fan of your show which is very touching to those in need just like me aim writing cause my mom pass 3 years ago, and even when she was alive she had the same problem and issues with her home ,now she gone and the house got worse , my brother is the only one living there now which my mom left the house for all 5 kids ,she was our only living person we look to and now she gone now we are in need of repairs which we can't afford , the roof is leack the celling are falling and electric is bad too due to the water leak my brother try he's best but we can't afford a new roof and work in side the house of plaster falling from celling and water pouring down like rain when it rain I'm asking with all my heart to get help cause we would not like to lose our home that my mom work for so hard for to lose so please consider my letter as soon as possblie cause that roof well not go though this winter then real lose the thing we have memories of and i pray to god every night that my prayers be answer though you the house is really really in bad shape and my brother can't not live in that condition its not health for him his ill already with breathing problems and still grieving for my mom and wording about the house please if only see to believe hope to hear from you soon and thank you for giving me this chance in life. sincere yours Gloria
My name is gloria ortiz I'm hope that you could help me as soon as possible my mom pass away 3 hers ago which we still have the home and my brother primitive ortiz is still living in the house but my moms home is in danger it as so many water damage from the roof which by this year if we don't get it repair is going to come down we try to repair with tar but still its bad very bad and we are still grieving for our mom and trying to look for help somewhere before we lose it to water damage from the roof the electric is bad from the leaks so bad my brother is so depress when he can't repair cause we don't have the funds i pray every night to be rich or ring a good job but time is running out and it just o the matter that i turn for your help and asking from the bottom of my heart to please help us save our mother house please even if this was my last wish please help us .hope to hear from you soon hank you. sincerely yours Glori ortiz
Hello, my name is Melissa Ganoe. Im 38 yrs old and have lost both of my parents. My mother 19 yrs ago and my father a week ago. When I was 13 yrs old my parent's bought our first house. We lived in a mobile home when I was growing up. My dad was an alcoholic and never really cared about anything but himself. This home they bought was an old farm house that set in a middle of a sub division of brick homes. This was the first home ever built in that sub division. It needed some remodeling done on it. My dad did some minor remodeling to it. My moms wishes was to remodel the whole house, but she never got to do it. My mother got sick and had to be put out on disability where she fought for several yrs to get her Social Security Disability. She passed away 6 yrs after she bought this home in June 1995 when I was 19 yrs old. She never did get to remodel her home like she wanted to. I left home after she passed away, where I was on my own. I had two beautiful daughters in the next few yrs after. My dad was still drinking and my brother was an addict and at 40 yrs old still an addict. My father got sick 3 yrs ago with lung cancer, he had surgery and overcome the cancer. In march of 2013 my father started having mini strokes where he had 8-10 within 3 months. I brought him to my home and he lived with me for several months before leaving and moving in with some friends. I live in a Mobile home with my two daughters 14, and 17 yrs old now. Wasn't much room here to provide my father with the proper housing. my mother and fathers home has been vacant for over a year now. My father got sick two months ago and finally agreed to go to the doctor three weeks ago. The admitted my father into the hospital where he stayed and was being treated for pneumonia in his right lung. They thought his cancer had came back and was spreading fast. They released him from the hospital on Sep 17, 2014 and he passed away at my home on Sep 19 2014. I was bringing him back to my house to take care of him but it was too late. my mom and dads house is still setting there with no one living in it. I want to grant my mothers wishes and get this home remodeled so me and my girls can move in it and keep it in the family. Otherwise I will have to sell it and get rid of my mothers only home she ever had. The house needs a lot of repairs just to be able to live in it. Its needs heating source, electric redone, roof, siding and minor repairs in the inside. I really don't want to loose my father and mothers home, but if I cant get it repaired to live in then it will have to be sold. I would like to be nominated to take part in the Extreme Home Makeover and have something to remember my parents by and grant my mothers wishes of having her only home remodeled the way she always wanted it done. Thanks Melissa
I am a single father of two girls dat bought a house anthat gets ssi and only get 696 a month. and people keep brakeing in my house and stoleing stuff. i lost a sonand want to leave my houze to my kids when. i die all im askn is for some help to fix my kuds house i dont know what to do i never beg no1 for help can someone please help my kids i dont want help for me but for my kids tried i never beg but i am begging know for my kids please someone help me thank u nomatter what you guys diside
I am writing in hopes of getting my home makeover. I have a wall that is lifting off the floor and it has a space where I can fit my fingers under the wall between the floor and wall and an arched doorway with a crack big enough to fit fingers in. It is not a load bearing wall but to remove it I have to rewire electrical and redo all the flooring between the two rooms. Then I have carpet that is lifting in the bedroom and the dogs have begun chewing it and would like to replace with tile. I am a special education teacher and can't afford on my salary to fix these issues. I work so hard for my students to make their lives better I just want to come home to a house without cracks in ceiling and walls lifting. Please help!
Can anyone tell me how I can get help for my son. He's a Veteran, He came back from Iraq and has PTSD. His house caught on fire two months ago. He is trying to put it back together and nothing is being done right. And a very big struggle for him. Some boards are even rotten and should be replaced. Insurance was useless. His house in not livable. He has two children that this is starting to effect emotionally also. He and his family have to stay away from their home till he can get it fixed. its been so hard on him to get things done. To think about it has effected me too, I've been praying for God to help them. No one seems to have time to help out. There is no shower there that is working and no kitchen and no beds to sleep on. I have pictures and video but don't know how to get them to anyone that can come and volunteer to help us put this puzzle back together before Christmas. Will someone respond please? Where can we go to help this family?
Hi my name is celeste and I wanted to share my story with you. I am 24 yrs old and am living with my bf and his family. This family has brought me in like I was their own. This family deserves a beautiful home. This family has been through a lot. This family has suffered for their kids , the mom is most sweetest lady I have met she took me in as her own daughter and does so much for each of her kids and for other kids she takes care of. His dad works in janitoral in swing shift . My bfs parents are co pastors to a church near by and they have helped so many people spiritually. They have also suffered from alcoholism in the family and still pray for those you seek it. This house we live in needs a lot of Renovation done. It has been hard to even do because our incomes it's just my bf and his dad taking care of bills and morgage. I help out with rent and food. We also have two dogs that we love very much. I believe with in my heart that this family deserves so much more ! It's hard but what makes us close is being a family. The parents have sacrificed so much for their kids before they moved to this condo. Before they did love in a one bedroom apt with 7 -8 people in it until 2005-6 I believe. They have come a long way but I really want a miracle for them. Thank you for reading my story . I'm praying and hoping that we make it . God bless you !
My name I katlynn I sent yall a letter to that address yall should be getting it soon it's under the watson and carlisle please help we need ur help please and thank you
I am writing about my daughter Valerie, She is such an amazing person with such a big heart. Valerie is a single mom working 2 jobs raising 4 kids. My daughter has always gone above and beyond for others. She volunteers at the women shelter always find money to donate at least 2 toys to toys4tots at Christmas and is currently coaching her daughter U12 soccer team which she also volunteered for. My daughter has been raising her nephew for eleven years now and just took in his oldest brother whom was kicked out of foster care 3weeks before his 18th birthday. I know it may seem right to kick a young adult out at 18 but he hasn't yet turned 18 and he is still just a junior in high school. Valerie has so much on her plate she can never just turn a child away or anyone whom may need help; her whole belief is "we go be ok", "nobody will be without", "if I got it so do you". She helps feed others when they are in need of food knowing she does not have enough but you wouldn't know that cause that's her. She works minimum wage and has been passed over for promotion several times due to her attendance but it wasn't her fault her be so sick. Her daughters suffer from emotional issues after they dad left, her nephews also struggle with anger and emotional issues but she hasn't given up she still fights making sure they are all making there appointments on time and receiving all the emotional and loving help that they need. Her youngest daughter suffers from sleep apnea and asthma she often goes into work late or has to leave earl due to a flare up at or before school or work. Valerie often neglects her own self due to the children's needs my daughter also suffers from severe anxiety, absent seizures, and migraines. I'm afraid that one day she may go to sleep and not wake up. It's hard for her but yet she manages to keep a smile on her face at least around people who do not her. Raising 4 kids is hard especially when 2 of those kids you didn't give birth to but you can not tell her different cause nobody is ever left out and she treats the all the same. My daughter is currently living in a very small cramped 3 bedroom apt that has a lot of issues. Her kids have no room to play outside, the vents in her apt are always full of dust, she lives on the main floor so bugs get in very easily and yes her youngest daughter is highly allergic to bugs(she swells up) due to her daughter severe asthma her apt has to always be cool or it could cause a flare up. I just wish and pray that she will get the help that she deserves and can use due to her pride she refuses to ask for any type of help so I am asking please help me help my amazing beautiful daughter who deserves the world.
My name is Patrick, and I'm weighting this for my fiancé and I, about 8 months ago her two little girls were taken by the department of human services, she was soon to have another little one a baby boy, when he was born he to was taken, the house that she and I live in is falling apart and have bad issues, broken windows the sceptic doesn't work right, the bathroom sink leaks, the water heater is out in the open and is jerry rigged, the breaker box is bad, the roof leaks, constantly crawling with roaches and spiders, the landlord wont help fix any of it we have trouble paying bills, and the having food for the home, I just got a job but it still doesn't seem to help, and fighting to get the kids back is hard to do cause the house is not up to speed and to their standards, I would greatly appreciate it if y'all could help with our problems, we don't have enough money to go anywhere else, and paying rent is getting harder as the landlord raised it.
Hi,my name is latrenda. I am 15 years old and I .live with my mom. She is a single parent and pays all the bills by her self. We have a 3 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms it small. Me,my sister,my mom,aunt,and uncle,and my friend are currently living here. And my 4 year old neice. I really hope we get selected so that my moma can be very happy for a nice beautiful home. I really want our family to get a nice beautiful home.
Hello,my name is vertaisha I'm 19 and I'm writing this in hopes of getting our house done. I have lived in this house since I was 3 years old and we have been struggling since then our house has been burned down in 2000 from then our house was also remodel in 2002 the construction worker who remodeled our house in 2002 and didn't do a great job our electric is bummed anytime we go to I sink it shocks us under our kitchen sink is has sank in, its mold everywhere from the water, also the water that leaks from the pipes from the sink in the kitchen floods to my brothers room. the outside of my house has a flower bed in front of my room window that floods anytime it rains.I have two children of my own 2 year old terrance and a 5 month old named terraji I have had so much horrible times with this room being that its mold in my room and my walls with the children in here and I'm not able to go to college due to me only being able to provide for my children and helping my mom when I can. my mom walls are falling out by the chunks because they're dry rotted also because it's molded and walls are too soft we have to sleep in the house with air conditioning units which is also leaking on the inside of the house not the outside we can only take a shower in my mom's bathroom because the tub in the bathroom has a hole in the wall in the hole shower is distraught our bathroom is not even all the way finish under the sink is molded.my mom shower is starting to dry rot also her toilet is falling apart Plumbing is always needed because her toilet is stopped up continuously needed. we have a four bedroom 2 baths.my mom is struggling to pay her mortgage we're going through rough times such as loss of Our home due to foreclosure, my mom helps a lot of people she has taken care of 20 different family members children and she hasn't had any help from any of them she took them in on her own and try her best to take care of anybody's child that she could help when we need our own help and I love my mom for doing that because she is a blessing to our community she takes in anybody's child as you want to eat my mom will feed you she will give you somewhere to stay she will help you get on the right track for school she wants you to graduate and everybody Knows her by a aunt Angie. my mom is a loving person she only has two children me myself and my brother Jakari and my cousin Tevis who was place with her by the courts. We don't have a suitable backyard for anybody to be in. Let alone the house. My brother has severe bronchitis asthma as well as my 2 year old son. They are always at the hospital. In ICU. My 5month old Terraji is suffering from a heart murmur. My room is so small and us three can't all fit in here but I make the best out of it for my children. My and I are suffering from high blood pressure. She also is on the verge of being a diabetic. I love my mom for everything she has done for our family and all of the children she has helped. She cries almost every night because of our house we have no money for no repairs to be done. My mom is self employed with her small cleaning business which is only enough for bills and sometimes bill aren't able to be paid! We were living out of a hotel room for 2 years because my mom didn't have any work and the lights were turned off. We've slept at relatives house. In the car. We've been through a lot. I just pray that we can get a beautiful completed home that's safe to live in. Please please, please!!! Help us!
Hi, I'm Peggy. I really need help. I take in children that really have no where to go. I only have one right now. The condition of my housr is in bad shape. Can't take in any more children till something done. Roof leaking. The bedrooms all have mold. Floors falling in. Ceiling needs replaced. Need new electrical and plumbing. Bathroom sink doesn't work. Need heat. Need new septic. Need more room and another bathroom. We are sleeping in living room right now. I sleep in chair child on couch.
Hi my name is Jeremy I'm doing this message for my mother she lost her job about five years ago and she been struggling for a long time with no food in the house I'm her second oldest child, and I seen her struggle she lost a lot weight she been trying to pay on a house mortgage she can't afford I love my mom so much and I'm tired of seeing her struggle she lost her father a few months ago and its only gets worse and I don't what I'm supposed to do BC she did so much for me and I can't do the same I'm at lost so please help
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From the bottom of my heart please answer the prayers and help our family we lost 2 close family members my grandfather is barely making ends meet with the bills he's approaching 70 and suffers many health problems and is suffering depression from my grandmas death. My mother is barely being held together. This house is my grandmas house I don't want it to see it come to ruin but give it back the heart it deserves. It's hard for me as well as I am practically raising my teenage sister on my own . To have a new home would put less stress on my family I know there are many deserving family's and you might pass us up but please help please I feel like this our last chance as family to unite as a home . My family gave everything to help church their friends I really want to give back to them . I am young and I know I can't give them much but at least this please
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My name is Tyler Yurganov and I live in Baltimore MD with my mom,dad and sister Kayla and brother Cameron. i am in 7th grade. My dad lost his job 6 month ago and my mom works real hard to make ends meet . Dad trying to find something but no luck so far. Past year our family had such a bad luck with everything and it takes toll on my parents.Our house is falling apart, we had water pipe broken at night in upstairs bathroom and it flooded the house from top to bottom. My father tried to fix it but he is not that good. so we have a big hall in the dining room and upstairs bathroom with no tile. My parents love each other and us very much and all the little money they have they spend on us,kids.I go to private school and they pay for it and for my sister school and my brother daycare. I dont know when we have money to fix our house because of all the bills they have to pay. Please help us, because i am afraid that my parents will fall apart just like our house did.
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My name is rodney lee. I am asking for this makeover for my wife, she is a loving and kind. She has took in people that had no place to live. All our kids are grown. My step daughter is the only one at home, but she is living with her grandmother. My wife had the ideal to go green got 2 classrooms and put together we are living in the bedroom stepdaughter don't have a room cause we can't finish it.we have a roof but no heating or cooling. My wife has made a statement that she want ever see the house done. I know there is people needs a house worst then her and stories are better then hers but she deserves it just as much. She don't want a big fancy house she just wants a home. She has put others before her and has done without its time for her to have something. Thanks and God bless
My name is Zan Brooks and im writing for my grandmother Kim Jackson. She has arthritis in her legs she needs two hip replacements, also she have cataracts. She and her daughter and granddaughter live in the house. The house has a bug big problem the yard is a mess. There are rodents and stray animals in and out the yard. She is hardly able to pay her bills, but she gets by. Everyone in the community knows her. She is a good person.
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Im writing because i need your help. I am only 21 years old and have a child with a disability , which causes her to be blind. I currently stay on the 11th floor of a high rise tower. it is unsuitable as my child cant and might never walk. Also its not very clean and my child suffers bad excema which tends to flare up reguarly. Been fightin for a back and front door for a while now and no further forward , i really need a 3 bedroom to get a sensory room built in to help my daughters development. And i know yous could help out with this. Please please consider and make mine and my daughters lifes easier.
Hello Extreme Makeover Team. This is hard for me to do because I do not want anyone to think I am complaining. I am 31 years old and I am married to the most amazing man. He works for months at a time away from home in the oil field to take care of all of the people in our home. He is a disabled American Veteran as well. Six years ago, his father passed away and then six months later his mother had a stroke that left her completely paralyzed in her right arm and partially paralyzed in her right leg, leaving her wheelchair bound. She also lost her ability to speak. I quit my job, that I had at the time, to take care of her. In the last six years, we have also taken in his Aunt, who found that she has severe arthritis in her arm, both legs and a twisted pelvis, and a long time family friend who has peripheral neuropathy in her legs, leaving her dependent on a walker, and a compromised immune system which makes it very easy for her to get infections. While we appreciate that there are places for the elderly to get care, we also feel that it is our job to care for them as they took care of us, until we are no longer needed. With combining so many households, we also have quite a few pets (9 cats and 2 dogs) that we are not willing to part with. We were doing very well for a while, living as we are, and recently began to purchase a 5-acre parcel of land that we had hoped to build on. Unfortunately, circumstances have arisen that require a couple of years to correct and we thought that we would have a couple of years where we are currently living to get those circumstances taken care of. We were told last week that the owner of the house we are renting is unable to keep paying her mortgage and this house will go up for auction or sale fairly soon. There are few places that allow for even a single pet, let alone 11 pets, with enough space for all of us to live in. Our land has a house on it but it has been gutted making it completely unlivable, and we cannot afford to fix it up and we don't have the time, now, to do so. We are exploring our options at the moment and trying to figure out just how much time we do have and what we can do to find a home for our family, including the furry ones that our hearts cannot part with. I have designed our dream home already but, like I said, it is going to take several years to be able to accomplish this and I have absolutely no idea what the future holds and that scares me. I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me or to pity me because I chose to give my life and my time to this family and I do not regret it. I only regret not being able to provide all that I should and all that I promised to them. I would absolutely appreciate any help that you could be or any suggestions that you could make that would help our circumstances. Thanks so much for providing the services that you do for all of the people who need help. I love to watch your show and often shed a few tears for the families myself wishing that there was some way that I could help also. Thanks so much again.
Hi, My name is Dee Anna Howard , I am writing your show on the behalf of my mother, Louise Charlton! She has presently inherited my grandma's house! And it needs alot of work done to it! I came back to take care of my mom and dad because they both are really sick! My mom is suffering from MS, slowly loosing her ability to walk, slowly getting dementia, has seizures and takes meds totaling over 400.00! They are on a set income and really can't afford the up keep of the house!!!! By the time she pay the bills she has no money. The bathroom in the house is so bad that there is a bad odor all threw the house 🙂 I think it's making the whole house smell! I am asking to please my parents. I would like for my mother to not have to worry about anything, cuz that can cause the seizures and could possibly speed up the dementia! Thank you for your time
My name is Keishanna Hughes and I am a Program Director at St. Georges Community Center in Louisville Kentucky which is labeled one of the most vital neighborhoods in Louisville Westend. We serve at risk youth from grades 4th through 12th and provide food to at least 5000 families a year through our food pantry. St. George's reopened it's doors in 1964 due to the repetitive break ins it encountered from the youth because they just wanted a place to play basketball and feel safe. So A Cathedral Chapter and some Episcopal church members got together and agreed to oversee the property for the remainder of the year, and the doors have been opened every since. There has been no renovation to the building it still is in very old conditions with roofs leaking, walls cracking, mold growing great space that can't be used based on the reconstruction that needs to be done, old computers. But we still happily operate for the community Monday-Friday by serving hot meals to our youth daily, offering mentor programs, tutoring services, college readiness, and leadership development with only a small lobby area and a gym that still looks as if it could be in the magazine from 1964.I am a single mother of four teenagers ages 15,16,17 and 18 and I came into the community a lost high school dropout with no hope for myself and if it wasn't for the support, training, and empowerment that was given to me through community organizations I don't know where I would be. I've only been here since April 2014 but I am proud to finally find a place that is truly passionate and safe for our kids and that is helping them become sufficient adults. St. Georges is a diamond in the ruff and it has all the right staff on board now all we need is help to enhance the facility so we can continue the work the God has called us to do and give the community what it needs. EXTREME Makeover we desperately need your help to continue this very important and vital initiative.
Hey my name is Shadarra Pirl I'm writing about my house hold I'm 26 soon to be 27 I have 4 children one of them have sickle cells disease asthma && just had to get surgery on her had and to get her blood vosil moved cause they were not like the blood flow rite.. She hace to get blood trafusion every month for the reks of stokes.. August of this year she got the surgery and mother had to watch my kids on top of that she has five young ones that's under the age of 18 but she has 8 all together. A week in a half after that we stayed at her house so she can help me with her and the other kids. Some the next morning my mother had pass not just leaving me but her other siblings to as of my sister and jer two kids watch she is in a three bedroom house with me and my four and my mother 5 We wasn't so close to the family like that so its like we're stunk we can't find no other house that can for us all in… Had to suit my job and stay home and take care of them.. As you see we're in need of a blessing
Hello, my name is Adam Malone. I am an elementary SRO that serves the children of North Charleston and Ladson and would like to request the help from you. On July 23, 2008 a wonderful boy named Tyler Capers who at the time was 9 yrs old while crossing the busy street of Ladson Rd. was struck by a car killing him as the motorist continued to drive away. The suspect in this hit and run is still at large. This tragedy has flipped this family upside down as it would anyone in this situation. Another young girl was hit near the same spot but thankfully survived. Tylers mother Lucille Capers has been since her son was killed trying to raising money to build a community center for their neighborhood as they do not have one. She feels that if Tyler had a community center to hang out at or play basketball at he would not have been trying to cross the street that day as and the same for the young girl as well. She would like to see this community center become the gathering place for the youth and families.It would also serve as a center for youth summer camps, mentoring programs, team leaderships, and afterschool programs for parents that cant afford traditional after school care. This neighborhood is in a real need for change. It is a lower income area and I think that a community center would breathe life back into this area. My division in the police department is all about working with kids and giving them the chances that they would otherwise not have. I really want this for this family and for the community. Please help anyway you can.
I'm Angel Kistler and I am putting in a request to have one of our hometown bowling alleys rebuilt. Last November Kokomo Indiana health was hit by 3 tornadoes on the mid south of town. My daughters bowling ally was hit along with the neighborhood next to it, in which her friend's house was one in the same area. My daughter and her some of her friends have been bowling there since they were young. Kokomo Sport Bowl has been a home away from home for many of the kids I know who bowl there. After the tornado damage the kids went back in and helped clean up debris as soon it was safe to let them. Kristin is my daughter she is 16 now but I am proud of what she and her friends did too help. The news casted live here and here for several weeks showing the devistation these tornadoes caused. I work at Chrysler and our UAW hall is still being rebuilt due to being destroyed. So everywhere around the areas hit are slowly either being rebuilt or torndown. My sister works at Moore title company and they were finally able to move back in over the summer.Due to unknown financial reasons the roof has not been able to be fixed, nor has some of the mechanisms and interior things been able to be replaced. I hope that you read this story, because right now my children's place of recreation is in dire need of a miracle to stay open. My daughter bowls for Kokomo HS. She and my 6year old son bowl on the Saturday league there. My oldest son Micah who has high functioning Aspergers Syndrome bowled there from the age of 6 to the age of 17. He's now 23. It helped him become more social with others throughout those years. There's no judgment among kids in bowling because it's their own personal best that counts along with their team. Once again this place has been a lifesaver for my children and others as well, who may not be great at the normal sports, baseball, basketball, and football, etc. Thank you.
My name is amber highsmith im 28 I have a best friend named dustin everott he is 28 he has a house falling dwn around him nowhere to go kitchen has fell down halls are colasping the outside is falling down around him they can't even live there the conditions are so bad can u please help him he is in alot of need thanks so much amber highith
Hello my name is Shalandria (Shay) Im writing this for my mother and her sisters an brother. My grandfather was raised in this house. It was built in 1954. When my grandfather, grandmother passed she left him this house. Which my mother and her siblings were raised in the house. I myself was raised in my grandfather house as well me and my siblings. We had have so many great memories of this house. Alot of the other houses on my grandfather street were torn down. However, my grandfather home is still holding on. This home kept our father together. Until 2 years ago my grandfather passed and left to my mom and her siblings. Ever since then our family have falling apart. My mother and her siblings have debated on selling the house but could never come to an agreement. I know if my grandfather was still leaving he would want to fix this house up and have family gatherings every week. AGAIN, this house has kept us together. I hate to see my mom cry because all she want it her siblings to keep this house, and fix the house up for her siblings and all the kids and grandchildren. I feel like this something we have left from our generation and it should be kept for a lifetime. We have tried to fix the house, but, there has been alot of mold, the house isnt leveled, no vents in the house, the whole house is terrible now. I pray that God can help first bring our family back together and get this house fixed so we can all be a family again, because this what my grandfather would want. He didn't want the house to be sold, he wanted us to keep this house..this is all we have to share as a family. Please help us bring our family together by fixing up our HOUSE…
Hi my name is Sheila pearson I just lost my husband back in November 2013 he die of stage4 brain cancer I had to resign from my job to take care of him. And now I'm taking care of my brother who has a moderated mental problem I finally went back to work in January of 2014 I have been strangle with the bills and my house needs lots of work my roof links so bad when it rain we have to grab buckets trash cans and put them all over the front room and my bedroom, my floors in the kitchen is buckling up from the moisture under the house I live in a 12×65 trailer house with 20×40 room built in the front room the floors has drop down and the sheet panel in the front room is bold out in places; I work everyday just trying to make my house payment and I still own money on my husband burial I just don't have the money to fix my house up I have watched extreme make over for years and would be so blessed watching other get blessed I hope someone would find it in there heart to help me. May God Bless
I am Marcie, I watch your show all the time, and think that the families that you help are so lucky!! I am writing for your HELP….well really for MY SISTER. I think she's one of the strongest women that I know, she's been through some really hard times. She was born with ' Neurofibromatosis', and she has had many surgeries for this. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, she pulled through it, and thought she was free from it, and in 2011 it came back and metastasised to STAGE IV. She went through chemo and radiation treatments ,(they looked like 3rd degree burns on her shoulder and that looked so bad it scared me!), it was hard for her but she never let me see that it was, last year she had a PET SCAN, it showed NO cancer but she's still taking chemo treatments. She just had surgery on her right foot to remove a fibroid, she has been so DEPRESSED because she CAN'T WALK on her foot, she actually was already suffering from depression,(she goes to a senior program, and it helps), but lately, she hasn't been able to go because of her foot. I told her to hang in there, she doesn't know that I'm writing to you, we have put so much into our house and it seems like the more we do the worser it gets. You can actually see outside in my sister's shower, and it rains in her closets, the house is sinking in the back yard,(foundation unleveled), cracks are running across the ceiling and OPENING, and the floor is developing humps in it…….PLEASE HELP US!
My mom and dad have a house well a double wide and they are all by there selves and they are hurting for money the ceilings are falling in and the floors need to be replaced the plumbing needs to be replaced as well it would be a godsend to have their house remade where it's livable and don't have to worry about the floors caving in and the ceilings dropping on them
I am a mother of three young children and a wife to a wonderful man. I am in desperate need of help. I may not have the saddest story but I am truly in need of some serious help. My husband and I are on a land contract. We have a two bedroom home that was built in 1920. The basement of our home is awful.. We really want to remodel our basement for extra bedrooms. My 5 year old son has Autism. We would like to have a safer home for him and for our other two children. The windows throughout the house other then the kitchen need to be replaced. I am so afraid that these windows are going to come down on one of their little hands. My basement leaks water everywhere.. My garage is dirt floor and is so small. My husband likes to build things. I would love for him to be able to have his own space. We have had a lot of ups and downs but we get through because we are a strong family. Please Help!!!
Hi my name is Tasneem i know what i am about to ask might sound insane,but my mother thought me winners never quite.We stay in SOUTH AFRICA and we don"t have shows like yours in our country.Ihave a wonderfull mom that was abused by my stephdad she had an overdose a few months ago but is fine now.She is currently unemployed and wish to start her own business.We are curently staying in a rented place my stephdad is paying when he feels like it .I so wish we could have our place because it hurts to see how my mother must sometimes beg him for rent money.She is the type of person that will give her last for the next person.She will help for free at matricballs with decour for underpriviliage kids.please if u can even if we can even just have a piece of land to be bought for us we will for ever be gratefull.The people in ur country must be very gratefull for your show .God bless.just wondering TASNEEM
Hi my name is daphney iam 24 years am from south Africa limpopo I whant extreme makeover help me and my family have a house I live with my four sisters,one brother,my nine years son and my six nephews please help us because people use to call us names even today they still call us that we a living in four room RDP house and shocks as our back rooms please help my mother died when I was 12years please help us we need your help please
I am 12 and my sister is 16 and my mom is 56 and my dad is 61 and we live on a farm and we show horses and that is are thing but we are losing money and in are kitchen we have 3 dogs and are floor has holes and we have boards on top and me and my sister share bunks beds is a new hole coming in are bedroom and we can't live like this anymore please we need your help!!?
Dear awesome people from extreme home makeover,
My name is angel Torres I'm 22 years old an living a hard life right now. The life that I never thought would fall in place from also leaving my past behind. I'm here to ask for the biggest blessing ever, I'm from pasadena, Texas and staying with my grandparents my grandma being age 73 and my grandfather being age of 72 we are living in a house that is falling apart. It's slowly going down an been needing the help. Need the help because it's been a while for me to get my life on track but now I have finally made that change and I would love to show my grandparents a beautiful home where they don't have to argue no more just because where we are staying at and what we are staying in, yes it's a home but it's not a loved home when it's falling apart. It's to much for me to afford or repair. I'm trying my best to get into college to better myself an give them the happy life so they can enjoy while they can. My grandmother has fought breast-cancer an my grandfather has fought kidney-cancer an now fighting diabetes. Our home is not happy, when I seen your show on tv I thought to myself maybe this is it, so here I am is just asking for a change in my life, please if you could give us that help to live a happier life. I'm about to go star school soon hopefully we are just living off what we have. Thank you if you paid attention to my help cause it could change part of our life. God bless you all for the impacts on others! Prayers
Hello our names are Natasha and Cristhian. This message is in regards to an investment property that my fiance and I recently purchased. There are 4 units, all of them had major issues regarding sanitation, bugs for days especially units a and c and very mean tenants in units b and c whom we evicted which took us 4 months to do and which was also very scary at times because they were not good people who lived in the property for 4 months without paying rent. There is mold inside the cabinets that we did our best to remove. There was a break in today at unit d thank God no one was hurt. My fiance and I have been doing everything we can to make this property liveable and safe for our tenants. We have been behind on our mortgage since we obtained the property and are still in debt $7,000 plus. It is frustrating to have more and more issues arise when all we want to do is be able to pay our bills and take care of all remaining issues for our tenants to live comfortably. As of right now unit a has a very bad bed bug and roach infestation that our tenant said has been going on for 3 years now and we've only had the property for 8 months. We can't even stand to walk into our tenants house because we are concerned we will bring bugs back to our car and home. We are 23 and 25 years old and want our dreams to come true of being self employed and owning many other homes because we feel that we can be the best and most caring landlords ever. We have done so many improvements such as change bathroom floor in 3 of the units that were rotten and wreaked with mold and water leakage. There's many more things that we fixed as well. We fortunately have all 4 units rented but our tenants call us with problems arising at least twice a month. We would not only be thankful if our property was chosen for a makeover but like we mentioned above, we would be the happiest and best landlords ever! We look forward to meeting you!
Hi, my name is Rachel Davis. About a year and a half ago my husband started suffering from mental illness, we have 2 boys one just turned 18 and one just turned 5. We have been remodelling our house to make it our home, but with everything that has happened I live in a home with unfinished projects, and with medical bills that are piling up no money to finish them. I have struggled to keep my boys safe and trying to help doctors figure out what mental illness my hysband is suffering from, it just hit him rather quickly. I am not one to ask for help in any kind of way, I always try to figure it out on my own. If you can help in any way please I need it. Thanks
Hi, I am writing on behalf of my father. He just turned 55 and is a proud retired Vet. He is such a strong man and a very hard worker. He came into our lives 22 years ago and took on the responsibility of raising my brother and I plus his 2 children. He has taught me everything I know in life including how to be strong like him. He was recently diagnosed with COPD a week ago and today just found out his lungs are in the severe stages. He is worried because since he is a pipe fitter and can no longer work due to the environment how he is going to maintain his house. There are several risks with his house that can cause his lungs to flare up including mold. They are at risk for losing the house if they don't get these issues resolved. My dad has been my encouragement throughout my life, and has worked so hard to give us this home. We are in desperate need of help, even if it is a prayer or blessing we would rally appreciate anything at this point! Thanks so much
Hi my name is Shiirha Hodges I'm writing you today I lost my mother and my husband has lots his sh left him her house but it need some work we have two boys I have heart problems things are falling apart and we can't afford to get anything fixs can you help us have a home not just a house
Hello, I am asking for a miracle for my brother, Joey a single father raising his 4 year old son. Joey bought a couple beautiful treed acres with what I've been told is a sturdy home on 2 acres for himself and his now 4 year old son, Jonas, to fix and live in after he was able to "fix" it. At this point it's down to the studs inside but is still unlivable. Joey and Jonas live in a 32 ft trailer on the property when weather permits, otherwise they spend nights with limited family members in the Atlanta area…and when they can not reach them they have resorted to going to a warming shelter. Brother Joe has worked hard on the property to get it to the point it is. He has also worked extremely hard in other peoples lives, he and his son have been involved in volunteer work in the cancer and heart wards of children's hospitals for a couple of years now, providing friendship, fun and laughter to some very sick children. Joey has always been a fun loving, live life to the fullest, big hearted and generous person. Right now he is now the one in need of extended brotherhood…Joey was recently diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma Cancer (non-hodgkins) and started his treatment a couple of weeks ago. Joey will not be able to continue working at his own concrete company, nor be able to continue work on the home he so hoped to provide for Jonas. There have been a couple of benefits for him in the Atlanta area and massive amounts 200+ people each event has turned out to support him, if we all could touch the lives of 1/2 that many people we would be so lucky. I assure you to have an incredibly fun, touching and worthy experience working with Joey and his friends and family. In addition, you will have plenty of muscle round the clock to help with whatever needs you have. Please consider my baby brother and little Jonas for your show…he would give his last breath (we don't want him to do that) trying to provide a place where he and his son could just "be home" and a place where they can just "relax" for once. We know that he's not the kind of person to give up and stop trying to provide this home for Jonas and hope you guys can help him so he can relax and kick cancers butt instead of his own. I told him I was going to do this and he and I both thought we could totally see this happening in his life and we hope we are right. Thank you and we hope Ty Pennington can come to his home town area and perform his magic, which would be a miracle for us and we hope a lifesaver for brother Joe.
Hi my name Rachel. I'm writing this for Carla May, my Memaw. she is not my biological grandmother, but she is an angel, she has always taken me in and clothed me when she had no clothes to give, and fed me when I was hungry though she had no food to give, I'm only one of many many people she has taken in over many yrs. Right now she has 6 of her grandchildren. Amelia, Jacee, Benjamin, Niysah, Jacob, and Isaiah. Niysah is the middle child and is autistic. Niysah will never graduate from school, or go to collage. She will never get married and have children, or be able to live on her own. Because of the time and cost of taking care of these 6 kids and all of niysah's medical expenses, she cannot fix her home. The floors are sinking and have holes in them. They all have to share the same bathroom the bathroom sink does not work anymore and the floor is giving way. The sceptic is backing up into the yard. The kitchen sink leaks. The knobs on the tub are broken, so when someone needs a shower or bath, memaw has to get the plyers. These kids are my brothers and sisters. They need their home remodeled. Will you please do this for them.
Hello my name is tanaya im 21 years old. Im contacting you in hopes to help my mother live in a better home. She's 45 and is suffering of c.o.p.d, asthma, and also has a heart disease. She can not work due to her health. She lives in a trailer full of black mold!! The roof has many leaks, floors are falling through some walls in her house dont have drywall just woodframes and that itchy stuff. Im not asking for much I just want my mother to be able to breathe and live longer. living In her house shes constantly sick and In the hospital with bronchitis. Im not asking for a million dollar home a new manufactured home would make my dreams come true for her. I understand theres others with alot more going on and I pray for them as well as I do for my mother. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!! I want my mother to feel better and live to see all the wonderful things I will accomplish.
Thank You.
I'm submitting this application for the blalack family which I am a part of and have been for the last 9 years. On August 18 my fiance sister passed away unexpectedly due to long term kidney disease, just days after her daughters 11th birthday. my fiance and I and our 3year old daughter have lived with his parents for almost 3 years nowwe moved back home to help out them and ourselves. his father had a heart attack almost 4 years ago and we were struggling to pay rent so we moved in together.now its me,my fiance his mother his father our daughter and our 11 year old niece living in a three bedroom housethat is run down old falling apart has mold water leak unfinished projects on itwe just don't have the time the money or the manpower to do it to fix all the problems we would be so honored to have a chance to have a new home.with enough space for all of us to live and grow
There is a 14 yr old boy that I have followed on FB for 2 yrs. He has cancer along with other medical problems like severe sciolosis that his back is starting to be crooked but can't have surgery due to cancer. Jayson is being raised by his grandparents. They r struggling to take him back and forth to hospital in St. Louis ,mo because they have poor transportation the one wish this courageous child has is for his grandparents and he to have a new house. They can not afford to fix up their home or get a new car. They depend on prayers from friends to get him care for. U could not do something for a more deserving and happy child! Ck out his fb page prayers for Jason warren. Please help this family! It would b a prayer answered. Please help before this child loses his battle. He was rush to Er last night and yelled I am not going to let this beat , i am not going to loose!
My name is Fred Settle. I am a 30-year old husband and father of 6 children, as well as a Veteran of the United States Air Force. I know there are people that are always worse off, and I always do what I can to help others, even if I am in need. I bought a house in 2012, and although it's a pretty big house, six children fill it up very quickly. I am a very proud individual, and I don't like to have to ask for help…so this is a big step for me. I tried to open my own business earlier this year, and it's going o.k., but it takes time to get to the point of financial stability. In the mean time, the little income that my business is producing pays the mortgage, utilities and groceries…and that's about it. My three older children live in the attic, which was converted into a bedroom so we'd have enough room. A big problem is that the house is so old that the duct work doesn't keep it heated well in the winter, and it gets so hot in the summer, that the girls can't even sleep up there. Also, the attic has knob and tube wiring, and if I could afford new insulation I would be afraid to put it in because of the fire hazard that could create.
On the second floor, my other three kids, including our 6-month old baby, and my wife and I live in the other bedrooms. They are small, and only two rooms have a closet, which are almost too small to hang clothes in them. The walls are all plaster, which is cracking. We tried to paint the walls but because of the severe temperature fluctuations from winter to summer, the wall just keep cracking. The upstairs bathroom actually leaked down through the dining room about 3 months after we bought the house, and we couldn't afford to fix the problem, so we shut the water off in the upstairs bathroom, and now only have one bathroom. The one bathroom is on the main floor, and only has a tub, no shower. One bathroom for eight people (six of them being my wife and five daughters) is rough…and will only get harder as they get older. The dining room ceiling still wears the water stains from the leaking upstairs bathroom because we couldn't afford to replace the drywall. The dining room is actually the only room in the house that has drywall in it, and it is actually ruined! The kitchen is very outdated with an old stove, refrigerator and cabinets. My wife, God Bless her heart, painted the cabinets and walls and put up laminate tile on the walls to serve as backsplash. It looks a million times better and that honestly made her year! It's hard for her to cook for all of the kids with one range top and oven, and our fridge is so old and small that we run out of room. The foundation is sandstone, which is crumbling and has many holes in it. I worry about it because the walls in the basement are starting to bubble inward some. We get water in the basement too, which concerns me because of the risk of mold. Our back yard is empty, minus a small burn pit area where we sometimes have a fire with marshmallows for the kids. It just doesn't look like the back yard of a house with six kids. The back porch is starting to dry rot, and that's bad for two reasons: it's obviously unsafe, and I store the push mower and a few tools under there. Our living room is so small and we have a really old, hand-me-down couch and chair that doesn't even fit all of the family for our family movie nights. Most people would probably say that we have too many kids for our means, but we had started growing this family when our financial situation was far greater than this, and we couldn't afford to build a new house big enough at that time, so we bought the biggest house we could afford and we just give it to God and get by.
Aside from all of this, my wife and kids never complain about the house, aside from it being too hot in the summer and certain rooms get really cold in the winter. This isn't for me. As a former military member, I can get by in harsh conditions. But with all of the support and love that my wife and kids bring to our family…they just deserve better. I work so many hours and try so hard to get ahead and make things better for them and it just seems like every time I get to a point where I can do something to try to improve the house, something else comes up. It's stressful, and it sometimes interferes with my ability to be a better husband and father because I get worn down from working so much.
I said earlier that I know there are always people worse off than my family and I are. I understand that it's a long shot, considering how many applications you receive. Having said that, I want to say thank you for taking the time to review my comment, and for even considering me for this blessing that you all provide to families everywhere. Thank you for what you do!
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My name is Brittany Aldridge. I live in a small community called Ingrams Mill right outside of Olive Branch Mississippi. I live here with my husband, four year old son, 4 month old daughter, and my mother also lives with us. We live in a barely three bedroom house with four people so our youngest Lyla doesn't have a room because my
Mom had no where to go so we opened our home to her. The house was built in the 60's by my husbands great grandparents. The floors in multiple spots are falling in, and the ceiling in the bathrooms are caving in also. The house does not have central heat and air so we use window units and space heaters. We also can't put silver wear in the drawers because the mice are so bad. There was mold in the back of the house also.
I am a teachers assistant at Chickasaw Elementary in Olive Branch and want to become a teacher someday. I don't make a lot of money there but LOVE what I do because I've literally helped kids learn to read. It's just so fulfilling. I really just want to not have to worry about my floors caving in, or the ceiling falling down on one of my kids. I don't want to have to worry about mold or gas leaks like we had last year. I want my kids to all have their own room and my mom to not feel like she's in the way. I want to put my silver wear in a drawer where they belong. Just the little things like people taken for granted. If you would please give us a chance we would appreciate it.
-the teacher that just wants a chance.
The structure that my partner is currently living in,IS NOT livable any more her MOM tried &tried she left it to her I won't shower there the house is sinking there IS BLACK MOLD…VARMITS in the roof. Tree that ha fallen on back porch dead tree that is about to fall foundation that is BAD …
. She won't let me move stuff. Makes her more depressed. PLEASE HELP‼‼‼‼❗❗❗❗
I am from small town in Texas. Early around 7 am Sunday the 21st our only Elementary school caught fire. We have a total of 460 children in our elementary prek thru 5th grades. This fire was so hard to put out because our firefighters have never had this kind of craziness before. They had to tear down a wing of our school 3rd through 5th to stop the flames. The rest of our school is still severely damaged with smoke and water. To the point that it may not be salvageable. There are so many memories in this small town elementary school. No one was hurt, thank u Jesus, but years and years of teachers and students things were destroyed. This school has been here since my dad attended. My kids go here and so did I when I was younger. It is very devastating and is really hurting us. But as a community we have all gotten together to try and fix this. This town is so God loving that we believe out of the ashes will come beauty. God is still allowed in our schools and will be. I didn't know where to go or who to ask. This fire only destroyed material things but this is our kids future. As of now school is out the rest of the week to figure out what were going to do. Please if you can help our small town or even let us know someone who can would also be great. Was worth a try. I am not teacher but am a parent who hurts for all the faculty. Thanks for listening and we have tons of pictures if you would like to see. Thank you and God bless!
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I'm a 15 year old girl trying to help my single dad of 4 children, my little sister is 11,my little brother is 9, & my older sister is 18, but she no longer lives with us. & the reason why I believe he deserves a new home for his family is because, he's been a single dad for almost 4 year. The reason why my mom is not spoken of is because she tried to kill my dad in a house fire in 2011 & on Apr 26 my mom was taken to jail, & she's still not out. & the house that we're certainly live at in is another house my mom has attempted to set on fire the same night she has burnt my grams house down, (that's where my dad was staying at the time.) & I feel this hour is making me depressed because sometimes I can still smell the smoke from the basement, because that where my mom has tried to set the fire, but gratefully the water pipes have broke that we're in the basement & put the fire out. The kitchen floor has spots of black on them from the fire that was below.
On top of all that I have tried to comment suicide on 5/14/14,because of the stuff with my mom that has happened & I just felt so alone ever since she's been gone, it's just I felt like I was so young to be dealing with all this & I felt like it would be so much earlier for my dad to only raise 2 kids instead of 3, because at that time my dad has lost his job an I nee how much it is to raise 1, & to raise 3 kids on you're own must be too much, & I want my dad to know that I have not tried to do that because of him, it's just so much has happened on almost the past 4 year of my life I think we just need a beginning, & if you guys do this for us this will be the New begging we've been asking & praying for, for such a long time.
I'd love this to also be a big surprise to my father.
Please return to this. Thanks Ty!
Hello, I'm writing in the hopes for a home make over, my home was built in 1919 and is made of stucco, The stucco is falling off the back, ceiling's are cracking and falling out all plaster, the basement leaks. I'm 39 and have worked since I was 15 providing for my family, now I've hurt my back and can't afford to get anything done or even pay the bills. It's hard day to day knowing you can't do anything like you use to. I pray everyday for the hope to get my back surgery done been almost a year and I hate I can't do the things with my daughter's that I use to. Please help me to make this home a HOME. I struggled to get this house in 2006 and I pray I don't lose it, my fiance works hard to pay the bills but him alone doesn't quite get it. It's hard. Everything is falling apart, the shed out back is rotting away and the fence is falling down around my house…PLEASE HELP…Thanks. and God Bless!
Hey name is Cali (24), i doing this for my father(50) and my identical twin sisters(15)…Our mother passed away 7 years ago from cancer and ever since our family has been going downhill My father just got over a fight with Cancer as well our family is strong but is starting to break the family house is falling apart and nothing seems to fix and stay fixed im not sure of what to do anymore i try and help as much as i can but nothing is working… for me my family has and always will come first im running out of options to help so please if you read this and can at all help i would be forever greatful Thank you for your time
Hi. My name is Stacie. I am a 31 year old wife and mother of three. I am submitting this application on behalf of my family. After reading numerous applications from many deserving people, I realize that there are people who have it worst than me and I am blessed. We live in Memphis, TN in a rental. We have moved three times in the past three years; downsizing each time. We have done away with luxuries such as cable in order to save money for a home. My husband is 60 years and he is the hardest working person that I have ever met. He works in construction. When work became scarce here in Memphis a year ago he was forced to follow the work. He ended up St Louis, MO. He is four hours away from the family and it is rough not having him with me, but I know he is doing what he has to do. I am disabled, but I do what I can to help. All of our sacrifice paid off! We saved enough to buy a home! The house is in Jackson, TN. That is 1 hour 15 minutes away from Memphis. We knew the house would need repairs, but its worth it considering we paid cash and own it free and clear. As we began our repairs four months ago we realized there was more work than we had anticipated. Some of the floors were rotten and needed to be replaced. After pulling up carpet we noticed that some if the flooring is uneven. There was a water leak in the basement and some electrical issues. There is a good amount of wood that needs to be replaced. I got a part-time job at a hotel in Jackson, thinking we would be living there soon. It is obvious to us that we will not be able to live in our home for quite some time. I drive 1 hr 15 min to work two days a week. This defeats the purpose of working because I use a good bit of my check for gas money. Property tax time is around the corner. It has been a real test for us. We relished in the thought of not having to pay rent. We figured we could use that money to pay off our vehicles and fix the house even more. Now we not only have rent to worry about; but home insurance, property taxes, utilities for the home we live in, utilities for the home we own and partial utilities and rent for the apartment in St Louis that my husband share with roommates. It would be so wonderful to finally be able to live in the home that we have dreamed about. If you could help us to finally make this house a home it would be greatly appreciated.
My family and I really need help to get back on our feet and need help to get my grandmothers house improvement really hope that you can help us.
May 2014 my home of 26 years caught fire and i lost everything i owned. Been having to move around staying here and there with others. I feel so out of place and don't have any help. Can you help me?
This is about a double Blue Star Mom who uses a Service Dog. Her trailer isn't in that great shape she has 3 Irish wolfhound service dogs and a few others. Kathy was a USAF wife, and now has 2 sons in the Air Force. She has a barn to house the larger dogs, but it too needs repair. Kathy is the founder of Salute of Service, to help Veterans train their own Service dogs. The numbers are are too high. 22 a day doesn't sound like much, but just counting from post 9/11 that adds to over 102,700. Since 9/11. Service dogs save lives. Kathy is a wonderful trainer a cross of your favorite Aunt and a Drill Instructor. She cares and has wept tears of joy and sorrow, helping our Veterans. Which she has been doing all out of pocket. Fundraising is difficult, I do what I can but I have no experience in that. But if I can help Kathy by having her live in a solid home, and a couple out buildings to have safe space for the dogs in her care, and a safe space to hold classes for our Vets in inclement weather then my mission had been accomplished. My Erin saves my life everyday. I hope you can help Kathy and SOS save more Veterans.
Thank you for all you do.
Linda Wichowski USAF 1979-1989
Erin my Battle Buddy.
Cara,Rosie, and Dillon, Kathy's Battle Buddies. Drastie(Mastiff Service Dog in training)
Hi my name is daphney iam 24years old iam from south Africa I live with my four sisters,one brother,my7years old son and my 6 nephew I like extreme makeover to help us building house because we don't have money to build one we are staying in a rdp house and shokse as our back rooms may mother died while I was 12year old pleas extreme help us pleas now I cnt afford to send our video to show you guys please
I don't even know were to start… well, my name is hollie, I'm a singal mother of three. My daughter natalie 10,my son lee, 7. An my youngest son robert 5.. I have lived with friends, family, on an off for years. It never works out, no matter the good things you do for someone u live with.. I'm 28 years old.. I'm trying so hard to get bk on my own to feet for the shake of my children .. I'm allow they have. I lived in south easy georgia, moved to Tennessee, on terms of my fauther getting sick, due to cancer, witch took him on august 14th of this year..I have finally come across a job, witch isnt much, but its something..what I'm making is hardly enough to make a house payment!! Our dream an goal is to have a home again! Something to call it our sweet home!! I'm doing all I can to have that for my kids by Christmas .. but with me staying with friends, I have to pay my way here as well.. I just dont mwayake enough to save an pay oour way to live here. Imso our chances our very. Slim.
Hi my name is Paula I am a mother of 3. I have set up a gofundme account and my story is on there. Since I've made the account he has gotten worse. My brother n law gave me his house knowing I needed somewhere else to go but it needs major work done to it. Money is so tight and I can't get anything done. Here's the link to my gofundme page. My full story is there. I also posted pics to prove anything. Thanks and God Bless all of you.
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Hi, my name is Shondria and I'm sending this to seek assistance for my family. Our family home has been in our family for quite sometime now. The 3 bedroom 1 bath home was built by my great grandfather and my uncle for my great grandmother who was the mother of children 11 children. Not only was some of her children birthed in the home, but some grandchildren and great grand children as well. This is the home where everyone gathered on all Holidays sleeping over one another in beds, on pallets on the floor, throughout the living room as well as the dining room. My mom not only inherited the home, but the taxes as well. My dad has served his country and due to his health is now on a fixed income. My mom left her fulltime job to care after an elderly family member and neighbor. When family members are going through tough times in their life she always open the door and take them in. There's 8 of us in the home now. My parents and my family of 6. The home is not stable to live in, bathroom caving in, floors through out the home has already caved in, leaks inside when it rains and in certain areas you're on the inside looking out. If there's anything that you can do to help out, please do so……..
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I have lived in this house since I was 7 and it use to be really nice and my dad has been tryn for year to fix it where it half way descent to live in we live next to abounded house that is full of nasty junk and since that lady has now died her bugs are now coming over to our how which makes me rather sleep in the park or truck so I dont keep getting sick I have called and called to try and get that house knocked down but I get no now with it we have mice that I cant get rid of and I thing these mice are carring mites or or some kind of bugs can yall please help me I dont like having bugs in my skin
Hello everyone,
My name is Anthony King. I'm a 23 year old vet. I'm not asking for you guys to help me. I am not even sure you can help with what I'm asking,but my church need your help. United Church of the Valley in Murrieta, California is a barely surviving church. They were a thriving church at the end of 2007. They bought a huge space of land to build a new permanent place for the church, and even broke ground on it but then the contractors price kept going up. The budget just went through the roof and the church lost everything. The still own the land, but there is no building. THey lost the rental space they had and are now borrowing a space for services. The plan came crashing down when the crash happened in 2008. Since then they have lost much of the people that went to the church. They went from almost 200 attendees on sundays to about 60. There is just no enough space in the building they are borrowing to hold that many people on sunday. We need a new space to worship. United Church of the Valley is a progressive christian community. They dont care what color you are, if you are gay straight or still figuring it out. No matter what religion and where you are on lifes journey you are welcome. They are a wonderful bunch of people who have never asked for anything. I would love to see this church thrive again. Please if you can help my church. Thank you so much!!
Sincerely,
Anthony King
Hello, I'm janae wilson I am 16 years old and am asking if you could help my family finish our house.We have 1 room in the entire house which is the bathroom which all five of the us use.We live on my mom's family land on the reservation in navajo,NM.We originally lived in Gallup, NM but moved due to bankruptcy and the for closure of our house so we decided to move into our current house which was given to my mom by her uncle. We've been be struggling for 5 years to get the house finished. But we simply can't afford it. So we've kinda stopped trying, even though it's such a struggle every day to get dressed with the lack of privacy and no rooms. We have sheet rock dividing our "spaces" and have been living like this for a while. My dad which has been our carpenter and builder of everything has recently been hsving worsening back pain due to his surgery 16 years ago and find ourselves having to pay another surgery and probably not getting our house done.I wasn't going to apply cuz my mom always told me there are people with worse problems than us and we should be thankful and God I am but it gets difficult and hard to get around with no rooms and room…it's so crowded in our house and find it so hard to keep it clean. And My also mom watches these makeover shows 24/7 and says how she wishes she could give us that. And I have given up a lot on hoping every year we might actually start working on it but financially we aren't able to and things keep coming up its been 5 years sense I had a room and wish so much that I could again .I have 2 more years till college and I don't think I'll have a room before then but if you guys could help us just maybe I could have a finished house and my parents wouldn't have to worry because they try so hard and want us to have our own rooms but we just can't and aren't able to make it happen they've worked hard and I don't want to see them struggling anymore so with your help xtremehome you could help me and my family, the wilsons. I pray so much to have our house done and to have this dream come true would be so great and wonderful, it would be my prayers answered and would be such a miracle so please xtremehome consider my family we've gone through a lot and I'm just so tired of not having a home i can finally say home. Please and thank you so much for taking the time to read my comment and thank you for your consideration
Sincerely janae wilson
Hello, xtremehome makeover I'm 16 years old and am facing difficulties with living with my house that has 1 bathroom which is the only room in my house…my family moved to my families land on the reservation in navajo new Mexico 5 years ago due to bankruptcy. we were forced to leave basically and so we decided to move to this old house one of my grandpa's had given my mom and we had plans to work on it year after year but not being able to afford to finish it let alone put rooms up has led to 5 years of still not having a room of my own…I had to leave my only home i grew up in and in hopes of a new start ….however my parents haven't been able to finish our house and I know it's hard for them because they try hard and they just want to give us a home to call our own with rooms of our own…my dad also has struggled with his back due to a major back surgery which is affecting him now 16 years later and it would be too much of a risk to work on anything which is another thing my parents have to worry about….I've always thought of trying this and just thought that we were blessed with what we had and that others with bigger needs deserved this but I'm fed up with the struggle, the stress it puts on my family and I know my mom of all people wants her house finished and it sucks cuz she is always watching makeover shows and is always talking about how she wished she had our house like the ones on TV…anyways I just would really love and pray that we could receive some help I've given up on all hopes that we could have our house done with actual walls and doors and not just sheetrock dividing our spaces up and this is kind of our/ my only hope I want my parents to have one less thing to worry about because they have gone through so much and have been trying so hard to make us happy…I hope you can consider us the wilson family because we would so much appreciate this…it would be our prayers answered and it would be quite frankly a miracle I just ask you so much to consider us please and thank you so much for taking the time to read my story.
Sincerely janae wilson
Hello, I am young single mother of two that lives with my father. The house is 50 years old basically my dad was born there and his six other siblings. My father did some repairs over the years but the pipes been on the house since it was build in 1949,so the house have a strong odor of sewers. The floors are caving in and the wood is rodding. My father was diagnosis with type 2 diabetes so I came to live him to make sure he is doing what he suppose to doing. We live in Yorktown, Virginia. The neighborhood where we live they are building a lot of new houses and we can't afford much needed upgrades to the house. We dream to have a dream house that we can live in the next 50 years. Thank you for reading. I pray that you can help us.