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NRCA contributes $10,000 to "Fifty for Five"

NRCA has contributed $10,000 to Rebuilding Together® for its "Fifty for Five," an event that recognizes the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and will showcase and celebrate Rebuilding Together's commitment to Gulf Coast rebuilding and renewal. From Aug. 24 to Aug. 29, Rebuilding Together will rehabilitate 50 homes in New Orleans in a weeklong effort, culminating with a community block party and community evening outdoor celebration.

Celebrities, media and partners of Rebuilding Together will join more than 1,000 volunteers from Rebuilding Together affiliates throughout the U.S. to celebrate five years of recovery. Rebuilding Together New Orleans, the Rebuilding Together affiliate that will co-host and offer major support during the event, has provided more than $40 million in construction investment in the New Orleans area.

Fifty For Five is slated to be Rebuilding Together's biggest community service celebration and housing rehabilitation project in its 21-year history as a national organization. Since the devastation in New Orleans caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita five years ago, Rebuilding Together has had an indelible role in helping to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf region. Rebuilding Together's pledge to "Rebuild 1000" Gulf Coast homes is well on its way to completion; 700 homes have been rehabilitated so far.

Fifty homes in the historic Gentilly neighborhood have been chosen to receive extensive rehabilitation and energy-efficient appliance upgrades to ensure safe and healthy homes for low-income homeowners.

"The Gulf Coast represents the needs of so many struggling homeowners and families across the U.S.," says Gary Officer, president and chief executive officer of Rebuilding Together. "Fifty for Five will bring new attention to the need to help homeowners nationwide and especially in parts of the country where natural disasters and additional devastation has been experienced. Our housing organization has the commitment, capacity and passion to host an extraordinary rebuild event that will raise rebuild project attention to the national level and forever change the lives of homeowners."

For more information about Fifty for Five, click here.

7/19/2010  

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Posted by: jeremy89 on 8/6/2010 Report Abuse very good we are here to help