The map with the strings was part of a larger wooden map of the world. Each string on this part shows where people who were in Joplin working on the build— AS VOLUNTEERS–came from. AMAZING-AMAZING–AMAZING. I came away from 8 days in Joplin believing, even more strongly, that the desire to help ones fellow man(and woman) […]
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There are a lot of entries, pictures and short stories. Take the time now, or over the next day or two, to read about a wonderful project with Extreme Makeover. Read about the town of Joplin, Missouri as they push to rebuild their lives and communities that were destroyed. See the people, their faces and hear their […]
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I had not taken a vacation in over 2 years. About a month and a half ago, I was volunteered by my nephew, Nick, to work on an Extreme Makeover build not too far from my home in western Massachusetts. I ended up feeling good about the project and then heard that the cast and crew […]
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The stars of the show, that you’ve all grown to know and love, were at the build site and had been for days. I personally was in a filming with Paige and others and watched her working hard to help the project move forward. See her and other familiar faces as you look through and […]
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The construction of 7 houses in 7 days was finished. Extreme Makeovers had done something they had never done before. And here came the 7 buses, carrying the 7 families, to see their new homes for the first time. But—how did this all happen???   I have many pictures from my perspective as one of […]
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Here are some of the people who are working behind the scenes to help you as a viewer of the show get to see happy, joyful new home owners on the television show. Katie is a film co-ordinator and keeps people miving and where they are supposed to be. Shag, on the other hand, is there […]
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This is a picture of friends brought together because of a cause. Dino, myself and Blake had a minute in the middle of a very busy night for a photo. This was Dino’s final build with Extreme Makeovers, so it was nice to get to share a few moments with him from time to time over […]
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 One time, in the middle of the night, I found myself a bit cold and hungry. The food tent was open to the workers 24/7, so I headed over. And–behold–there was a table full of buckets of different soups and behind the table were warm smiles. Dru, Asley, and Kiley were scooping the warm […]
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The Nevins Family’s house had Jon as it’s lead builder. I was able to share stories with him and his daughter, Morgan, and wife, Denise, at the wrap party the evening after the families got to see their new homes for the first time. This was a gathering of all the people who were part of the build.  For […]
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One of the most enjoyable things during the many days I spent as part of the build was hanging with some of the people. JoElle needed some help staining woodwork at about 3 a.m.. I went to help and found her on the floor trying to get done by herself something that needed 3 people to do. You […]
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