A DIY do-gooder's dream: Rebuilding Together

By alexrussell

There's a place you can go and put all your home improvement skills toward doing good. Since 1988, the non-profit Rebuilding Together has been giving low-income homeowners free repairs to help them keep their homes safe and livable. Rebuilding Together is different from Habitat For Humanity, another very worthy non-profit, in that it doesn't build houses. Rebuilding Together's local affiliates throughout the country bring together sponsors who want to contribute both labor and materials to a community-driven project, and homeowners who need help. Their overall goal is, "to preserve these houses and neighborhoods and assure a warm, safe and dry home for people in need."

Instead of the same old office picnic, why not join your local Rebuilding Together Spring Rebuilding Day? Especially if that top-of-the-line table saw ends up collecting dust in the garage.

http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/

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December 16, 2006

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