Rebuilding Together Events Listings

This year RTTB participated in the MLK Day of Service by assisting a very deserving family in Sulphur Springs. Mr. Gastmann, a Naval Korean War veteran, has been living in the same home for 39 years. Three years ago a fire raged through his home and destroyed it, inside and out. With some doing and a grant that will have a lien on his home for the next 12 years, Mr. Gastmann was able to repair the interior. A heart condition and lack of funds have prevented him from being able to erase the signs of the tragedy from the outside of the home.

Home Depot and RTTB are teaming up to celebrate Veterans Day by helping a Viet Nam veteran in Progress Village. On Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16 and 17, Home Depot employees and volunteers will descend on Mr. Danilo Acosta's home in Progress Village. We'll be making his home safer, healthier and more energy efficient.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27th & 28th over 200 volunteers from local Lowes stores along with groups from the Home Builders Institute and La Unidad Latina, will spend two days working on rehabilitating the homes of four deserving homeowners. In addition, Lowes, Lowes Charitable and Educational Foundation and Carter's Kids Foundation have joined forces with Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County Affordable Housing Department and Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation Department to erect a new playground set at Simmons Bowers Park in the heart of Progress Village. We are excited to have Carter Oosterhouse of HGTV fame join us to assist in the build and do the ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, September 28th at 1PM.

Tampa Electric team members are upgrading 20 homes in Progress Village with weatherization kits. "Our goal is to enable homeowners to achieve long-term energy savings during these difficult economic times," Joann Whele, Director of Sales & Marketing in Tampa Electric's Marketing Services Department, further said. "We hope residents will continue to find value in saving energy long after the severe weather that damaged these homes is just a memory."

When: Saturday, May 7th, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: 8616 Progress Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33619