On Saturday December 19, 2009 employees from The Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (WFHM) volunteered at the home of Lunay Flores-Johnson in Sulphur Springs. Lunay bought her house ten years ago, hoping that her parents live with her and help her to achieve her American Dream. Few months later, her father died, leaving her with the enormous responsibility of keeping her house and taking care for her ill mother. Few years later, she started a new chapter in her life, when she got married and her two beautiful children were born. However, the dream ended soon when she had no other choice than separate from her husband and deal on daily basis with her oldest daughter’s, now five, disabilities, her mother progressive cancer and her four year old son’s speech impediments. The house is in dare need of repairs, her kitchen is not functional at all, furniture and boxes of unused clothes have invaded every space available and the children are only allow to play in a small space that Lunay knows is safe, because she cleans it every day. Making her house livable again will make a huge impact in her live. It will help her to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it will give her children an opportunity to live safer and grow healthier.

 

Volunteers from Wells Fargo completed work that started about three prior and involved over 100 volunteers. Saturday’s works included paint the interior of the home, clean up and provide landscaping to the front of the house. Financial Support from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Foundation allowed us to renovate kitchen, living and dining room and one bathroom.

 

Other local sponsors and participants include; Castillo Construction, NVirotect (Pest Control Services),

Chewning Inspection Services, USF La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc. and many of our

volunteers

 

“To be a part of the community means you roll up your sleeves and work with neighbors to help make the lives of others better,” said Connie Johnson, RTTB’s Board President” Through these efforts, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is committed to preserving and revitalizing the homes of the elderly, persons with disabilities and lower income families.”

“We embrace opportunities where our employees and the compnay can champion change for the betterment of the community and the neighborhoods we serve”, stated Christine Valdez, Regional Diverse Segments Manager, Retail Mortgage for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

About the Sponsor: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.2 trillion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through more than 10,000 stores and 12,000 ATMs and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and internationally. www.wellsfargo.com

 

About the Organizer:  Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay (RTTB) is a non-profit organization which provides free home repair services to low-income families, the elderly, the disabled, members of the military, and veterans and their families in the Tampa Bay area.    RTTB provides an array of home rehabilitation services including emergency services, home repairs, home improvements or modifications and weather-proofing. To find out more about Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, please visit their website at www.rttb.org or by calling (813) 878-9000.