The week is officially over. The West Side Safe Neighborhood Council
would like to send a big "THANK YOU" to the community agencies who
were involved with the Extreme Make Over: Home Edition extension project
over the last week. From helping with the park cleanups to working on homes
for our needy families, your patience and understanding have been invaluable
as our community underwent a huge transformation over the course of
the last week.
Although it was a long, cold and chaotic week please remember that
six additional West Side families, the Heiti (208 E. Prescott),
Bravo (220 E. Prescott), O'Kane (250 E. Prescott),
Lopez (260 E. Prescott), Lugo (228 E. Baker) and Fournier
(187 E. Baker) families were also helped in addition to the Morris
family. The generosity of TJB Homes Inc., along with the volunteer
coordination efforts by Coldwell Banker Burnet and the Neighborhood
House made this effort possible.
TJB Inc. secured donations for the lattice repair and yard
clean up at 220 E. Prescott as well as the garage support work
done at 250 E. Prescott. Valspar and Sherwin Williams stepped up
to the plate to provide paint and painting supplies. Dennis Winge's
Painting Co.provided oversight on the large painting projects for the
family at 260 E. Prescott. Personal Pride Construction donated
roofing supplies and roofers to oversee the roofing project at 208 E.
Prescott. The GAP-Youth Build program began tackling the paint job at
228 E. Baker. Volunteers from both 3M and Rasmussen College helped
out with the painting project at 187 E. Baker Street. A host of other
volunteers including the Girls Scouts of St. Croix Valley (our local
troop out of St. Matthews School) and the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin
stepped up to head the planting and park cleanup projects along side
with REDA, NEDA and WSCO.
Although weather, donations and professional expertise
determined which projects were completed, the WSSNC is
committed to making sure that other families we had initially
identified will get resources to help them find ways to get this much
needed work done on their homes (including the Boys & Girls Club and
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church). Families were very grateful to participate
in this Extreme Make Over Home Edition"West Side Extension Project"
and are happy with the work that was done on their homes.
Again, thank you for your time and effort in making this project a
success. Despite the few kinks, we couldn't have done it without you.
(Thank you to any other groups and/or individuals who we may have
unintentionally failed to mention...)
Martha Elena Varela
Executive Director
West Side Safe Neighborhood Council
209 W. Page St.
St.Paul, MN 55107
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