INC NEWS - Upcoming Durham Rebuilding Days

[Mark Prokop]

Dear all,

I can also vouch for Kevin and Rebuilding Together of the Triangle.  Kevin is a former volunteer of Friends of Triangle Seniors and Food Assistance (FTSFA) - http://www.ftsfa.org - the non-profit that I founded back in 2003 which assists senior citizens with a variety of free services (home repair happens to be one of them) as well as provide food assistance to the needy of the Triangle 3 different ways.

When Kevin volunteered with us in the summer of 2004, he created a partnership between FTSFA and New Hope Church (Chapel Hill, NC) where together, we did an extreme homemakeover of a home in Orange County.  Kevin filmed the extreme homemakeover and created a TV program called Homes of Hope that highlighted FTSFA and New Hope Church.  The show, which began showing on Channel 8 (The People's Channel) in January 2005 on the Durham/Chapel Hill Time Warner Cable System, won the 2005 Burke Award for the Best Spiritual Program.

This past August 2005, FTSFA, New Hope Church, and Rebuilding Together of the Triangle partnered again to do a second extreme homemakeover for a senior citizens home in Orange County.  Kevin has also filmed that extreme homemakeover and will create the 2nd Home of Hope Show, which should on TV sometime soon.

FTSFA and Rebuilding Together of the Triangle will continue to be partners to provide safe, clean, and weatherized homes for Triangle Seniors and other Triangle Residents.  I urge you get involved with both organizations to help our fellow man (and woman).

Mark Prokop
Executive Director
Friends of Triangle Seniors and Food Assistance
105 St. Ayers Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-286-9002
http://www.ftsfa.org
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  From: Mike - Hotmail 
  To: Jeff Shiflet ; Bruce King ; Ray Eurqua ; Joe Crane ; Mike Barros,Director ; algarrou at verizon.net ; cbelfield at nc.rr.com ; lvazquez at nccu.edu ; victorious1 at nc.rrcom ; ttodd at unctv.org ; rtlinc at earthlink.net ; jeff.dowd at duke.edu ; dudleyr1 at aol.com ; gene0751 at netscape.net ; barbeemil at aol.com ; lorisa at dahc.org ; dcatotti at ci.durham.nc.us ; denisek at mowdurham.org ; bbaucom at durhamchamber.org ; Mark Prokop ; kevinpolk at rebuilding2gether.org 
  Cc: pac2 at yahoogroups.com ; inc-list at durhaminc.org 
  Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:40 AM
  Subject: Re: Upcoming Durham Rebuilding Days


  All,

  Kevin Polk (Rebuilding Together) was at last Tuesdays Campaign for Decent Housing and impressed us with some of the work they've done already in Durham.

  This is a legitimate organization that is working with a honest and hard working non-profit (Campaign for Decent Housing) and other groups like SWOOP to make a positive change in Durham.

  If you're looking to help or contribute to Katrina victims and assist in making Durham's housing stock better, please consider volunteering!

  Mike Shiflett

  ps- please feel free to forward
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    From: kevinpolk at rebuilding2gether.org 
    To: Mark Prokop ; (bbaucom at durhamchamber.org) ; Denise Kissell (denisek at mowdurham.org) ; Diane Catotti (dcatotti at ci.durham.nc.us) ; lorisa at dahc.org ; Mildred Barbee (barbeemil at aol.com) ; Gene Cook (gene0751 at netscape.net) ; Dudley Rose (dudleyr1 at aol.com) ; Jeff Dowd (jeff.dowd at duke.edu) ; Todd Lincoln (rtlinc at earthlink.net) ; Thomas Todd (ttodd at unctv.org) ; Victoria Dowd (victorious1 at nc.rrcom) ; Lori Vazquez (lvazquez at nccu.edu) ; cbelfield at nc.rr.com ; Ann Garrou (algarrou at verizon.net) ; Mike Barros,Director ; Joe Crane ; Ray Eurqua ; Bruce King ; Jeff Shiflet ; Mike - Hotmail 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:35 PM
    Subject: Upcoming Durham Rebuilding Days


    Rebuilding Together of the Triangle is seeking volunteers and donations to help repair homes in Durham that will be used for long-term transitional housing for relocated survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

    Part of a nationwide campaign by the country's largest non-profit volunteer home rehabilitation agency to help rebuild communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the local Rebuilding Together affiliate will partner with Durham Affordable Housing Coalition to work first on helping ready long-term housing for those displaced by the disaster, according to Executive Director Kevin Polk.

    Rebuilding Together will be scheduling volunteer work days beginning Saturday, September 24th and continuing as needed until all relocated families have been resettled in long-term housing. The work will range from making light repairs to interior painting to yard work, with the potential for heavier rehabilitation work depending on the condition of the buildings to be used. 

    To volunteer to ready homes for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina contact Rebuilding Together at (919) 345-8516. 
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