Rebuilding Together needs volunteers

Rebuilding Together needs volunteers

Betty Ann Reeves stands outside of her home Tuesday on Prast Boulevard in South Bend where Rebuilding Together will replace her roof, install a new water heater, upgrade some plumbing and fusebox and paint the exterior. Reeves said she retired in 2011 after 38 years in Memorial Hospital's housekeeping department. SBT Photo/JOSEPH DITS

Betty Ann Reeves, center, talks with Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Pam Meyer, South Bend's director of neighborhood engagement, in front of her home Tuesday on Prast Boulevard in South Bend as Rebuilding Together announced this year's program. Among the 19 homes that will be fixed up, Reeves' house will receive a new roof and water heater, upgraded plumbing and fusebox and a repainted exterior. SBT Photo/JOSEPH DITS

Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:05 am | Updated: 7:04 am, Wed Mar 18, 2015.

Rebuilding Together needs volunteers By Joseph Dits South Bend Tribune SouthBendTribune.com

SOUTH BENDVolunteers are needed to help this year as the nonprofit Rebuilding Together fixes up 19 homes on the citys far west side, straddling Lincoln Way West, whose owners are either seniors or have low income.

Local tradesmen will do the skilled jobs required on the homes March 28, including at least 16 new roofs and seven upgraded furnaces, organizers announced Tuesday.

But community volunteers no skill required are needed to work April 11. A total 500 volunteers are expected to help.

This years program will focus on a neighborhood generally bordered by Bendix Drive on the west, Wilber Street on the east, Elwood Avenue on the north and Bertrand and Longley on the south.

Now in its 27th year, Rebuilding Together is a nonprofit organization in St. Joseph County that combines the efforts of city government, businesses, labor unions and other charities. The work is all done at no expense to home owners.

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