Extreme Makeover - Home Edition

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And so it begins...

Although volunteers have been working for a few weeks behind the scenes, the official announcement came this morning; ABC will be coming to Eastern Connecticut to film an episode of <a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=index">Extreme Makeover – Home Edition.</a> Conrad Ricketts, the executive producer, spoke at Foxwoods this morning to a group of about 400 enthusiastic volunteers, sponsors and trade people about building a home for a deserving local family in 106 hours. Conrad told stories about past projects and showed several tear jerker videos which gave the group a taste of what we can expect.  I didn’t have nearly enough Kleenex. I heard plenty of sniffles so I wasn’t alone. You’ll find some nice photographs of the event at the <a href="http://www.norwichbulletin.com/multimedia/x776453707/PHOTO-GALLERY-Extreme-Makeover-Home-Edition-coming-to-Connecticut?view=pop&photo=2">Norwich Bulletin’s Photo Gallery.</a>What does it take to be a volunteer?   Here’s the scoop:  An Extreme Makeover – Home Edition project isn’t like building a home for Habitat for Humanity. Only licensed contractors will be used on the project.  If you just finished remodeling your bathroom but don’t have a plumbing license….well, you can still help just not as a plumber. If you have a desire to get involved and don’t mind pushing a broom, picking up debris, or serving a meal, there may be a job for you.  Night owls are especially appreciated.  And did I mention you might need thermal underwear? I’ll let the PR folks give you the details at the project website, <a href="http://www.extremehomebybruno.com/">Extreme Home by Bruno.</a>  That’s the place to go to find photographs and frequent “official” updates.  Think of my blog as more of a collection of stories about the people and events that will change a family and a community over the next few weeks. 9 application/xml Eastern Connecticut Extreme Makeover Home Edition Extreme Makeover - Home Edition Bridgeport Connecticut Makeover http://www.gulickassociates.com/extreme/index.htm false Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ldavis 76.127.192.15 false true false false true 205810 false false true false false false true 125794 blog blogsite/CTRelocation/web