Eastern CT Extreme Makeover

219071 Resource 125794 125888 1 1227815598438 1253390611274 Controlled Connecticut Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Thank you to the volunteers living in my computer

When the Eastern Connecticut Extreme Makeover – Home Edition project was announced last Thursday in the ballroom of <a title="Foxwoods Casino" href="http://www.foxwoods.com/">Foxwoods Casino</a>, the number of volunteers registered on the <a title="Eastern CT Extreme Makeover" href="http://www.extremehomebybruno.com/">Extreme Home by Bruno</a> website quckly jumped from 200 to 1400.I couldn’t help but think of those volunteers when I read <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/">Seth Godin’s blog</a> post today.  He speaks of Thanksgiving as his favorite holiday. “For me, the holiday celebrates people who contribute with no expectation of anything in return.”Today I’m working on scheduling volunteers for the 7 days it takes to build our extreme home here in Eastern CT.  Don’t feel bad that I’m spending my Thanksgiving Day at two computer monitors. Door knock day is less than a week away and it really is the perfect thing to do on Thanksgiving Day. I’m meeting the most generous people right here in my computer without even getting out of my jammies.  I’ll probably even eat less than usual and that will be something in itself to be thankful for.As I go through the volunteer entries, I stop to read the comments of those that want to help. Except for the occasional person who mentions how much they have always wanted to meet Ty, the volunteers are just generous people who want to make a difference with “no expectation of anything in return”.  And they have stories to tell, some of them very personal.  It hasn’t been a great year for Eastern Connecticut and layoffs are beginning to hit the area hard.  Several volunteers admitted they had recently been laid off so have plenty of time to give to the project.  Others write about tragedies in their own lives and how members of the community helped them. Now they want to return that favor to the community.If you want to help, there is still time to volunteer.  Although all the trade volunteers have been selected, we still have important duties like sweeping, garbage detail and heavy lifting; not the sexiest of tasks but still important.<a href="click/~Eastern%2520Connecticut%2520Real%2520Estat.../www.extremehomebybruno.com/">Extreme Home by Bruno</a> is the place to go to volunteer, find photographs, ways to contribute, 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 false Eastern Connecticut Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Eastern CT Extreme Makeover - Home Edition Coming to a town in Eastern Connecticut http://blog.ctrelocation.com/public/item/218596 Eastern CT Extreme Makeover - Home Edition And so it begins... http://blog.ctrelocation.com/public/item/218622 Eastern CT Extreme Makeover - Home Edition Local Realtors® donate time and money http://blog.ctrelocation.com/public/item/218710 For me, the holiday celebrates people who contribute with no expectation of anything in return. Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Zune 3.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 $Admin 173.160.40.189 false true false false true 205810 false false true false false false true 125794 blog blogsite/CTRelocation/web