News Room
Articles
Sun-Sentinel
9th Annual Rebuilding Together Day
June 1, 2008
Sun-Sentinel
9th Annual Rebuilding Together Day
April 25, 2008
Press Release
9th Annual Rebuilding Together Day
April 18, 2008
Lowe’s of Oakland Park and Rebuilding Together Broward County are providing
their time and expertise to dramatically improve the home of Mabel Lafferty
Lowe's Press Release
December 17, 2007
Wachovia Foundation has awarded $55,000 to Rebuilding Together Broward County
to sustain affordable housing
Wachovia Press Release
December 14, 2007
Miami Herald
Builder's Olympiad
October 28th, 2007
Sun-Sentinel
2nd Annual Builder's Olympiad
October 7, 2007
Comcast Community Vision - Video
To view the video click here.
Sun-Sentinel Society
2nd Annual Builder's Olympiad
September
24, 2007
Blanche Dunmore Residence
Broadcast on Channel 10
September 12, 2007
To see the video, click here: Channel 10 "Good
News"
Harlem McBride-NE 43rd Street Neighborhood
"The Oakleaf Community Newsletter" by The City of Oakland
Park
To see the article click here: The Oakleaf Community
Newsletter 3Q07
Home makeovers - and they're free
By Jennifer Mooney Piedra and David Smiley
Miami Herald
To see the full article click here: Miami Herald 04/29/07
Home improvement makes life a little easier
By Jennifer Gollan
Sun-Sentinel
To see the full article click here: South Florida Sun-Sentinel 04/27/07
Rebuilding Together Day 2007
Press Release
At Olympiad, hard-hat crews face off to help homeowners
By Wanda J. DeMarzo
Miami Herald
To see the full article click here: Miami Herald 03/04/07
Volunteers help make injured Miramar soldier's house more accessible
By Georgia East
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
To see the full article click here: South Florida Sun-Sentinel 07/01/06
Click Here to see the WFOR News Report ß
Volunteers help Injured Iraq Veteran Rebuild
A volunteer repair group has made living at home easier for an injured Iraq
war veteran.
BY MELISSA SANCHEZ
mesanchez@MiamiHerald.com
To see the full article click here: Miami Herald 07/01/06
Home help, happy hearts
By Stephanie Chen
schen@MiamiHerald.com
To see the full article click here: Miami Herald 04/30/06
Volunteers give homes new look
By Elizabeth Baier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Four hundred Rebuilding America volunteers, including homeowners, helpded repair
houses Saturday at Boulevard Gardens.
To see the full article clisck here:
Volunteers give homes new look
Gold Coast Magazine Profile of Rebuilding Together Broward
Cathleen Johnson - Gold Coast Magazine
A profile of Rebuilding Together and executive director Dave Reierson.
To see the full article click here: Gold
Coast March '06
Brighter Days - February 4, 2006
Toni Marshall and Kevin Smith, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Power is restored to Lauderhill couple's home 102 days after Wilma
To see the full article click here: Sun-Sentinel 02/04/06
Volunteers Give Homes a Face Lift- June 5, 2005
Karen A. Diaz, South Florida Sun - Sentinel
It takes a village to make over a house.Rebuilding Together Broward County
Inc. recently refurbished two homes in Fort Lauderdale as part of a 20-home
transformation throughout Broward for its sixth annual Rebuilding Together
Day.... (click here to read more)
Volunteers Build a Better Future- May 1, 2005
Jeremy Milarsky, South Florida Sun - Sentinel
When Robert Cain moved into his house in the northwest part of town, Sunrise
Boulevard only ran as far west as the railroad tracks and the trees outnumbered
his neighbors.Cain has seen "a lot of changes" in the 50 years he's
lived in Dillard Park.... (click here to read more)
Agency Makes House a Home Again - December 12, 2004
Megan O'Matz, South Florida Sun - Sentinel
The project cost about $4,000, [Dave Reierson] estimated. White paid nothing.
South Pines Academy donated the labor. Home Depot donated money to Rebuilding
Together to purchase the materials as part of its "Project Homefront" initiative
to help service members' families, Reierson said... (click
here to read more)
Home Repair Project Demonstrates the Power of Philanthropy- November 15, 2004
By Dennis Richardson, Senior Special Sections Writer
Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to Broward County recently. Only it wasn't
the popular TV show, it was the real thing. This "home makeover" is
a prime example of how the power of philanthropy touches the lives of people
in the community. (click here to read more)
Rebuilding Together: Elderly Couple Gets Their Home Repaired Free - October
28, 2004 - November 3, 2004
Starla Vaughns Cherin, Westside Gazette
Lexie and Matthew Thompson saw their house falling down around them. The 86
and 84-year-old are the guardians of their nine-year-old great granddaughter,
Shanteria. It had been more than a year since their air conditioner worked
and their plumbing sorely needed repair... (click
here to read more)
Work Upgrades a Neighborhood in Hours - April 25, 2004
Hillary Wasch, Miami Herald
Trading Spaces, look out. Broward County has its own group of home improvement
specialists. And they may soon be coming to a neighborhood near you… (click
here to read more)
Thank you Letter from Josephus Eggelletion - April 20, 2004
Josephus Eggletion, Jr., County Commissioner, District 9
I am honored to bring greetings to "Rebuilding Together" on our occasion
for "Annual Event for Free Home Repairs". This accolade represents
yet another milestone in the national acclaim you have sought for Rebuilding
Together Broward County, Inc.… (click here
to read more)
Longtime Giver Gets Something Back - December 3, 2003
Michael Turnbell, Staff Writer Sun-Sentinel
When something needs to get done in Boulevard Gardens, Lois Howell is the "go
to" lady. Whether it's as simple as summoning traffic crews to fix a broken
street light, or as hard as helping teens get their lives back on track or
working with sheriff's deputies to rid the neighborhood of a drug house, Howell
rises to the challenge… (click here to read
more)
Helpers do Housework - June 1, 2003
Jerry Libonati, Staff Writer Sun-Sentinel
David Reierson of Fort Lauderdale has been working on home repairs, doing a
little carpentry and making the exterior of the house a little more appealing.
But it's not his house. He's a volunteer for Rebuilding Together, a national
organization with a self-defined mission of revitalizing the houses of low-income
homeowners, particularly those who are elderly or disabled… (click
here to read more)
Union Bank Employees Aid Home Rehab Project - June 16, 2002
Annie Yahiniah, Sun-Sentinel
About 15 employees from Union Bank recently participated in Rebuilding Together
2002, a Leadership Broward project. Rebuilding Together 2002, originally known
as Christmas in April, is the nation's largest volunteer home renovation organization… (click
here to read more)
Home Improvement - May 11, 2001
Gregg Lasky, Special to the Sun-Sentinel
It was a warm, cloudless South Florida morning filled with the sounds of shovels
digging dirt and paint brushes swabbing concrete, but no spring shower could
have washed the smile off Julia Porter's face. "We're just blessed to
have all these people here," Porter said as she watched volunteers paint
her Washington Park home's exterior and add new plants and a new sprinkler
system to her front yard… (click here to read
more)
Rebuilding
Together Broward County, Inc.
Click Here to Contact Us
401 SE 15th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
phone: 954-462-6200 ext.#203
fax: 954-764-1081