“Now I can sleep through the night.”

“Now I can sleep through the night.”

Ms. Gloria is an amputee who lives alone in the home she has owned for more than 40 years. Our friends with the Triangle Sales and Marketing Council of North Carolina chose Ms. Gloria’s project for their annual Big Give Back sponsorship and volunteer event. With their...
Helping a Willow Spring veteran

Helping a Willow Spring veteran

Jim served in the Army from 1958-1960, then served another eight years on reserve. For more than 30 years, he has lived in his 1,230 square-foot home in Willow Spring. In 2020, he lost his beloved wife of 65 years . Then, last December,...
Preserving Homes for Four SE Raleigh Homeowners

Preserving Homes for Four SE Raleigh Homeowners

This month we teamed up with two outstanding community partners to make critical repairs to four homes in Idlewood Village, Kingwood Forest, and Parkside of Raleigh—all established, historically Black neighborhoods in Southeast Raleigh. While our team provided the...
A sense of community and camaraderie

A sense of community and camaraderie

When it comes to assisting local veterans, our friends at Mako Medical have become trusted partners. Last summer, they sponsored and volunteered to assist Cary Air Force veteran Jim and his lovely wife Theresa. The Mako team made dramatic improvements in home...
Safer to Come and Go

Safer to Come and Go

Ms. Montague is a retiree on disability who has lived in her Raleigh home for more than 20 years. Home maintenance became especially overwhelming after her husband passed away more than a decade ago. “I try to do what I can,” she told us, “but I was still stuck.” Her...
Durham Healthy Homes

Durham Healthy Homes

Nine homeowners in need of urgent home repairs received much-needed assistance through a true public-private partnership this year. The City of Durham and Durham County collaborated with the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association to prioritize stormwater intervention and...
Exterior Work for Geraldine

Exterior Work for Geraldine

Geraldine is an 86-year-old retired music instructor with a hearing disability who relies heavily on lip reading. Face masks and social distancing have left her feeling especially isolated throughout the pandemic. Geraldine jokes that she knows how to use masking tape...
Repairs for Maxine

Repairs for Maxine

Maxine is a 63-year-old Durham homeowner who’s on disability. For decades, she worked in various jobs, eventually ending up as a bus driver for the NCDOT while going back to school in her spare time. She also served as the primary caretaker for her mother who had...
Helping a 103-Year-Old Hero

Helping a 103-Year-Old Hero

Born in 1918, Mr. Foushee is a World War II Navy veteran who has lived through pandemics, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and the loss of his beloved wife of 71 years. He has lived in his Chapel Hill home since it was built nearly 75 years ago in...
No Longer Afraid

No Longer Afraid

At 80 years old, Gwendolyn has lived in her southeast Raleigh home for more than half her lifetime. Despite heart and respiratory conditions, Gwendolyn stays busy caring for her six-year-old grandson in her home on weekends. But she has long worried about his safety...