“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” comes to Corvallis. I will admit that I do not watch the show. Well I have seen parts of it a time or two but it is in Corvallis. We 
didn’t make the trip out until Friday when they were moving in the furniture and other household items. It is just amazing what they can do in one week – teardown a house and build a new one. And not a small house. As stated in the Corvallis Gazette Times -
“What Chapman committed to was building a state-of-the-art, 4,000-square-foot home in a matter of 106 working hours. That means coordinating around 2,000 volunteers, from Legend employees to subcontractors to community members.
“The key to building a quality home in the time we have is to build a quality team,” Chapman said.
The new house will have four bedrooms, three and a half baths and new landscaping, as well as a new water system. From the foundation to the paint to the brand-new living room lamps, the entire project will be complete by the end of the week and will be almost entirely done with local workers and products.”
I have provided links to two of the stories the start and end. Today the family returns and gets to see the new house.
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2007/07/08/news/top_story/1aaa01_makeover.txt
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2007/07/14/news/top_story/2aaa01_makeover.txt
That was not all that was happening. You stopped at the Nazarene Church and there you caught a school bus to the site about a mile away. This is a big project and the neighbors have everything from construction equipment to tents as the workers gather to create the home in 7 days. You had a very limited area that you could stand and watch the action.
The volunteer spots were quickly filled and for them some of it was stand and wait but while we were there they were cheering as each new truck arrived with household items and then quickly carried it inside. I was able to see and get a picture of Michael. I will admit that I didn’t know who that was but when people were getting pictures taken with him and getting his autograph I new I had to get a picture first and ask questions later. Some people we talked with h
ad been there every day maybe even twice a day. Always hoping to see one of the people from the show and to be amazed and the speed at which the house was done.
Of course there was the toy drive and collecting money for the family in various ways. The Rock School was there with their very young band and the local company that rents air filled bouncing equipment was setup and for a donation kids could play.
It was and interesting experience even if you don’t watch the show.
didn’t make the trip out until Friday when they were moving in the furniture and other household items. It is just amazing what they can do in one week – teardown a house and build a new one. And not a small house. As stated in the Corvallis Gazette Times -“What Chapman committed to was building a state-of-the-art, 4,000-square-foot home in a matter of 106 working hours. That means coordinating around 2,000 volunteers, from Legend employees to subcontractors to community members.
“The key to building a quality home in the time we have is to build a quality team,” Chapman said.
The new house will have four bedrooms, three and a half baths and new landscaping, as well as a new water system. From the foundation to the paint to the brand-new living room lamps, the entire project will be complete by the end of the week and will be almost entirely done with local workers and products.”
I have provided links to two of the stories the start and end. Today the family returns and gets to see the new house.
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2007/07/08/news/top_story/1aaa01_makeover.txt
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2007/07/14/news/top_story/2aaa01_makeover.txt
That was not all that was happening. You stopped at the Nazarene Church and there you caught a school bus to the site about a mile away. This is a big project and the neighbors have everything from construction equipment to tents as the workers gather to create the home in 7 days. You had a very limited area that you could stand and watch the action.
The volunteer spots were quickly filled and for them some of it was stand and wait but while we were there they were cheering as each new truck arrived with household items and then quickly carried it inside. I was able to see and get a picture of Michael. I will admit that I didn’t know who that was but when people were getting pictures taken with him and getting his autograph I new I had to get a picture first and ask questions later. Some people we talked with h
ad been there every day maybe even twice a day. Always hoping to see one of the people from the show and to be amazed and the speed at which the house was done.Of course there was the toy drive and collecting money for the family in various ways. The Rock School was there with their very young band and the local company that rents air filled bouncing equipment was setup and for a donation kids could play.
It was and interesting experience even if you don’t watch the show.
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