Windermere Real Estate selects HomeAid for their 2010 Community Service Day project! 

The Windermere Community Day Committee collected applications throughout August. The committee reviewed the applications and narrowed it down to two  finalists. The committee then went on site visits to each location and interviewed the Executive Directors. 

We are happy to announce that HomeAid was selected. HomeAid’s mission is to build and maintain dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. To accomplish this mission, HomeAid partners with non-profits who provide housing for the homeless, members of the building industry who provide materials and labor, and 

members of the community who provide volunteer services. HomeAid’s vision is to play a vital role in ending homelessness.

One of HomeAid’s partners is WestCare, a non-profit who provides services to at-risk teens and throwaway youth. Their Stepping Stones facility is in need of a more homelike and comfortable setting for these broken youth.

The project will include:

            Painting of the walls in 18 bedrooms;

            Painting of the hallways that lead to the bedrooms;

            Painting of the client lounge;

            As the paint dries in each room, the beds will be dressed with new bedding and sturdy new dressers for their belongings will be delivered.

HomeAid explains “This is the ideal one-day event that will greatly impact hundreds of youth over the years. Because of this project, the children who temporarily call Steeping Stones their home will have brighter colors and happier places where they spend their time.”