Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April) of Washington, DC
The Trevor Armbrister Building Fund
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If giving through Network for Good, please designate your donation is for the Capital Campaign.Rebuilding Together of Washington, DC (formerly Christmas in April) is celebrating the 27th anniversary of providing free home repairs for low-income elderly, disabled homeowners, and families with children.
We have rehabbed over 2,700 homes in the last 27 years with the help of tens of thousands of volunteers, but still we remain homeless. We want to celebrate our 27th anniversary by raising the necessary funds to purchase a permanent building and warehouse. We are currently renting space and have had to move six times in the last few years. These moves are distracting; they take up our time and more importantly they hurt our efforts to help the needy and vulnerable homeowners we serve. We can not allow this to continue - we need a home of our own.
The purchase of a building would allow us to expand our warehouse of donated materials. Every year we save thousands of dollars by taking donated paint and other building materials. Our current storage space is located in a tractor trailer that is parked on a fenced lot in the Takoma Park DC neighborhood a half hour away from the office. Everytime we receive a donation the staff has to spend several hours to drive across town to accept the delivery and the trailer is not large enough to accept furniture, cabinets, or appliances, which are desperately needed. So there are three problems with our current storage situation-- the warehouse is too small, it is not in a convenient location, and since we don't own the lot (the space is donated), we could lose it at any time.
We turn down donations of stoves, washer and dryers, and other large and expensive appliances daily, knowing we will have to buy them a week later. A building would enable us to have a real warehouse - our own hardware store filled with all the materials our volunteers need to make the repairs. The increase in donations would allow us to work on even more homes in the neediest parts of DC for the neediest homeowners.
Please, in honor of our 27th Anniversary we are asking for donations for our Capital Campaign. Click here to donate now.
If giving through Network for Good, please designate your donation is for the Capital Campaign.
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