Homefront 2022
OAKVILLE – Parishioners of Holy Disciples Parish Oakville and Watertown volunteered their services to help an Oakville resident with needed repairs to their home. The repairs are done through “Homefront,” which is a community based volunteer driven home repairs program that provides free repairs to low income homeowners enabling them to remain in their homes with an improved quality of life. The project was completed in one day. Some volunteers come to work for a few hours, some half a day, many the full day. Most find it a rewarding experience and return year after year. Holy Disciples Parish is closing in on 20 years of memorable projects.
Volunteers come from all walks of life. Home repair skills are helpful but not essential. Young adults are welcome, ages 14 to 17. They are teamed up with a supervising adult. Many volunteers working alongside professional carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters experience a great learning environment. Usually the expression “Oh so that’s how it is done” can be heard from the volunteers.
Teams raise funds to cover a portion of the repairs (Holy Disciples Parish usually holds a Ziti Dinner Fundraiser). The program relies on individual, corporations and foundations for the rest of what it takes to make a project happen. The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry Archdiocese of Hartford, Webster Bank and Thomaston Savings Bank are generous sponsors.
Homefront evaluates over 700 applicants every year. Repairs are made by sponsoring teams of volunteers at no cost to the recipients. There are no gimmicks or tricks. You apply to have work done on your home. Volunteers evaluate your project and a sponsoring team is asked if they would like to do your project. Holy Disciples Parish prefers to do projects in its own parish Watertown or Oakville, but has done several projects in surrounding towns.
If you would like to get an application, visit homefrontprogram.org or call 800-887-4673.
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Source: https://community.rep-am.com/2022/05/25/homefront-home-repairs-2022/