Inside this issue:

• Denver's a winner!
• 32 RTMD Volunteers on their way to New Orleans
• Come to our house: January 23rd
• National Rebuilding Day 2008 to be the largest ever
• Meet the 2008 Rebuilding Day Sponsors

Denver's a winner!

Rebuilding Together Metro Denver is proudly joining forces with HGTV this spring to make a visible difference in the Curtis Park neighborhood. Thank you everyone who voted for Denver in the recent "Change the World. Start at Home." contest. Our partners will be HGTV, The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Project #1: Paula's Home Paula and her grandson on her porch, that is among the areas of her home needing repair. Three major projects in historic Curtis Park will occur as part of this campaign during Change the World Week, April 28-May 2. This 1880's home is in need of both repairs and accessibility improvements for Paula's safety. Many volunteers are needed to refinish the porch, reinforce the handrails, strip wallpaper, paint, replace carpet, repair the sidewalk, install grab bars, and build a downstairs bathroom. Click here to volunteer and select "HGTV- 1880's Curtis Park Home" Project #2: Educational Facility Join the ASCE Colorado Section members who will launch this project on Rebuilding Day to complete the following repairs and renovations that will help expand the capacity of the Women's Bean Project: Refinish original wood floors, banister, stairs, and fire fighters lockers; repair bathroom; paint interior; improve energy efficiency of windows; paint exterior trim; landscape; and build partitions to reconfigure the offices. Click here to volunteer and select "HGTV- Facility: Women's Bean Project" - ASCE members select "ASCE" for the Rebuilding Day project The Women's Bean Project is housed in this historic 1928 firehouse in Curtis Park Original staircase to be refinished Project #3: Open Space Help create a shady canopy of trees in the Curtis Park neighborhood by planting trees along Park Avenue and Stout Street under the Mayor's Green Streets and Million Trees initiative. Volunteers are needed to canvass property owners for permission to plant as well as the actual planting. Click here to volunteer and select "HGTV- Open Space - Green Streets " Volunteer for these projects! Click here to go to the online volunteer application and select which of the three projects you prefer to work on. Remember to include your availability since these projects will cover several days of work. Space is limited and volunteers will be assigned on a "first come, first served" basis.

Come to Our House: January 23rd

Stop by after work and join the staff and board of Rebuilding Together Metro Denver on January 23 from 4-7 p.m. for refreshments, to see the new office, and catch up on all of the exciting projects coming up in 2008.

Find out what's happening with Rebuilding Together's partnership with HGTV and learn more about our projects sponsored by HGTV in April!

Hear about what Rebuilding Together is doing for our community and the different ways YOU can get involved in giving hope to seniors and people living with disabilities.

National Rebuilding Day 2008 to be the largest ever

40 projects! 1 day! Over 1,000 volunteers!

April 26, 2008 will bring the largest Rebuilding Day yet in the Denver metro area. 40 volunteer teams will be working all over town to help low-income seniors and people living with disabilities to live in safety and independence, to age in place in their own homes, and to revitalize neighborhoods.

Our volunteers will be part of the National effort that will take place in all 50 states, rehabilitating over 10,000 homes nationwide, all on that one day.

The gallery will go up on our website on February 1st, showing all the teams and all the projects. This effort will serve over 100 of our neighbors, accomplishing over $500,000 in repair and renovation value in our community.

If your organization is not sponsoring a project this April, but you would like to participate, consider supporting a Community Team. Please contact Mary Eisenstein for more details at (303)217-2076 or by email.

2008 Rebuilding Day Sponsors

The list of Sponsors for Rebuilding Days 2008 continues to grow! Here is look at those who have joined so far:

2008 Presenting Sponsor: sponsoring 2 homes in 2008!

2008 Sustaining Sponsors: sponsoring 2 homes in 2008! Leads Groups sponsoring 2 homes in 2008! sponsoring 5 homes in 2008! sponsoring 2 homes in 2008!

2008 Supporting Sponsors: 2008 House Sponsors: (and more to come!) 99.5 The Mountain American National Bank (fall) City of Thornton Craig Hospital Great West HomeSphere (fall) KRG Capital Partners Opus NW Pinnacol Assurance Prestige Miracles Foundation Travelers (fall) Swinerton Builders WaMu