Here is just a quote from the article, click on the link to read more about CREW and our neighbors at C.R.O.S. working in western Palm Beach County.
"Over two years after the LTRO began its work, Executive Director Trish Adams can point to a number of accomplishmen
ts. “Since our inception, we have hosted 515 volunteers, who have logged over 15,000 hours of work making repairs to walls, ceilings, floors, roofs, cabinets, siding, skirting, and windows, and doing demolition and debris cleanup,” she said. Local churches have hosted groups with housing and meals.
“In all, we have assisted over 765 families in the two counties,” Adams continued. “Our case managers have done a remarkable job to reach and assist homeowners.”
The “house made out of miracles”
C.R.E.W. has completed one rebuild for Mr. Joachin and Miss Rachel. The homeowners and staff are eager to relate story after story to prove that the new home is a “house made out of miracles.”
The very day that the case manager interviewed the couple, who were an unexpected addition to the contact list, a volunteer group from Indiana called to say they wanted to come and build a house.
“The deadline was impossible,” said Mr. Joachin, “but the Lord’s hand was in it! The day we poured the concrete, it rained all around us, everywhere but at our house!”
After the initial blitz, volunteers from Maine, Michigan, Washington, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland helped. “I used to make fun of snowbirds,” Mr. Joachin laughed. “I don’t anymore!”
ts. “Since our inception, we have hosted 515 volunteers, who have logged over 15,000 hours of work making repairs to walls, ceilings, floors, roofs, cabinets, siding, skirting, and windows, and doing demolition and debris cleanup,” she said. Local churches have hosted groups with housing and meals.“In all, we have assisted over 765 families in the two counties,” Adams continued. “Our case managers have done a remarkable job to reach and assist homeowners.”
The “house made out of miracles”
C.R.E.W. has completed one rebuild for Mr. Joachin and Miss Rachel. The homeowners and staff are eager to relate story after story to prove that the new home is a “house made out of miracles.”
The very day that the case manager interviewed the couple, who were an unexpected addition to the contact list, a volunteer group from Indiana called to say they wanted to come and build a house.
“The deadline was impossible,” said Mr. Joachin, “but the Lord’s hand was in it! The day we poured the concrete, it rained all around us, everywhere but at our house!”
After the initial blitz, volunteers from Maine, Michigan, Washington, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland helped. “I used to make fun of snowbirds,” Mr. Joachin laughed. “I don’t anymore!”
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