MISSION FOR MADDEN

REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP

Over the last year, the Barrington community rallied around a young family confronted with the 24-hour requirements to care for their son born with Retts Syndrome. We took on the major role of providing materials and volunteers to do essential work to rebuild major portions of the home. The first floor of the home was rebuilt to a single level to permit the child to be present and engaged in the life of his family throughout the family eating and living areas. A specially designed bathroom was added adjacent to his bedroom, and an existing room was converted to a dedicated rehabilitation room. This rebuild and redesign is an important and significant assistance to the parents and nursing staff as they provide him with his required 24-hour care.

WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ACCOMPLISHED

The project began over the 2016 Thanksgiving weekend when our volunteers demolished the split level of the home and the hardscape patio surrounding it. Following this, excavation, foundation and work was done to frame a new kitchen, family room and upstairs master bedroom. Then, our volunteers worked almost every Saturday, some Sundays and many mid-week days for 4-months. They "tyveked" the entire new structure, installed the new windows and insulated the extensive new areas. We hung drywall on the walls and ceilings of the main floor and upstairs hallway, and added the trim and molding. Extensive work was done on the garage "pass through" and a front deck was constructed. Finally, volunteers did additional carpentry work, and primed and applied two coats of paint to entire first floor interior and the upstairs hallway. We completed our work in early July.

Volunteers contributed 1,644 hours of work. They were present, willing and able to do what was necessary, plan how to and then to do it, while The Build Team NFP was able to provide the essential materials to get the job done.