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Rebuilding Together Aurora Revitalizing Neighborhoods

Rebuilding Together Aurora (RTA) is providing free home repair assistance to 31 local families during the group’s April Rebuilding Event Saturday, April 28 and May 5.

During the next two weekends, RTA will be offering free home repairs including roof replacement and repairs, electrical upgrades, plumbing repairs, accessibility and safety modifications, bathroom and kitchen repairs, painting, fencing and yard work. People benefitting from this program are low-income families, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities or veterans residing in ownership-occupied homes in Aurora. The work will be done by about 700 local general labor volunteers from area businesses, trade groups, faith-based organizations and service groups.

For the past 19 years, RTA, a community partner with the City of Aurora, has helped more than 400 local families remain in their homes. RTA provides repairs to between 80 to 130 Aurora homes annually.

“Rebuilding Together Aurora’s reach and impact into the community is highlighted every April when they help lower-income residents maintain and stay in their homes,” Mayor Tom Weisner said. “Their reach extends far beyond that through their year-round efforts to continue such repairs for senior citizens and the disabled, energy efficiency trainings and much needed assistance for struggling families. They are truly serving the entire community.”

People or organizations who want to learn more about the Rebuilding Event are invited to come observe construction work on three homes being repaired on the same block. For more information, call RTA Executive Director Amy Altenbern at 630-585-7510 or email her at amy.altenbern@rtaaurora.org.

Organizations that have contributed to the RTA’s Rebuilding Event include the City of Aurora, The Dunham Fund, Hollywood Casino-Aurora, Kane County Riverboat Grant Program, Restoration Techs, Sears Heroes at Home Program, ABC Supply, Affordable Roofing, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Hallmark Services Corp., Sikich, State Farm Insurance, Wheatland Salem Church, Allied Waste, AmeriSafe Consulting and Safety Services, Aurora Noon Kiwanis Club, Aurora Noon Rotary Club, BP Fabric of America Fund, Camplin Environmental Services, the Dart Foundation, D-Wing Construction, the Edge Church, Fox Valley Association of General Contractors, Fox Valley Presbyterian Church, Fox Valley United Way, Grace United Methodist Church, the Hartford, IBEW Local 461, Naperville Exchange Club, Naperville Presbyterian Church, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 501, Pockets, ServePro, Southminster Presbyterian Church, St. Raphael’s Church, Toyota, USA Insulation, Wal-Mart, Watermark Engineering Resources and West Suburban Bank.

Established in 1993, Rebuilding Together Aurora is an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization working to preserve homeownership and neighborhoods by providing rehabilitation services free of charge to people in need.

Location: Aurora, Illinois

Contact: Amy Altenbern, Executive Director, RTA, (630) 585-7510, amy.altenbern@rtaaurora.org