The construction of 7 houses in 7 days was finished. Extreme Makeovers had done something they had never done before. And here came the 7 buses, carrying the 7 families, to see their new homes for the first time. But—how did this all happen???   I have many pictures from my perspective as one of […]
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Here are some of the people who are working behind the scenes to help you as a viewer of the show get to see happy, joyful new home owners on the television show. Katie is a film co-ordinator and keeps people miving and where they are supposed to be. Shag, on the other hand, is there […]
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This is a picture of friends brought together because of a cause. Dino, myself and Blake had a minute in the middle of a very busy night for a photo. This was Dino’s final build with Extreme Makeovers, so it was nice to get to share a few moments with him from time to time over […]
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 One time, in the middle of the night, I found myself a bit cold and hungry. The food tent was open to the workers 24/7, so I headed over. And–behold–there was a table full of buckets of different soups and behind the table were warm smiles. Dru, Asley, and Kiley were scooping the warm […]
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The Nevins Family’s house had Jon as it’s lead builder. I was able to share stories with him and his daughter, Morgan, and wife, Denise, at the wrap party the evening after the families got to see their new homes for the first time. This was a gathering of all the people who were part of the build.  For […]
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One of the most enjoyable things during the many days I spent as part of the build was hanging with some of the people. JoElle needed some help staining woodwork at about 3 a.m.. I went to help and found her on the floor trying to get done by herself something that needed 3 people to do. You […]
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My own story amongst my story. There is a special reason I took this picture with Nicki. As I was making my way back down to the build site one morning my private cell phone rang. Turns out it was a guy whose name and voice I didn’t recognise at that time, partly cause I was running […]
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The Howard family’s house was house #1. Mr. Howard is a firefighter in Joplin and his house was destroyed in the tornado. It was also the first house that was revealed and was shown on Regis and Kathy Lee. There are more house stories after this, but you will read about many stories amongst the […]
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The hours we all worked were long. The work was not easy. So, every once in a while I would need to search out some smiles to help pick my spirits up. As you can see I was successful in my search. The four ladies are Extreme Makeovers– Texas Women–as they called themselves. The […]
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The first picture you see is the Jopln High School sign that was altered in it’s message after the tornado. The second picture is the high school building itself. The city re-opened an old dead mall building and revamped some other buildings and school opened a couple of months later—on time. There is strength in determination. Check […]
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