Hello Friends,

Happy Halloween! As we close out October, we are grateful to our RTMC community for your steadfast support of our mission: Repairing Homes, Revitalizing Communities, Rebuilding Lives. It’s been a busy month and I am delighted to report we just completed critical home repairs for our 58th family this fiscal year. Our goal is to serve an additional 12 vulnerable families by June 30, 2023. Shout out to our wonderful RTMC Board and our fantastic staff team who makes it all happen: Mat Saunders, Christina Devlin, Gabby Garcia, Beki Mitiku, Vivian Bacarezza Navarro, Shelby Badger, and Karen Kozopas.

We hosted several terrific events this month that you can read all about below, including our annual RTMC Golf Tournament and build days with our Rebuilding Together National Board and volunteers from The Wells Church.

Please mark your calendar for National Rebuilding Day 2023. RTMC will be offering three volunteer group workdays to choose from: Friday, April 28; Saturday, April 29; or Sunday, April 30. National Rebuilding Day volunteer information will be available soon.

Together, we are helping to preserve affordable housing and making a tangible difference for our Montgomery County neighbors in need. Thank you!

With gratitude,

Maury Peterson

Executive Director

Tremendous gratitude to the Rebuilding Together National Board Members and staff team who joined us from around the country to provide critical repairs and accessibility modifications at the home of Mrs. C., an 86-year-old widow from Silver Spring. The team jumped in, rolled up their sleeves and truly brought our mission to life. They removed old carpeting, began the installation of new flooring, installed a new storm door, replaced worn stair treads, repaired several hand railings, built a huge garden box, cleaned up the yard, spruced up the garden with fresh mulch, and installed a new refrigerator, courtesy of Board Member Todd Bleckley from Lowe's.

A special thank you to Kevin Rafferty, Rebuilding Together National Board Chair, who will soon be completing his board service. Rebuilding Together and our affiliate network has grown stronger thanks to his leadership. 

Rebuilding with The Well Community Church

With a goal this year to serve 180 families in need, we need a lot of materials and supplies to make that happen. You can help by purchasing items from our new RTMC Amazon Wish List. 

A Record RTMC Golf Tournament!

Thanks to all the amazing supporters of the 2022 RTMC Golf Tournament, we set an event fundraising record! So many neighbors in need waiting for critical home repairs will benefit for this collective generosity.

Immense gratitude to our Tournament Sponsors: Carey's Mechanical LLC, Miller & Long Concrete Construction and Novavax.

We are grateful to all of our sponsors, including:

Pettit Family Charitable Foundation; Telligent Masonry, LLC; TW Perry - Builders FirstSource; Congressional Iron Works; Goldin & Stafford; The Justin Company; Power Design; The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Central Exteriors; christopher consultants; CHUTES International; Clark Construction; DAVIS Construction; Eastern Applicators; ECS Limited; EYA, Lee Development Group; Lerch, Early & Brewer; Manders Companies; Meridian Construction Company; Club Car; Prospect Waterproofing; Sandy Spring Builders; TW Construction; Unified Door & Hardware Group; VIKA Maryland; The David and Mikel Blair Family Foundation; Service Glass Industries, Inc.; Donohoe Construction; AIW, Inc.; Caffes-Steele; Celtic Demolition; Chevy Chase Contractors, Inc.; Floors Etc.; Mallick Heating & Cooling; Miscellaneous Metals; Kynoch Environmental Management; Gordon Contractors, Inc.; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County; Advanced Window, Inc.; Spartan Electric; Rodgers Consulting; Ruppert Landscape; CHUTES International; Fidelity Power Systems; Steve Silverman Gov Relations LLC; NLP Enterprises Inc.; Rockefeller Group; Big Stuff, Inc.; Henry Investment Partners/HIP Projects, LLC; A2 Services, Inc.; Aegis; Bartley Corp; Bausum & Duckett Electric, LLC; Berkel and Company Contractors, Inc.; Blue Sky Painting & Carpentry; Bradleigh Applications, Inc.; Genco Masonry; Fitzgerald Auto Mall; Mobile Video Guard; Palm Facility Services; Retana Construction, LLC; Royals Commercial; Steward Partners Global Advisory, LLC; Francene Walker; Oculus Expert Witness; RGS Products, Inc.; Robey Incorporated; Jeff Seitz; David Lauer; SOLTESZ; Bob Quinn; Roger Rothman; Alan Dosik; Richard Peyser; David Crandall;, Patrick McCarthy; Robert McCarthy; and Mark Stevenson, and all of the in-kind sponsors. Thanks also to Bretton Woods Golf Course for hosting.

Special thanks to our awesome RTMC Golf Committee, led by Lance Wolin. Members included Nancy Floreen, Lee Garner, Caitlin Grant, Ed Mullaney, Brian Pettit, Joni Keaton, Christina Devlin, and Midge Saint. 

Homeowner Stories: Our Neighbor, Mr. T.

RTMC was delighted to assist homeowner Mr. T., who lives in his Montgomery Village home with his wife and children. As a double amputee, Mr. T. was unable to safely access the second floor of his townhouse. Instead of being able to sleep in his upstairs bedroom, he slept in the first floor living room and he had no access to an accessible bathroom or shower. Thanks to our community of donors, RTMC was able to install a customized chair lift to the second floor and create a fully accessible bathroom and shower for Mr. T. to safely access with his wheelchair. He is delighted to be more independent in his own home and loves the ability to take hot showers all on his own. 

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