SUNDAY, AUG. 17, 11 pm - A house now stands where less than 24 hours ago, there was nothing but dirt! I think the pictures speak for themselves, but amazing progress was made today. The slab was poured. The frame was completed. The roof was installed. Windows were installed. Doors were installed. This team is amazing! (See photos below)
SUNDAY, AUG. 17, 2 A.M. - Work continues through the night as we try to keep pace with the demanding schedule. By early Sunday morning the slab will be finished so framing can begin. We will have set rebar, install electric in slab, plumb slab, termite treatment and dig underground trench for electrical sewer and water.
SATURDAY, AUG. 16, 4 PM - This morning several hundred volunteers and family started arriving at 5 a.m. to witness the demolition of Job’s existing house. Over the course of the next five days a house will be erected for a deserving family by a community full of love for the McCully’s. Unlike previous homes built by Woodhaven Homes, this won’t be “The House That Jack Built”, but instead it will be “The House That Job Built”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 - The first day has been busy getting the job site ready for tomorrow’s demolition. We’ve been busy disconnecting plumbing, and first electric is running new power lines. We installed a culvert for the county ditch, and crews are setting up tents. We have established a road that circles the job site for construction crews. This afternoon, rain and heavy lightning moved into the area which have caused the work to slow down until the danger passes. Please pray for the rain and lightning to stay away from us.
ABC’S “EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION” AND WOODHAVEN HOMES, INC. FULFILL WISHES OF THE MCCULLY FAMILY
BIGELOW, ARKANSAS (August 14th, 2008) - Woodhaven Homes, Inc. and its building partners today join ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to give a deserving local family their dream home.
This morning, the lives of the McCully Family, who live in Bigelow, AR, were forever changed when they heard “Extreme Makeover” team leader Ty Pennington’s famous “good morning” wake-up call. Pennington, along with the other designers from “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, surprised the unsuspecting family with news that their home has been chosen to receive an “extreme” makeover.
In just seven days, Ty Pennington and the designers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and Woodhaven Homes, Inc. will be rebuilding the McCully Family’s home, creating a safe and healthy environment for the McCully Family’s son, Job.
At only 10 years old, Job McCully is an inspiration to his small town, surviving leukemia, a bone marrow and a double lung transplant. After years spent in and out of the hospital, he is still far from healthy. In March of 2008, he was finally able to leave the hospital, but for Job’s health, the family could not return to their sinking, moldy and dilapidated home. Their very old house has leaks in the roof, the air conditioner and the floor. The mildew-infested walls are especially threatening to Job and in 2006, fungus was discovered on Job’s lungs, which inspectors suspect likely came from their home. The family packed up and moved out of their uninhabitable house.
Check out the Location/Schedule page for directions to the work site.
Stay Tuned for “Jack’s Blog.” Get periodic updates and pictures from the job site as Woodhaven Homes and hundreds of volunteers complete an Extreme Makeover in less than a week!
The lucky family will be determined and announced Thursday, and directions to the parking area of the job site will be posted Thursday morning at around 10 a.m. (subject to change) once we know where we’re going. Once again, we appreciate your excitement, and we can’t wait to get started! We know you feel the same way.
Please note the changed schedules for volunteers on the following days:
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