In 2015, Hammer with a Heart will repair 6 area

Contact:
Jason Hafeman
Outreach Manager
Office: (608) 246-3737 x 2104
[email protected]
FOR RELEASE
In 2015, Hammer with a Heart will repair 6 area homes!
MADISON, WISCONSIN, April 14, 2015 – Project Home’s 14th annual Hammer with a Heart program
will provide free major home repairs for six Dane County homeowners, including Madelyn Link, a Sun
Prairie resident who has lived in her home for over six decades. (For more information about Madelyn,
please see the attachment titled “Madelyn’s story”). On the morning of Saturday, April 25th (the official
Hammer with a Heart day), more than a two hundred volunteers will work together to repair homes in
Sun Prairie, the city of Madison and the Town of Bristol. The goal is to finish all projects by the end of
Saturday, April 25.
WHO: Project Home along with:
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Program Sponsor: Wells Fargo
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House Sponsors: JH Findorff & Son, American Family Insurance, Heartland Credit Union,
Waunakee Remodeling, Madison Area Builders Association, The Evjue Foundation, Inc.,
Community Shares of Wisconsin and NARI of Madison.
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Materials Sponsors: Carpenters Local #314, Green Bay Packers, Associated Bank, Hooper
Corporation and General Heating and Air Conditioning (through the Hooper Foundation), Johnson
Bank, U.S. Bank, Hausmann-Johnson Insurance, River Valley Bank and Zendesk.
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Volunteer Support: M3 Insurance and Ho-Chunk Gaming - Madison.
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Skilled Crews: Waunakee Remodeling, NARI of Madison, Carpenters Local #314, JH Findorff &
Son, Madison Area Builders Association, TDS Custom Construction and Project Home.
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Media Sponsors: NBC15 and Today’s Q106
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Food Sponsor: Milio’s Sandwiches
WHAT: Project Home’s Hammer with a Heart program with its generous skilled crews and over a
hundred additional community volunteers will provide free major home repairs for six Dane County
families, in 2015. Each spring, Hammer with a Heart makes crucial repairs and health and safety
improvements for low-to-moderate income homeowners, with mostly volunteer labor and some donated
materials. Hammer with a Heart volunteers install new roofs, siding, doors, windows, flooring, make
accessibility modifications to kitchens and bathrooms, perform critical landscaping work….and so much
more..
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Through 2014, Hammer with a Heart has provided over $1.1 million in repairs to the homes of 100
neighbors in need, in 27 area communities. The average investment in each home is $12,000. Hammer
with a Heart has been able to bring people together to make a positive impact for hundreds of Dane
County residents since it began, in 2002.
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 2015 – volunteers from Zendesk and other members of the community
will join Project Home staff – (25 volunteers) to complete the two-week project on Madelyn’s house.
Over 180 additional volunteers will work on the five other Hammer with a Heart projects - also on
4/25/15.
Members of the media are invited to visit Madelyn’s home between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m for
interviews with Madelyn, representatives from Project Home or community volunteers.
(Project Home can supply before and after photos to any interested media members who cannot attend.)
WHERE: Media is asked to please keep the following addresses confidential.
Home and project address is:
426 Hillcrest Dr.
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
WHY: For 44 years, Project Home has been committed to improving the quality and affordability of
housing for low-to-moderate-income residents of Dane and Green Counties. Project Home builds strong
communities by helping residents save money and energy through its weatherization and home repair
programs. We also coordinate and operate, privately funded community service events and programs like
Hammer with a Heart, Paint-a-thon and our Water Heater Replacement Program.
“Through Hammer with a Heart, we are able to bring people together to make a big impact for
community members in need. Our program helps area seniors, veterans, single-parent families and
people with disabilities or significant health issues, on a very personal level. This is a big program, and it
would not be possible without the generosity, dedication and support of our sponsors, donors, and skilled
and community volunteers. They are the ones that bring Hammer with a Heart to life. I cannot thank
them enough.” stated Project Home Outreach Manager and Hammer with a Heart coordinator, Jason
Hafeman.
For more information about Project Home and Hammer with a Heart, or to schedule a story or interview,
please contact Jason Hafeman at (608) 246-3737 ext. 2104 or [email protected]
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