Extreme Home Makeover Indy

Well a couple weeks ago I was on FB (it can be addicting) and read somewhere that Extreme Home Makeover was coming to Indy. So I went to www.estridge.com and signed up to be a volunteer and I got an e-mail last week saying I was invited to be a volunteer!! My shift was this morning from 6am - 2pm and you are asked to arrive 20 minutes early. So my alarm went off at 4:55am this morning and I rolled out of bed and walked out the door at 5:20am. So I obviously did not get "pretty" or was I prepared to meet any of the crew from Home Makeover. This picture is the library they are building.

They have a staging area off Keystone and about 25th Street just before I-70 off Enterprise Blvd. There was plenty of food and fruit, coffee and water for the volunteers. So about 6:30am we had the volunteer guy from Estridge Homes give us his little speech and then I was off to the catering spot. There were 4 of us that helped serve breakfast to about 150 people. Once that was over we walked down the street and started painting one of the homes across the street from the build.

I was in the heart of everything and it was so cool! I could see the house that was being built and the library that they are building next to the house. So I am up on this ladder painting away and Ed (the bald guy with the accent) comes over and is taping a segment for the show on the little mini video camera. He says something like Hi Bernard Family, hope you are having a great time in Paris France! As you can see we are cleaning up the neighborhood and painting your neighbor Mark's House. Off to you Pauley.... He had to re-take that about 5 times but he is a cool guy! To the right you see me on a ladder (from what I was told called a widow's ladder b/c it is old and not super stable). I have on a turtle neck, Velocity jacket, another jacket and the volunteer blue t-shirt and the hard hat, I am stylin'!

I also took a photo of Paul since his trailor was next to the house I was painting. Oh and as I checked in to volunteer this morning it said no photos, oops!! He is standing in the jeans and green jacket right there.

I also heard that they have 2 builds in 2 cities going on at the same time. So Ty goes to one site for the famous door knock and then for the braveheart march and then off to the next site and then back for the final reveal!

This episode is part of the season finale that is going to air on May 17th so check it out!!

It was tiring but a lot of fun and a great experience! Next time you get an opportunity to volunteer for something, do it! We have many events at Velocity going on in the next 4 months if you are looking to volunteer!