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Partners and Volunteers Pep Rally Friday
Partners and key volunteers should plan to attend the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pep rally at 8 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Chruch Laida Fellowship Hall in downtown Clarksville.
Conrad Ricketts, executive producer of the show, will be attending to thank partners and volunteers for their willingness to be involved in this life-changing project.
If you plan to attend, you may enter from the Fifth Steet Activities Center entrance under the burgundy awning or from the Hiter Street parking lot level. If you enter form the Hiter Street parking lot level, take the stairs or elevator up one level.
Please remember that child care will not be available and there will not be room for young children. This event is for volunteers and partners to receive information about the build in the last week prior to the scheduled door-knock on October 17. On that Saturday morning, Ty Pennington will knock on the door of a deserving family. That family will be chosen from one of five familes in the Montgomery County area.
During the following week, thousands of volunteers will participate in the build to create a new home for the selected family.
Builders Update Materials List
Builders Don Duncan of Duncan & Duncan Construction and Bert Singletary of Singletary Construction have updated a list of supplies needed for the build project in partnership with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that is planned later this month.
There are still some critical needs for specific items and labor skills. All of the labor and materials for the project are being contributed by the community as this is a communtiy project. A deserving family will be selected on October 17 for this life-changing event when a new home is constructed in 106 hours.
Materials needed include
- Vinyl Siding
- Utility cart loan-out (Gators, Rhinos)
- Composite decking material (Trex)
- Paint supplier
- Wallpaper hangers
- Electrical rough-in material
- Sheet mirror
- Alarm Company
- Vinyl Deck Railing
- (20) Sheets of 4x8x3/4 MDF
- (20) Sheets of 4x8x3/4 Birch Plywood
Materials and Skilled Laborers Still Needed
Don Duncan of Duncan & Duncan Construction and Bert Singletary of Singletary Construction are pleased with the overwhelming public support for the build project in partnership with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that is planned later this month.
There are still some critical needs for specific items and labor skills. All of the labor and materials for the project are being contributed by the community as this is a communtiy project. A deserving family will be selected on October 17 for this life-changing event when a new home is constructed in 106 hours.
Materials needed include vinyl siding, landscape lighting and electrical rough-in material.
Key areas where additional skilled labor is still needed include:
- 10 roofers
- 20 painters
- 20 siding installers
- 40 drywall installers
- 4 cabinet installers
Join the Builders to Kick Off Extreme Volunteer Project
Don Duncan of Duncan & Duncan Construction and Bert Singletary of Singletary Construction, selected partners for the build, invite volunteers to join in the pep rally.
Conrad Ricketts, executive producer of the popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, will be present for the pep rally to personally thank volunteers for their willingnes to participate in this life-changing event for a family in this area that will be selected on October 17 for the build.
The build partners will share information about the project and discuss additional needs. The build has had a tremendous response from the Clarksville-Montgomery County area since it was announced last week. It is anticipated that more than 2,000 volunteers from the Montgomery County area will participate in the exciting one-week project.
Volunteer sign ups are still being accepted at the build website – www.extremevolunteer.com. Volunteer guideline information is available on the website.
In addition to donations, the build partners are seeking additional help in specific areas. If you are interested in participating, sign up on the website or attend the rally for additional information.
The build will begin with the family being notified at the “Door Knock” between 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Saturday, October 17. The Braveheart Walk, the traditional kickoff of the build will be at approximately 2:30 that day. Information about the family and directions to the check-in site for the walk will be posted on the website following the door knock. The completed home is to be revealed to the family with the “Move that Bus” cheer at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 23.
The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” now in its 7th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It’s executive-produced by Anthony Dominici. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
MEDIA NOTE:
Limited individual interviews with build partners and special guests including Conrad Ricketts may be arranged after the pep rally. Please contact Frank White to schedule interviews. Video crews and photographers are welcome to attend the pep rally.
Local Builders Partner in Effort to Help Deserving Family
Duncan & Duncan Construction and Singletary Construction are partnering to join ABC’s Extreme Makover: Home Edition for an upcoming build in the Middle Tennessee area later this month.
The two Clarksville construction companies were chosen by the popular ABC television program to oversee and implement the intense one-week building of a new home that will change the lives of a deserving Middle Tennessee family.
Five Middle Tennessee area families are being considered for the makeover, but only one will be chosen on the Morning of October 17 for Ty Pennington’s life-changing “door knock."
The construction companies of Duncan & Duncan, led by Don R. Duncan, of Clarksville, and Singletary Construction, owned by Bert Singletary, were selected because of their track record in construction and their willingness to dedicate personal effort to help others. Both companies focus on quality construction and special details to make their construction projects unique.
With this 106-hour construction project, the new home will be truly unique as all products and labor must be donated by businesses and individuals in the area. Hundreds of volunteers will be needed for the project from October 17 through October 24.
As with all homes in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, special details will be incorporated into the design of the home to meet particular needs of the selected family.
The companies are requesting volunteers from the area to provide time, support and resource to contribute to the success of this life-changing project. If you are intersted in offering your support or volunteering your time please visit our get involved page or click here.
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Duncan & Duncan Construction has been involved in the Clarksville-Montgomery County area since 1993 as general contractors and was earlier involved in home improvement since the 1970s.
Bert Singletary first started framing as an hourly employee and now runs four framing crews in addition to building 30 homes a year with his business, Singletary Construction.
