Sears’ Heroes at Home Program Announces Spring Projects with Rebuilding Together Howard County

April 25, 2012 - PRLog -- [Columbia, Maryland] – Heroes at Home, a program created through the collaboration of Sears Holdings Corporation and Rebuilding Together, announced the beginning of their spring 2012 Heroes at Home projects. Heroes at Home projects are key initiatives for Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, and strive to improve the lives of the military and their families through extensive home rehabilitations.

Rebuilding Together Howard County will be assisting 4 veteran homeowners by providing free repairs homes that will enable the veterans and their families to live in homes that are safe, warm and dry. Over 80 volunteers from Rebuilding Together and Sears will replace broken doors, railings repair bathrooms, paint, landscape and provide other repairs free of charge to the veterans.

“Heroes at Home is not only a program, but an opportunity for us to serve our fellow veterans and address their critical housing needs, which are quite common throughout military households,” said Gary A. Officer, president and CEO of Rebuilding Together. “Our work with Sears allows us to engage with the veteran community and rehabilitate their homes to livable conditions based on their needs. This fall, we continue to impact an increasing amount of lives through the Heroes at Home program.”
Heroes at Home projects are scheduled to be completed in more than80 cities across the country. The projects include renovations for veterans who are unable to live in their current home conditions, due to injuries or obstacles that threaten their avenue to a safe and accessible home.

To date, Sears Holdings has raised over $15 million for Heroes at Home through a nationwide in-store fund-raising campaign. This is one of the hundreds of projects made possible by these donations.  Rebuilding Together has completed over 1,100 projects for veteran homeowners across the country.  The success of this program is only expected to rise as more projects are completed.

Heroes at Home spring rebuilds will begin in March and conclude in June.  
Rebuilding Together Howard County is dedicated to providing low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners free repairs to allow them to live in homes that are warm, safe and dry.  Since 1992, Rebuilding Together has provided free home repairs to 600 homeowners in Howard County.  All work is done the last Saturday in April with over 850 volunteers.

About Rebuilding Together:
Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable home ownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing extensive rehabilitation and modification services to those in need at no cost to those served.  With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding Together affiliates in America’s largest cities and smallest towns make life considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live by completing 10,000 projects per year. Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to, energy efficiency, veteran’s housing, aging in place and gulf coast reconstruction.  

For more information, visit http//:www.RebuildingTogetherHowardCounty.org. You can also follow Rebuilding Together Howard County on Twitter @rebldgtogthr or become a fan on Facebook at http://Facebook.com/RebuildingTogether.  Media Contact: BCarter@rebuildingtogether.org (202) 518-3500.
               
               
About Sears Holdings:
Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Sears Holdings is the 2010 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com