National Rebuilding Day 2013

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National Rebuilding Day (NRD) is the annual signature event of Rebuilding Together, the leading national nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership by bringing volunteers and communities together to rehabilitate the homes of low-income homeowners.

Held on the last Saturday in April (April 27th, 2013), National Rebuilding Day is the day when affiliates from all parts of the country plan projects to celebrate the organization’s mission and to bring national attention to the plight of America’s low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live. National Rebuilding Day is the culmination of a year of planning, evaluating, training, organizing, and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of community volunteers. Last year on NRD, Rebuilding Together Orlando repaired twelve homes and one community center in the Central Florida area. 

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• White Roof Project

  

  RTO is interested in implementing White Roof Project here in Central Florida. If you have not heard of White Roof Project, please go to www.whiteroofproject.com and watch this informational YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRrXehaDZts.

  “White Roofs’ energy saving potential is beyond great. In Miami, white roofing the schools could save 37 million dollars in ten years by reducing kilowatt-hours of energy used. That’s enough to power 3,000 homes for a year, buy Miami students 80,000 computers, or hire 1,000 more teachers,” said Director of Environmental Sustainability, Leisha John.

  “Over the next twenty years, by simply painting rooftops white, as much as 24 trillion tons of carbon dioxide could be kept out of the atmosphere. That is the equivalent of removing the emissions of half the world’s cars during that time,” said AFP.

  This simple solution is using a white roof coating to transform our dark rooftops to bright white rooftops. It’s simple, cheap, and doable. There are rebates given by utility companies and that covers the cost of the coating. Here in Florida, Florida Power & Light Company provides us with a rebate equal to 50 cents per square foot of coated space. The cost of labor can be reduced, if not eliminated, because volunteers using a special solar reflecting product for roofs, can apply this coating just like paint.

  RTO is considering a pilot project in and around the Orlando, FL area. Because Florida has 250 sunny days a year, cool roofs make a lot of sense. There is a huge opportunity right here. If you want to sponsor or volunteer, or know of a worthy candidate, please click the Contact button above. 

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• 2012 WRAP-UP

  

  Calendar year 2012 was a banner year of accomplishment for Rebuilding Together Orlando. In January, in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day celebrations, Rebuilding Together Orlando (RTO) with the enthusiastic support of the Boy Scouts of America and the Tangelo Park community, conducted a neighborhood improvement project in the area of Tangelo Park known as "The Front".   Under the watchful eye and direction of landscape architect, Katy Magley of Magley Design, nearly 150 volunteers transformed the neglected entrance to Tangelo Park into an attractive, welcoming frontage suitable for a magazine cover page.
  

  In February, RTO had the honor to host the NBA Cares All Star Day of Service in Tangelo Park, Florida.  A total of five homes were given makeovers that included, two new roofs (complements of Owens Corning and Springer Peterson Roofing), three new kitchens, four bathrooms, extensive exterior painting and landscaping (under the direction of Magley Design), new clotheslines, new mailboxes, new fences, and a basketball goal that rivals any in the NBA (courtesy of NBA Cares).  Stephen Perito, owner of CityScape Construction and a RTO Board Member, served as project manager of this awesome project.

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