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Senate
Resolution 649
By:
Senator Balfour of the 9th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
HomeLife Communities; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
HomeLife Communities is a Georgia based company with divisions in Atlanta,
Charlotte, Raleigh, and Phoenix and will open a home sales division in
Albequeque in March, 2007; and
WHEREAS,
on January 21, 2007, HomeLife Communities was featured prominently on the Emmy
Award winning Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition on ABC-TV, a
program where a team of designers renovates the homes of families in need;
and
WHEREAS,
during December, 2006, HomeLife Communities was instrumental in the program's
home renovation project of Linda Riggins of Raleigh, North Carolina; and
WHEREAS,
Linda Riggins is actively involved in her community, spending the past 15 years
working for the Building Together Ministries, a nonprofit organization that
helps disadvantaged parents encourage their children to excel in school by
providing them with resources and after-school programs; and
WHEREAS,
as part of the program, HomeLife Communities and its trade partners demolished
the Riggins family's existing home, which was slated for condemnation, and built
a brand-new 3,070 square foot home for them in just 94 hours; and
WHEREAS,
HomeLife Communities and its trade partners also remodeled the Building Together
Ministries building; and
WHEREAS,
HomeLife Communities employees from Atlanta and Charlotte joined their
counterparts in Raleigh in organizing and leading the round-the-clock project;
and
WHEREAS,
HomeLife Communities rallied and organized more than 1,000 tradesmen and 1,300
additional volunteers to provide a new home and remodeled community center;
and
WHEREAS,
HomeLife Communities employees raised $165,000 to pay off the Riggins family's
two mortgages as well as Linda's medical bills so she could focus on aiding her
community as she has in the past; and
WHEREAS,
the January 21, 2007, episode of
Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition was seen by over 20 million
viewers across the United States.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
HomeLife Communities for their exceptional compassion and professionalism in
conducting the renovation project for Linda Riggins and Building Together
Ministries and extend to them their sincerest best wishes for the
future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to HomeLife Communities.