Extreme Community Makeover

Making Your Faith Concrete

Putting your faith into action became a very "concrete" reality for a group of men from Greenwood Community Church this past November. Earlier in the year, ECM connected with a homeowner who is disabled due to foot problems and facing an upcoming surgery that will leave her wheelchair bound for months. Because of that, the family wanted to install a handicap accessible/wheelchair ramp to provide easier access into their home. For months we tried to find someone willing to tackle the project and this group of men accepted the challenge. Read More...

The Knock At The Door

Knock, knock, knock. The knock at the door caused the elderly man to wonder who in the world might be there. In his 60+ years of living in his home, no one had ever knocked on his door - NO ONE - in 60 years! Who could it be? There it was again. Knock, knock, knock. As he cautiously approached the door to open it, he saw two people standing there. As they introduced themselves, they said they were with the Extreme Community Makeover. They proceeded to explain that they were going to be working in the neighborhood in a couple of weeks and wondered if there were any projects that he could use some extra hands to complete. He certainly could use help. In fact, it was really nice to know that someone cared. And just think - he never would have known had he not responded to the knock at the door.

A Day of Painting Leaves a Lifelong Impact

ECM recently partnered with Westside Christian Community Builders to paint a house they were renovating in their efforts to provide affordable housing in the Villa Park neighborhood and for one particular woman named Myra.

Myra was desperate to find a house large enough for her five children that would be safe. After living in public housing for two years in the state's poorest neighborhood, she was weary of the impact extreme poverty was having on her children. Help came when a Section 8 notice informed her she had been chosen by lottery for a voucher that would pay most of her monthly rent in an approved single family home. Read More...