My Home Improvement MayJune 2019

the heart of home improvement

Renovating, repaying, and helping those in need

Volunteers from the Greater Atlanta Home

Builders Association and South Haven Builders

partnered with nonprofit HomeAid Atlanta

in fall 2018 to completely renovate the

interior of one of the buildings in

The Drake Village, a program of

The Drake House nonprofit. Families in need

that have successfully graduated from the

initial free-housing program by

The Drake House move into The Drake Village

while learning to become

self-sufficient and paying scalable

rent. Thanks to the collaboration, as of

February 2019, Building 40 in The Drake Village now has more than double the number of rooms available.

The area now boasts two eight-unit apartment buildings that can be used as a long-term housing solution

by graduates of The Drake House Program. HomeAid builder captain Ryan Swallow volunteered for a

HomeAid Care Day in 2015 before making the commitment to renovate the facility this past winter. “It’s one

thing to help out for just a day, but to see this project come to fruition and see the first families move in

really brought home to me the value of giving,” Ryan says.

As a dedicated partner of The Drake House, HomeAid Atlanta has now worked on four renovations with

the charity. Want to get involved but not a home improvement pro? Participate in a Care Day on

May 16 and 17 or June 14 and help with landscaping, assisting with minor repairs, and more.

10500 Clara Dr., Roswell. TheDrakeHouse.org; AtlantaHomeBuilders.com; Haven-Builders.com;

HomeAidAtlanta.org

GIVING BACK+

(L TO R): KATHY SWAHN, RYAN SWALLOW, JEAN HILYARD, DICK GAVIGAN

President and CEO of

Perimeter Roofing, Todd Price

is out to assure every student

receives a hot school lunch

regardless of their financial

situation. The caring contractor

has made it his mission to pay

off the student lunch debt of

all 1,322 elementary schools

in the state of Georgia. Since

the establishment of

the company's nonprofit

arm, Perimeter Cares,

its cleared the negative balance of more than 40 schools—about $21,000! Support the

#SchoolLunchChallenge by donating online at PerimeterCares.org.

THE STAFF AT DUNCAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROUDLY ACCEPTED A CHECK

THAT PAID OFF OUTSTANDING LUNCH DEBTS.

Photo courtesy of (top) HomeAid Atlanta.

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