Humorist Art Linkletter has his own guide for telling when a person is getting old. “Like when you sit down in a rocking chair and you can’t make it go. Or you sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there,” the 88-year-old author and television personality said during a promotion for his 23rd [...]
Archive | Events RSS feed for this section
Sidekick Band in Concert
Sidekick Band, an entity of the Sidekick Missions, is performing live, Friday, July 22, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., at the Highland Hills Baptist Church amphitheatre, 1370 Briarcliff Road, Macon, GA. Admission is free. Sidekick Missions is from Boscobel, Wisconsin. They have traveled to Macon with a 94 member team to partner with Rebuilding Macon to [...]
2010 Playhouse Raffle
Rebuilding Macon is looking forward to the 2011 Playhouse Raffle. The Middle Georgia Woodworkers Association is already set to build a school house. Learn about the 2010 Playhouse Raffle Winner.
Mortgage Burning
Rebuilding Macon board members Bill Engel, Charlie Brogdon and Dan Riley celebrate the organization’s debt retirement with a mortgage burning Tuesday. Debra Rollins, the organization’s executive director, second from right, said the nonprofit devoted to helping the needy repair homes is helping about three times as many clients today than when it moved into its [...]
Rebuilding Macon Volunteer Event
Rebuilding Macon relies heavily on volunteers. In 2009 over 2,500 individuals volunteered in some capacity with Rebuilding Macon. These volunteers repaired 260 homes of elderly or disabled low-income homeowners. The total market value of our home repairs now exceeds $8 million. Volunteers spend numerous hours working on tasks, such as painting, repairing porches and roofs, [...]
21st Annual Cox Golf Classic
A big “THANK YOU!” goes to the employees of Cox Communications for selecting Rebuilding Macon as one of the recipients for the 2010 Cox Charity Golf Classic. Mike Dyer and the employees of Cox Communications awarded Rebuilding Macon $20,000 to support the Emergency Repairs Program. With this contribution from Cox, Rebuilding Macon volunteers will have [...]
