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Rebuilding Macon Macon a Difference in the Corridor

The Knight Neighborhood Challenge helps Rebuilding Macon make a difference. This video highlights some work done in Spring 2011. Rebuilding Macon works in the Bells Hill area repainting, reroofing and repairing several houses.

FOX24 Focuses on Rebuilding Macon

Portia Lake of FOX24 / NewsCentralGA interviews Debra Rollins, Executive Director of Rebuilding Macon.

Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grant Winner

Rebuilding Macon, which will receive $25,000 to rehabilitate and repair the homes of elderly and low-income homeowners in the corridor. Read more: http://www.macon.com/2011/07/22/1639786/knight-neighborhood-challenge.html#ixzz1SqScyE3a

The Sidekick mission group partnered with Rebuilding Macon

Volunteers with Mt. Zion Methodist Churches from Wisconsin braved the heat to make an impact for some Macon residents. The Sidekick mission group partnered with Rebuilding Macon to fix roofs and paint eight houses in one week. Rebuilding Macon repaired 300 homes belonging to elderly or disabled residents free of charge last year. Homeowners can apply to  [...]

More than 200 feed the homeless in Macon GA

Seven churches of the Macon Baptist Association and five out-of-state churches partnered with Mission Serve, an organization based in Cumming that pairs churches with mission projects in the U.S. and overseas. Mission Serve partnered the Macon Baptist Association churches and out-of-state churches with Rebuilding Macon on the local project dubbed SPLASH Macon. SPLASH stands for Show People Love and Share Him.

Rebuilding Macon Receives Grant from the Home Depot Foundation

MACON, GA, June 13, 2011 – “For many of our homeowners, all they want to do is age in place and be able to live in their own home for as long as confidently and comfortably possible. This can mean the difference between enjoying their lives in dignity on their own terms, or feeling forced [...]

A Perfect Day for Painting, Building Ramps and Fixing Roofs

Rebuilding Macon had a perfect day Saturday, April 30th at homes across Macon and Bibb County. Local corporate, community and church organizations, and Rebuilding Macon joined forces in a community rebuilding event across Macon and Bibb County to repair homes for low-income elderly and disabled homeowners. Volunteers repaired roofs, built wheelchair ramps, painted homes, cleared [...]

Rebuilding Macon Gets Help from the Mercer Bears

Bears Basketball Lends a Hand for “Rebuilding Macon” MACON, Ga. – A group of Mercer University men’s basketball players and staff took some time away from the court to lend a hand with a “Rebuilding Macon” community service project on Saturday. The Bears participated in a home rehabilitation project coordinated by the Ingleside Baptist Church… [...]

All Aboard the Rebuilding Macon Express!

Macon, GA – Get your tickets now for the Rebuilding Macon Express! The Rebuilding Macon Express is a 3 car train constructed by the Middle Georgia Woodworkers to withstand the elements and any child’s imagination. The train is a fundraiser for Rebuilding Macon and will be raffled on Macon Rebuilding Day, April 30, 2011 at [...]

‘Rebuilding Macon’ Receives $10,000 Donation

Grainger, a local distributing company, gave Rebuilding Macon a $10,000 gift. Executive Director, Debra Rollins says the money comes at the perfect time because the cost of construction materials are on the rise. Rollins says,”Our volunteers are fabulous, but they need the tools; they need the supplies.This really pulls the whole community together to make [...]