Change the World. Start at Home is a community revitalization and environmental cause effort launched by HGTV in partnership with Rebuilding Together, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The campaign focuses on revitalizing communities across the country and helping consumers make smart choices for the environment within their homes and daily lives.
Voters from across the country showed support by casting their votes at hgtv.com/changetheworld for communities in need. On January 1, 2008, HGTV announced the winners of the Change the World. Start at Home initiative live at the Rose Parade. The following cities will be revitalized by HGTV and its partners during the first annual Change the World. Start at Home week starting April 28, 2008:
These cities join New Orleans, LA, still recovering from the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as beneficiaries of the first annual Change the World week. A home, an educational facility and an outdoor space in each of the winning markets will be completed through the help of volunteers and HGTV partners to help enable a sustainable change in each community. In addition, renovation projects will include environmentally-friendly improvements as well as restoration of historic sites.
In the eyes of HGTV, all the communities identified to be part of the Change the World. Start At Home campaign are worthy of our support. For those markets not selected by the public, HGTV will contribute funding to help support ongoing work in each community and will provide opportunities for local volunteers to get involved with the goal of project completion. These cities include:
We hope you enjoy learning more about the winning communities, projects and families who are part of the Change the World. Start At Home campaign. We need your help to complete these deserving revitalization projects. Please visit volunteermatch.hgtv.com to explore volunteer opportunities. By getting involved, you can help us Change the World.
About Rebuilding Together
Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading organization bringing volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners by providing free repair services for those with the greatest need. Low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly, displaced or disabled, and families with children are most at risk. Rebuilding Together responds to their needs through four specific practice areas: Safe & Healthy Homes, Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction, Veterans Housing, and National Rebuilding Day ensure that homeowners live in safe, warm and dry homes.
Rebuilding Together began in 1973 and now operates with 235 affiliates nationwide, works in 1,800 communities, and brings together more than 272,000 volunteers annually to preserve and revitalize 10,000 houses and non-profit facilities.
Rebuilding Together’s sustainable community impact has been demonstrated by the more than 100,000 homes and non-profit facilities that have been repaired with the help of 2.7 million volunteers giving 27 million hours of volunteer time. This work was delivered at a market value of more than $1 billion.
Through its national network of affiliates, hundreds of thousands of volunteers, corporate sponsors, numerous partnerships among business, industry, trade associations, governmental and city agencies, Rebuilding Together is committed to tackling the needs of low-income homeowners – one house – one community - at a time.
For more information and to explore volunteer opportunities, please visit www.rebuildingtogether.org. |
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About National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust, headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides leadership, education, advocacy and resources to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to protect the irreplaceable places that tell America's story.
Staff at the Washington, D.C., headquarters, six regional offices and 28 historic sites work with the Trust's 270,000 members and thousands of preservation groups in all 50 states.
The need for the National Trust has increased since its founding in 1949. When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are, and we lose opportunities to live and work in the kinds of interesting and attractive surroundings that older buildings can provide.
For more information and to explore volunteer opportunities, please visit www.nationaltrust.org. |
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About Natural Resources Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. NRDC uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
NRDC’s purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. The organization works to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places to advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations. Through its SimpleSteps.org program, NRDC is reaching out to consumers and others who are interested in green products and lifestyle tips.
Additionally, NRDC seeks to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. The organization seeks to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.
Worth Magazine recently named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities.
For more information and to explore volunteer opportunities, please visit www.nrdc.org. |
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