Renovation Alliance (RA) held its annual Community Renovation Day on Saturday, October 5th . Approximately 150 volunteers participated in the service event to repair the homes of 9 individuals and families in need, free of charge.
The event brings awareness to Renovation Alliance’s mission: to meet the critical and necessary home repair needs of low-income homeowners in the Roanoke Valley area through volunteer and community engagement. Renovation Alliance believes deeply that every person has the right to live in a warm, safe, dry, accessible, and healthy home regardless of income, and that by ensuring this right, the entire community and future generations will benefit. By providing free critical and necessary home repairs to homeowners in need, Renovation Alliance works to preserve affordable homeownership.
“The work completed during Community Renovation Day is critical to meeting the home repair needs of homeowners in our community,” said Kendall Cloeter, Executive Director of Renovation Alliance. “This event brought together volunteers from local businesses, churches, and community groups to complete repairs that rebuild warm, safe, dry, and accessible homes.” Volunteers involved in the event made significant donations of their time, energy, and expertise to make tangible impacts on the health and safety of homeowners in need, preservation of affordable housing, and community revitalization. Further, individual homeowners assisted with free home repairs report improvements to their quality of life, physical health, mental outlook, and community connection.