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WHAT:
Installation of hurricane-resistant home features including new soffit design, extended fascia and back-up generators at both the home and the non-profit assistance center.
 
Landscape installation.

WHO:ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and Mercedes Homes are working together to construct a brand new home and non-profit assistance center for the Holmes’ family of Altamonte Springs.

WHERE:
Altamonte Springs, Florida

WHEN:  
2: 30 P.M. – Anticipated installation of several hurricane- resistant home features 
4:30 P.M. – Anticipated installation of landscaping
6-10 P.M. – Dinner for hundreds of volunteers provided by Olive Garden
     
FEATURED COMMUNITY PARTNER:
Cox Radio, Inc. is the third-largest radio broadcasting company in the United States based on revenues and the largest pure-play radio station group based on revenues. Cox Radio, Inc. owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services to 79 stations in 18 markets. Cox believes that its success is rooted in more than 68 years of experience in the radio industry as well as having outstanding people throughout the organization. People who share the same philosophy about operational excellence and customer focus. People who listen to their listeners and work with their advertisers. People who find new, innovative ways to bring local flavor to their stations and meaningful contributions to their local communities. There are a number of people at Cox Radio locally who have made a tremendous effort to make this a successful build for the Holmes’ family and for the community at large.  More information about Cox Radio can be found at www.coxradio.com. 

HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP:
Log on to www.mercedes-extreme.com to learn how you can volunteer to help build the home and non-profit  center for the Holmes’ family, and also to find out how you can donate to the family.  Special utility, non-profit and educational funds have been established through Bank of America.

ABOUT MERCEDES HOMES:
Mercedes Homes is the nation’s largest 100 percent employee-owned home builder with 120 locations in Florida, Texas, North and South Carolina.  Mercedes Homes actively participates in many programs that give back to the community.  The company focuses their donations primarily on organizations helping individuals with special needs, whether medical, physical or developmental, academic programs and scholarship funds, youth programs, construction-related charitable organizations and community service. To find out more about Mercedes Homes’ community efforts, log on to their web site at www.mercedeshomes.com.  

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
Our community partners and what they have provided:
-Darden Restaurants—Twice-nightly dinner provisions
-Panera Bread—Daily breakfast and lunch in the VIP tent
-Seminole County—Assistance with approvals, permitting and public safety
-Lynx—Transportation to and from staging area to build site 24/7 throughout the build
-Cox Radio—media/vendor and trade partner appreciation support
-Clear Channel Outdoor—media/vendor and trade partner appreciation support
-Blue Bell Ice Cream—Ice cream and snacks on-site and at the staging area
-Starbucks Coffee—Coffee around the clock for the week-long build