Rebuilding Macon is a volunteer-driven nonprofit that repairs homes for people who are disabled or elderly Author: Taelore Hicks (WMAZ) Updated: 7:37 PM EDT May 14, 2021
MACON, Ga. One nonprofit is literally Rebuilding Macon one house at a time. With the help of volunteers, they work on homes with elderly and disabled owners to make them look brand new again.
Sherril Smith has called Macon his home for 60 years. He s raised his six children in a house on Ross Street for half that time. This is all I know, he said.
As time passed, Smith noticed that some things in his home were in need of serious repairs. Rebuilding Macon is making that possible, so he can continue to live comfortably at home.
Rebuilding Macon receives $25,000 in grant funding from local charity
The Community Foundation of Central Georgia awarded 32 nonprofit organizations with grant funding. One organization is Rebuilding Macon. Author: Kayla Solomon Updated: 11:47 PM EDT April 26, 2021
MACON, Ga. Rebuilding Macon is just one of 32 nonprofits to receive grant funding from the Community Foundation of Central Georgia. Executive director Debra Rollins says they received a total of $25,000.
Over the years, we ve heard from people across Macon who got repairs on their homes and the volunteers who helped make it possible.
Now, the work can continue thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, a charity that gave out $600,000 of grant money to nonprofits in the area.