Saturday, January 06, 2007

The Good Guys Answer the Call!

And Charleston AFB leads to way! From the Post and Courier:

On Wednesday, Operation Home, members of the Air Force Reserve's 300th Airlift Squadron, the Depart-ment of Health and Environmental Control and area contractors gathered in Phillip' Sedgefield neighborhood backyard to celebrate the ground-breaking for a donated addition to his home.

The need for handicapped- accessible space has become urgent. Phillip requires spinal fusion surgery to straighten his curving spine and needs a handicapped-accessible bedroom for, what at the very best, would be a rough recovery, said mother Barbara Curtis.
The sixth-grade Sedgefield Middle School student uses a wheelchair to move around, but it won't fit most places inside his cozy brick ranch home.
Contractors said they expected to begin working on the room today with a completion date of Feb. 2 prior to Phillip' return from surgery.


Operation Home has known of the Curtis family's handicapped accessibility needs for the last two years. But the project was too big to tackle alone. The nonprofit has about $5,000 to give each accessibility project. The addition was estimated to cost from $50,000 to $75,000, said Emily Abedon,Operation Home director.
Then the 300th Airlift Squadron swooped in...


A handful of contractors, also from the 300th Airlift Squadron, will donate their time and materials.Matt Yaun, a reservist from Orangeburg, asked his company Cox Industries to donate the lumber.
'You can't meet Phillip and not want to help the young man,' Yaun said.


The latter is a plug for Cox, whom my dad works for. Thanks alot guys!