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Friend, My name is Kim and I’m a proud volunteer with Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP). I’d like to share a story about the profound impact RTP had on my family and why I’m such an avid supporter. My aunt was an active, independent woman. She worked full time into her 60’s, and walked every day…

For their 28th year participating in National Rebuilding Day, W. L. Butler restored a 25-unit apartment building in Redwood City into a safe & healthy living space to help prevent displacement of low-income families in our community. Get the inside scoop on their project in the video they created – https://youtu.be/YleKUZ9MrWA?t=2m56s. Thank you for being such a generous and engaged community partner, W.L. Butler! We couldn’t do it without you!

June was a month of transitions for RTP. Join us as we start a new chapter by reading about our excited welcomes, heartfelt farewells, and words of appreciation for this summer’s volunteer groups in our June newsletter – http://bit.ly/RTP_June2018_Newsletter.

We’re honored to share that with the incredible generosity of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Community Fund, we’ll be able to continue our Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Initiative in East Palo Alto! This grant will push forward our efforts to help EPA residents with red-tagged ADU’s bring their homes up to code to prevent eviction from their family homes and displacement from their community. Stay tuned to learn more about our work on this special initiative. Thank you for all you are doing for our neighbors, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative!

For their 25th National Rebuilding Day, W.L. Butler Construction is teaming up with St. Francis, a North Fair Oaks-based nonprofit that saves and maintains affordable housing and provides a variety of services to at-risk families, to rehabilitate the Benedicere Apartments in Redwood City. Thanks to the hard work of St. Francis, the 25-unit apartment building will remain affordable housing for years to come. And thanks to the efforts of W.L. Butler Construction and Rebuilding Together Peninsula, the Apartments will undergo some much-needed repairs, restoring the low-income housing units to safe and healthy living spaces.

Menlo Park Kiwanis Club member Tom Sako recently received an award for his 25 years of continued service on National Rebuilding Day, the signature event of Rebuilding Together Peninsula. He has organized the Kiwanis effort every year, and, as a local contractor, he has provided the leadership and planning needed to manage up to 20 volunteers to make sure all of the work could be completed in just one day.