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There’s No Place Like Home
Town is ready to party By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
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Pastor Mike Dauncey and Acts of Kindness supporters give Cathy, Ian and Jamie Dunn their first look at their transformed home, Monday, May 20.
Extreme ‘acts of kindness’ transforms moldy house By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
Cathy Dunn and her sons were overwhelmed by the transformation of their older bungalow in just 14 days. The Aldergrove residence had a leaky roof which had resulted in extensive black mold on interior walls, and Dunn was considering selling it as a teardown and moving elsewhere. However, two friends had nominated her for this year’s Extreme Home Repair and Dunn was chosen for this year’s project. Over the past two weeks, while Dunn and sons Ian and Jamie were given a suite at a hotel,
more than 200 volunteers and 120 donors provided the labour and materials for a complete makeover of the home. Volunteers worked up to 12 hour days, six days a week, to accomplish the major transformation. The house was gutted and new roofing and interior and exterior walls were built. The yard had a new retaining wall and landscaping installed. The furnishings and fixtures were even replaced. On Monday, the Dunn family returned to their home where they were greeted by hundreds of well-wishers. Then as the crowd chanted, “Move that bus” they got their first
glimpse of their renovated home. They also received a grand tour with the team from Acts of Kindness, which orchestrated the home transformation. Acts of Kindness is an outreach program of the Aldergrove Seventh-day Adventist Church. Their pastor, Mike Dauncey said this year’s project, their eleventh in the past ten years, was their most ambitious one yet. The value of the work likely exceeded $200,000. “We felt you were the one,” he told Dunn when she arrived, to cheers from the crowd. “This house was needing help.” “We were looking at selling, even though we would
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The exterior and interior of the Dunn family’s Aldergrove home has been transformed, thanks to volunteers and donors. Video at www.aldergrovestar.com not have got much for it,” said Dunn. “We would have had to move out of Aldergrove (to afford a
replacement home) …we love this community very much and now we can stay a lot longer.”
The second annual Aldergrove Firefit Festival is set for this weekend, May 2526, in downtown Aldergrove, starting with the Saturday Parade at 10 a.m. The Parade will run along Fraser Highway, from 270 Street to 273 Street, and the highway will be closed to normal traffic for that hour. Detours will be marked for motorists. Saturday’s opening ceremonies of the Pacific Regional FireFit event commence at 12:30 p.m. at Philip Jackman Park (32 Avenue and 271 Street). FireFit is an exciting, action-packed competition for firemen, with its events based on firefighting tasks commonly performed in emergency situations. More than 100 fire fighters from across the west coast have signed on to compete. There is also lots of free entertainment and a variety of food vendors for families on both days, plus a dance for adults on Saturday evening. Sunday’s events include a morning Soap Box Derby for ages five to 13 years, a Crazy Wheels Race for adults, and more FireFit tasks to determine the Pacific Regional FireFit champion. The Soap Box Derby begins at 10 a.m. while the Crazy Wheels Race begins at noon. Both events will be held on 271 Street, between Fraser Highway and 32 Avenue, and this section of road will be closed to normal traffic during the competitions. The Aldergrove FireFit Festival promotes businesses in downtown Aldergrove and the Aldergrove Fair Days in July. The parade was previously held in July as the start to the Aldergrove Fair Days, but has now been moved to the May FireFit Festival. For more information on the vents and entry information see the website: http://www.aldergrovefairdays.com/
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