Service
E X T R E M E By Lindsay O’Quin, MLA ’08
Lydia Gaudet ’80 and her family have always been passionate about community service. This spring the Mobile community had the opportunity to thank the Gaudet family with the building of their dream home.
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5Lydia Gaudet ’80 and her husband, Stephen, stand outside their home.
No sooner did Ty Pennington from ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” bullhorn in hand, yell, “Good morning, Gaudet family!” than the exuberant family tackled the show’s host. “It was a dream come true – to realize that the prayers and hopes of everyone who knew our situation were coming true was a very humbling experience,” Gaudet said of the announcement. Gaudet and her husband, Stephen, raised eight children in their three‐bedroom, one‐bath home in Midtown Mobile. The 50‐year‐old house, which had been damaged from Hurricane Katrina and a small fire, needed extensive repairs to the leaking roof and dilapidated kitchen and bathroom.
Spring Hill College • Summer 2008