Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg

11/17/2022

PRESS RELEASE

Rebuilding Together® Greater Harrisburg (non-profit organization) and Masonite will partner together on
Friday, November 18, 2022 to work on a disabled senior citizen’s home:
Feona Laing
473 Main Street
Steelton, PA 17113
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Rebuilding Together is about community and ensuring our low-income homeowners, the elderly, disabled, families with children and veterans of war live in a safe and healthy environment and remain independent—“age in place”. Repairs and modifications are at no cost to the homeowner.

Masonite, a leading global designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of interior and exterior doors and door systems, is providing funding for the project through the company’s We Help People Walk Through Walls Community Grant Program. Launched in the fall of 2021 the program invites employees to submit funding requests for organizations and causes they care most about in the communities where they live and work. To date, the program has awarded $159,000 in funding to 43 community causes and organizations that assist with job skills training, substance abuse recovery, mentoring programs, and much more.

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“Masonite is proud to support Rebuilding Together’s efforts to revitalize the Steelton community,” said David Perkins, Vice President, Masonite. “We are also honored for our BWI Distribution team to participate in repairing Ms. Laing’s home, to make it safer and more comfortable for her.”

Seventeen (17) employees from BWI Distribution in Mechanicsburg will be working on Feona’s home. RTGH House Captain, Curtis Love will be leading the group of volunteers.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sue Gebhart, Rebuilding Together® Greater Harrisburg Executive Director at 717-574-2639.
Thank you!

10/03/2022

Thanks to the Glenvale Church of God Vacation Bible School children who raised over $1,000 for Rebuilding Together. Thanks to the directors and teachers for inspiring the children.

10/03/2022

Thanks to Pennian Bank employees for volunteering their time on the Day of Caring to work in the 5 Senses Garden in Harrisburg. Thanks to Cindy Hogeman for leading the group of volunteers.

10/03/2022

Thanks to Terry Reed and his team of volunteers from Silver Springs Presbyterian Church for working on Charles' mobile home in Mechanicsburg. Electrical issues were resolved along with blinds installed and other miscellaneous carpentry repairs made.

10/03/2022

Thanks to Bill Moore and his team of volunteers from Silver Springs Presbyterian Church for working on Betty's mobile home in Carlisle. Repairs were made on her deck, new exterior door and bathroom flooring were installed.

06/25/2022

Remembering Riitta Lukkari...

05/20/2022

2022 Highmark Walk For A Healthy Community Walk
Saturday, May 21, 2022 --- Harrisburg Area Community College

7:30am – 11 am

The 5k and 1k walk will begin at 9am!

Walk Ceremonies:
Brief Opening Ceremonies will take place throughout the morning beginning at 8:40AM from the main outdoor stage. We’ll hit the course right at 9AM.

Restrooms:

Port-A-Johns Facilities will be located within the event footprint.

Refreshments:

Bananas, water, granola bars, coffee will be available within the event footprint free of charge to participants.

Pet Friendly / Stroller Friendly:

Dogs are to come to the walk. Please ask Fido to be well behaved and on a leash. The walk route is also very stroller friendly and flat.

Smoking Policy:

As a walk to promote healthy activities within our community, we are asking that our participants refrain from smoking during this year’s event.

05/09/2022

The 2022 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community Harrisburg will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Harrisburg Area Community College

If would like to participate in the walk and fundraise for Rebuilding Together, please click here to our walk page.
http://hcf.convio.net/site/TR/Harrisburg/HighmarkWalk?pg=entry&fr_id=3802

There will be over 53 health and human services organization participating, each will have a stand set up on the HACC campus.

Come join the fun!

05/06/2022

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

05/06/2022

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

05/06/2022

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

05/04/2022

05/03/2022

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

05/01/2022

Thanks to the groups who participated: Lend a Hand, Dauphin County Technical School, Paxton United Methodist, Hummelstown Church of Christ, Christ the Savor Orthodox Church, Bethany Methodist Church, Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, Second City Church, Mighty Oak ENT and the many friends of RTGH!

05/01/2022

What a successful Annual Event Day! Over 150 volunteers participated by either repairing 10 homes, preparing and delivering lunches, picking up the construction debris from each house and also working in the 5 Senses Garden and setting up the "thank you" picnic at Fort Hunter Park. Thank you to everyone for supporting our mission--ensuring homeowners live in a safe and healthy home!

04/28/2022

Annual Event Day
Saturday, April 30, 2022
9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Preserving Affordable Housing

Our volunteers will be repairing ten houses throughout the community--Carlisle, New Bloomfield, Middletown and Harrisburg. Volunteers will also be working in the 5 Senses Garden in Harrisburg.

Volunteers will also be preparing and delivering lunches, transporting trash and setting up a “thank you” picnic at Fort Hunter Park. Our mission is to ensure our low-income homeowners live in a safe and healthy home and remain independent—“age in place”.

Thanks to Waste Management, Union Deposit Corporation, Mighty Oak Contractors, KCA Wealth Management, Stabler Foundation, Kline Foundation M&T Foundation, Verizon Foundation, Hershey Company, Giant Foods, Wegmans, Bethany United Methodist Church, The Sage Corporation, Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, Altrusa International of Harrisburg Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, Hummelstown Church of Christ, and all the individuals who donate their time, talent, and treasure to help support our mission.

For questions, please contact:
Sue Gebhart @ 717-574-2639

Thank you!

01/26/2022

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

01/26/2022

01/26/2022

Rescheduled MLK Project - The volunteers installed a new ceiling (where there was none) and new fluorescent lighting in the kitchen and a comfort height toilet for the 80-year-old grandmother whose 24-year-old granddaughter and 3-year-old great grandson live with her in Middletown.

The volunteers will be returning another day to install a new kitchen floor and replace a few leaking doors and windows.

Thanks to Rex, Roger, George , Bill, Andy and House Captain Tony for leading the group of volunteers.

01/17/2022

Our MLK Day Project has been postponed until later this week.

01/06/2022

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MLK DAY OF SERVICE

Rebuilding Together will be participating in the Central PA MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 17, 2022

Click on the website to register under Events, In-Person Projects and scroll down to our project.

http://www.centralpamlkday.org/

Thank you!

January 17, ​ ​2022 ​ Hamilton Health Center Harrisburg, PA

12/28/2021

12/28/2021

Thank you to the volunteers from Silver Springs Presbyterian Church for replacing Sandra's skirting around her mobile home in Lower Swatara Township. The new skirting will create a warmer environment inside her home and discourage critters to live underneath. Thanks to House Captain Roy McLain for leading the volunteers.

11/29/2021

Giving Tuesday

Ways to donate:
Check – sent to Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg, 251 Verbeke Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102

United Way - Simply write Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg
on your United Way Pledge form.

Amazon Smile Foundation - A program where Amazon donates .5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization selected by you. Just another way to help support our organization.

Community Aid – Donation of clothing can be dropped off at any of the Community Aid locations:
4405 Lewis Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17111
(717) 412-7706

4833 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17050

2001 Springwood Road
Queensgate Shopping Center
York, PA 17403

31 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603

1070 N Susquehanna Trail
Selinsgrove, PA 17870

Please note: For Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg to receive credit (6 cent per pound--clothing only), please use our Partner Number 10348.

10/22/2021

Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped Harrisburg resident Joanne revitalize and make repairs to her home today! It was a beautiful day for today's REALTORS® Reach Out event with Rebuilding Together!

GHAR members helped Joanne with yard work, scraping and painting her home's exterior, and more! What a difference it all made! Special thanks to Curtis Love for leading the group of volunteers.

10/06/2021

Thanks to volunteers from Hummelstown United Church of Christ and Christ the Savior Orthodox Church for helping repair and clean up Mara’s house on Amy Drive in Harrisburg. Because of a major leak in the roof, the ceiling collapsed inside her house. A special thank you to House Captains Rich Hebel and Father Stephen Vernak for leading the group of volunteers in this very important project.
Thanks also to Waste Management for donating a dumpster which was filled by the end of the day. Also, thanks to Century Roofing for working with us with this major roof replacement.

09/14/2021

The volunteers did a great job in rebuilding the back porch and roof! Thank you!

09/01/2021

Thanks to the volunteers from Lend a Hand and Paxton United Methodist for working on Judith Bates house on Lexington Street in Harrisburg. While tearing down her rotted back porch roof, they discovered the adjoining porch roof was also rotting so both were torn down. The volunteers are in the process of rebuilding both porch roofs. Thanks to house captain, George Elliott for coordinating this project.

07/19/2021

Thank you to the Doctor of Physical Therapy students from Messiah University for conducting PT/OT assessments for our homeowners throughout the community. The information is invaluable as it helps create a safer environment for the homeowner.

06/23/2021

Remembering Riitta Lukkari

05/24/2021

Photos from Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg's post

05/24/2021

Thank you to House Captain, Ned Williard and volunteers from Bethany United Methodist Church in Marysville for repairing a mobile home in Newport. Many needed repairs were made which created a safer and healthier environment in which to live.

04/20/2021

To our loyal volunteers – we sure do miss working with all of you and hope everyone is doing well. Your safety and our homeowner’s safety is of the utmost importance and that is why we will not be hosting the event day again this year. So, in the meantime let’s check at some event day photos from the past…...

03/11/2021

Thanks to Lend a Hand volunteers for replacing a handrail and porch column for a homeowner on Lexington Street in Harrisburg.

03/03/2021

The 2021 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community Harrisburg will be an online only virtual walk and fundraiser due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's Walk will benefit over 53 health and human services organizations. The 2021 Campaign will be open until July 15, 2021 at 5pm.

If would like to participate in the virtual walk and fundraise for us, please click here to our walk page.

http://hcf.convio.net/site/TR/Harrisburg/HighmarkWalk?pg=entry&fr_id=3368

12/31/2020

Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy 2021!

Together we can make a difference!

12/01/2020

12/01/2020

Giving Tuesday

Ways to donate:
Check – sent to Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg, 251 Verbeke Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102

United Way - Simply write Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg
on your United Way Pledge form.

Amazon Smile Foundation - A program where Amazon donates .5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization selected by you. Just another way to help support our organization.

Community Aid – From bin to store--we have gone virtual! Donation of clothing can be dropped off at any of the Community Aid locations:
4405 Lewis Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17111
(717) 412-7706
4833 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17050
2001 Springwood Road
Queensgate Shopping Center
York, PA 17403

31 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
1070 N Susquehanna Trail
Selinsgrove, PA 17870

Note: For Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg to receive credit (6 cent per pound), please use our partner number 10348.

10/26/2020

For the July 2019 to June 2020 program year, the Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg Board of Directors and Executive Director would like to thank all of our generous individual donors and the following foundations/corporations/churches who continually support our mission--to ensure our low income homeowners, such as the elderly, disabled, families with children and veterans of war live in a safe and healthy home and remain independent and "age in place".

Altrusa, Community Aid, Dermody Properties, Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors, Jean Griswold, Hershey Company, Kline, Lowes, M&T, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, PHFA, Sage Corporation, Second City Church, Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, St. Lawrence Lodge Club #13, Stabler, UPS and Wegmans.

Thank you!

10/26/2020

Thank you to the congregation of Paxton United Methodist Church and the Lend a Hand agency for volunteering their time (especially during this pandemic) to tear down and construct a new porch and roof for a homeowner living in Millerstown.

A special thanks to House Captain Bill Toner for coordinating this project.