2022 Spring HomeFront Days

In Spring Phase of Year-Round Campaign, Volunteers from Avon, Danbury, Darien, Enfield, Fairfield, Hartford, Kensington, Norwalk, New Fairfield, Oakville, Oxford, Seymour, Southbury & Stamford Revitalize 20 Homes for Low-Income Families

May 11 – At a time when inflation touches every aspects of our lives, hundreds of local volunteers are bringing home repair relief to families in need for just the right price — “on the house.” Across 14 Connecticut towns and cities, participants from 16 local corporate, civic and faith-based groups are rolling up their sleeves on Saturday, May 14th, ushering in the return of Spring HomeFront Days for the first time since the pandemic began. In this 35^th HomeFront season, local residents are kicking off the program’s goal to repair the homes of 70 low income older adults, persons with disabilities, veterans, single-parent households and families in transitional crisis this year. Since COVID’s onset, more than 100 local vulnerable families have found critical home repair assistance for free through HomeFront. [Photo, B-roll and interview opportunities are available with beneficiaries and volunteer leaders at “Media Welcome” locations listed below.]

COVID required cancellation of the longstanding Spring HomeFront Days in 2020 and 2021 while local outcry for help with repairs has only multiplied due to residents impacted by the virus through their health and livelihood. In the words of HomeFront’s Board Chair, Kenneth Wiegand, “As this pandemic unfolds, its impact on the health of those most vulnerable has come into focus. Here in HomeFront, we are keen on keeping this from escalating into a worsening housing crisis.” According to the CT Housing Collaborative, 30 percent of households in the state are considered cost burdened, paying 30 percent or more of their income toward their mortgage. HomeFront has responded by introducing COVID-compliant Fall HomeFront Days over the past two years and ratcheting up assistance through a new initiative called Critical Pro Repair (CPR). Through this service line, skilled HomeFront staff have teamed up with one or two pro volunteers to deliver crucial exterior repairs, such as wheelchair ramp installations, step and walkway overhauls and deck repairs to struggling families. More than 65 local families have already received essential construction aid from HomeFront through CPR since COVID’s arrival.

Thanks to the generosity of The Home Depot Foundation, three large-scale projects on Saturday will benefit local veterans. The collective compassion of hands on volunteers, product contributors, foundations and other donors brings HomeFront to the mark of more than 3,000 homes revitalized in program history, delivering $50 million of service where needed most. HomeFront is a community-based program dedicated to keeping low-income homeowners in their homes with an improved quality of life through substantial repairs completed at no cost to them. More information on HomeFront can be found online at: www.homefrontprogram.org.

Media Contact
Sean O’Brien, HomeFront
O: (203) 658-9664 C: (203) 803-9772
sobrien@homefrontprogram.org

LOCAL PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER GROUPS

Non-Profit/Civic

New Canaan Exchange Club

Faith-Based

Church of Saint Dunstan, Glastonbury, CT
Church of Christ the King, Wethersfield, CT
North American Martyrs Parish, East Hartford, CT
Sacred Heart Church, Southbury, CT
Saint Edmund Campion Parish, East Hartford, CT
Saint Edward the Confessor Parish, New Fairfield, CT
Saint George Parish, Guilford, CT
Saint James Lutheran, Southbury, CT
Saint John Bosco Parish, Branford, CT
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Darien, CT
Saint Louis deMontfort Parish, Litchfield, CT
Saint Mary Magdalen Parish, Oakville, CT
Saint Raphael Parish, Milford, CT
Saint Raymond of Peñafort Teams I, II & III, Enfield, CT
Saint Thomas the Apostle, Oxford, CT
Southbury Faith in Action, CT
Talmadge Hill Community Church, Darien, Ct
The Congregational Church of New Canaan, CT
Wilton Kiwanis Club, CT

MAJOR SPONSORS

Program Benefactor Level

The Home Depot Foundation, Atlanta, GA

Community Leader Level

Mithun Family Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
The John H. & Ethel G. Noble Charitable Trust, New York, NY
The Norbert H. Hardner Foundation, Amherst, NH
The Small Business Administration, Washington D.C.

Housing Partner Level

GECAS, Norwalk
Twenty-Seven Foundation, Glastonbury

Good Neighbor Level

City of Norwalk — Redevelopment Office, CT
The Katharine Matthies Foundation, Seymour, CT
The Office for Catholic Social Justice of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Bloomfield, CT

Project Builder Level

Near & Far Aid, Southport, CT
NewAlliance Foundation, New Haven, CT
PeoplesUnited Community Foundation, Bridgeport, CT
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Wilton, CT
Stamford Rotary Trust Fund, CT
The Auer Family Foundation, CT
The Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development, Hartford, CT
The Inner City Foundation, Bridgeport, CT
The James T. Lee Foundation, New York, NY
The Katharine Matthies Foundation, Hartford, CT
The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, Hamden, CT
Webster Bank, Waterbury, CT

PRODUCT & SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS

Allway Tools, Bronx, NY — tools
Behr Paint, Santa Anna, CA — paint
Classic Tile, Rockaway, NJ — flooring tile
H.J. Hoffman & Co., Norwalk, CT — screenprinting
Marvin, Enfield, CT — windows
Marypat Design, Westport, CT — graphic design
Matthew Saunders, LLC, CT — power washing
Mercury Excelum, East Windsor, CT — windows
Pro Bono Partnership, NY & Fairfield County, CT — non-profit legal assistance
Ring’s End, Bethel, CT — doors and construction materials
The Home Depot, Danbury, CT — building materials
The Watertown Lions Club, CT — wheelchair ramp
Wooster Brush Co, Wooster, OH — paint sundries

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