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Stamford — More than 3,000 volunteers from 78 faith-based, civic and corporate community groups will revitalize 60 homes and six community centers in Connecticut and New York on Saturday May 1 as part of the 23rd annual HomeFront Day.

Amid sobering job losses and weakened retirement savings, the collective impact of “hands on” volunteer labor, financial sponsorships and donated building materials aims to deliver $1.3 million in crucial improvements for elderly homeowners on fixed incomes, disabled residents, single-parent households, low-income families and community centers in disrepair. Window replacements, plumbing and electrical repairs, accessibility improvements, roofing repairs and fresh coats of paint are among the gifts that participants will share to keep neighbors in their homes with an improved quality of life. Volunteers performing the repairs, program organizers and the homeowners who benefit are available for interviews.

For the 13th consecutive year, experts from the Emmy Award-winning television program, “This Old House“ are taking part. General contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and their crew will make repairs to a Norwalk home [1 Bartlett Manor].

By the end of this HomeFront Day, nearly 2,500 low-income neighbors will have received nearly $38 million worth of repairs through the program. Although this extends a tradition into its 23rd season, this is the first year HomeFront, formerly known as AmeriCares HomeFront, is operating as an independent, home-grown program. The following eight Founding Sponsors answered the call to keep this program alive as a standalone: Mithun Family Foundation, MetLife Foundation, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, People’s United Community Foundation, The Norbert H. Hardner Foundation, FactSet Research Systems, GE Asset Management, and Webster Bank. The mission of HomeFront is to keep neighbors with financial and often physical limitations in their homes with an improved quality of life through the completion of repairs at no cost to them.

• Avon Products, Rye
• This Old House Ventures, New York

• Sharpened Saws Team, Yonkers
• Team SVO, Carmel

• MetLife Foundation, New York
• Mithun Family Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

• People’s United Community Foundation, Fairfield, CT
• The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York
• The Norbert H. Hardner Foundation, Amherst, NH

• FactSet Research Systems, Norwalk, CT
• GE Asset Management, Stamford, CT
• Webster Bank, Waterbury, CT

• Bank of America, Hartford, CT
• The Partner Reinsurance Company of the US, Greenwich, CT