2026 Spring HomeFront Days

Press Release
Written By Terry Johnson

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

500+ Local Neighbors Unite to Restore Safety and Stability for Local Families During Spring HomeFront Days
Annual initiative mobilizes 18 community groups to revitalize 18 homes for older adults, veterans, individuals with disabilities and families in crisis

Wilton, CT — April 27 — More than 500 volunteers from 18 faith communities, civic groups and corporations will come together this weekend for the start of Spring HomeFront Days, an annual initiative that provides life- changing repairs at no cost to families in need.

Mobilized by HomeFront, the outpouring will revitalize 18 homes, uniting 21 cities across CT in the service of older adults, persons with disabilities, veterans, single-parent households as well as families facing financial and often health-related hardships.

Weeks of planning on the part of volunteer leaders will deliver essential safety, accessibility other improvements that help residents remain safely and independently in their homes. Many of the repairs carry added urgency following an unusually harsh winter that placed additional strain on already deteriorating and vulnerable housing conditions. The event brings the program closer to its goal of revitalizing 85 homes in need this year.

“Spring HomeFront Days reflects what community looks like at its best—people showing up for one another in a very tangible way. Over 37 years, more than 3,200 homes have been repaired, but the real impact is the stability and dignity those repairs bring to families who need it most,” said Kenneth Wiegand, HomeFront’s Board Chair.

“We are seeing continued demand for home repair support across our region,” noted Sean O’Brien, HomeFront’s Executive Director. “Through Spring HomeFront Days, our volunteers bring stability directly to our most vulnerable neighbors, right where they live.”

Today’s HomeFront organizes Spring and Fall volunteer home repair group events. The program has also ratcheted up assistance with its new initiative called Critical Pro Repair (CPR). Through CPR, skilled HomeFront staff team up with one or two skilled volunteers to deliver crucial repairs such as wheelchair ramps, step and walkway overhauls and deck repairs to struggling families. More than 150 local families have received essential construction aid from HomeFront through CPR since 2020.

The collective compassion of hands-on volunteers, product contributors, foundations and other donors brings HomeFront to the mark of more than 3,200 homes revitalized in program history, delivering $50 million of service where needed most since 1988. 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.

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PARTICIPATING LOCAL VOLUNTEER GROUPS

Corporate

Community Builder Level

  • FactSet, Norwalk

Barnraiser Level

  • HOLOGIC, Inc., Danbury

Civic

  • Greenwich Association of Realtors

  • Newtown Lions Club

  • Team Up, Danbury

Faith-Based

  • Holy Disciples Parish, Watertown

  • Newtown Congregational Church

  • North American Martyrs Parish, East Hartford

  • Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Stamford

  • Southbury Faith in Action (SOFIA)

  • St. Edward the Confessor Parish, New Fairfield

  • St. Jeanne Jugan Teams I & II, Enfield

  • St. Luke's Parish, Darien

  • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fairfield

  • St. Paul’s Parish, Kensington

  • St. Raphael Parish, Milford

  • St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Oxford

MAJOR SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsor

  • Connecticut Department of Housing

Program Benefactor

  • Connecticut Department of Economic Community Development

Community Leader Level

  • The John H. & Ethel G. Noble Charitable Trust, New York, NY

  • The Mithun Family Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

  • The Norbert H. Hardner Foundation, Amherst, NH

Housing Partner Level

  • Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, West Hartford

  • Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, IOREBTA

  • Everett Bulkley Trust, New York, NY

  • Twenty-Seven Foundation, Glastonbury

Good Neighbor Level

  • City of Norwalk – Redevelopment Office

  • David, Helen & Marian Woodward Foundation, Watertown

  • Near & Far Aid, Southport

  • St. John’s Community Foundation, Stamford

  • The Ridgefield Thrift Shop

  • The Goodnow Fund, Darien

  • The Katharine Matthies Foundation, Seymour

  • The Office for Catholic Social Justice of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Bloomfield Webster Bank, Waterbury

Project Builder Level

  • First County Bank Foundation, Stamford

  • Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation, Wilmington, DE

  • NewAlliance Foundation, New Haven

Other Major Sponsors

  • Downey Family Foundation, Westport

  • Ives Bank, Danbury

  • Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation

PRODUCT & SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS

  • Ace Hardware, Bethel – building supplies

  • Allway Tools, Bronx, NY - tools

  • Behr Paint, Santa Anna, CA - paint

  • Classic Tile, Rockaway, NJ – flooring tile

  • DAP Products, Baltimore, MD - caulk

  • H.J. Hoffman & Co., Norwalk — screenprinting

  • Mark Johnson, Brookfield, CT – well drilling services Mercury Excelum, East Windsor – windows

  • Pro Bono Partnership, NY & Fairfield County — non-profit legal assistance Ring’s End, Bethel – doors and construction materials

  • The Home Depot, Danbury — building materials

  • Wooster Brush Co, Wooster, OH – paint sundries

Terry Johnson
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