Richland Center Family To Get New Home From 'Extreme Makeover'
Ty Pennington Informed Family Of New Home Thursday
Updated: 10:24 am CDT July 25, 2008
RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. -- A Richland Center family is having a dream come true.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportRochelle Anders and her four children will be getting an extreme makeover of their home courtesy of the ABC television show of the same name -- "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."Anders has been attempting to repair their dilapidated home since her husband died four years ago of a heart attack while playing with his kids, but it's been determined that the house is so far gone -- a rebuild is the only solution, WISC-TV reported."It's been four years from the actual day, to date, that happened, so that's kind of ironic that we'd be receiving such a great thing on that day, you know," said Anders.On Thursday morning, the star of the show, Ty Pennington, woke the family with a bullhorn to give them the good news.A team of designers, contractors and several hundred volunteers will spend the next seven days putting the new home together. Construction on the new home begins Saturday.Local company Veridian Homes will be on-site to build the home. In the meantime, the show is sending the family on a vacation to Canada.If anyone is interested in helping out, please click here: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
VIDEO: Watch The ReportRochelle Anders and her four children will be getting an extreme makeover of their home courtesy of the ABC television show of the same name -- "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."Anders has been attempting to repair their dilapidated home since her husband died four years ago of a heart attack while playing with his kids, but it's been determined that the house is so far gone -- a rebuild is the only solution, WISC-TV reported."It's been four years from the actual day, to date, that happened, so that's kind of ironic that we'd be receiving such a great thing on that day, you know," said Anders.On Thursday morning, the star of the show, Ty Pennington, woke the family with a bullhorn to give them the good news.A team of designers, contractors and several hundred volunteers will spend the next seven days putting the new home together. Construction on the new home begins Saturday.Local company Veridian Homes will be on-site to build the home. In the meantime, the show is sending the family on a vacation to Canada.If anyone is interested in helping out, please click here: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Copyright 2008 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
