Nonprofit blitz builds home for family in need
Home repair projects had been building up for Patrick and Diane O'Donnell at their house on Glade Mills Road in Middlesex Township, where they have lived since 1993.
Last year, the whole house came down. This week, a new one went up in the same space in just a few days.
The O'Donnells' home was the subject of a “blitz build” from Hosanna Industries, a Pennsylvania nonprofit that helps people in need with home repairs and reconstructions.
Diane O'Donnell said she heard through her church that Hosanna Industries helped people in need with construction projects, and contacted it last spring for help fixing a hole in her roof. She wound up getting a little more help than that.
“They suggested we start over,” Diane O'Donnell said. “So, they knocked it down and they built us a beautiful new home.”
This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.
