Building Hope

Volunteers from Northwoods Community Church, Woodland Baptist Church, and South Side Mission tear the roof off a house on Tonti Circle in Peoria last week. The group then put a new one on for a low-income homeowner as part of South Side Mission's Hope Builders.

Hope Builders, a South Side Mission program that gives free large repairs for low-income homeowners in the 61605 zip code, will do over 30 projects this year.

Last week was the program's major one week push in which Hope Builders volunteers completed 20 projects, including new roofs, siding, painting, and remodeling. All at no cost to the homeowner.

More than 75 volunteers from area churches converged to complete the jobs. LS Building Supply in East Peoria donated all of the materials--a more than $50,000 in-kind donation.

Why do we do this? Because when you put a new roof on someone's house that cannot afford it, it becomes very easy to tell them about Jesus!

Here's what the Peoria Journal Star had to say about the program...

Here's what WMBD-TV 31 had to say about the program...