From the Heart: Waterloo Home Enhancement Project

Applications are being sought for qualified Owner Occupied Homeowners in Waterloo. The From the Heart: Waterloo Home Enhancement Project is a Co-Sponsored Agreement between various Waterloo Agencies, Community Members, and Group Workcamp Foundation. This partnership will lead to the repair and improvement of up to 65 homes in Waterloo, Iowa. Group Workcamps are weeklong home-repair projects involving volunteers from youth groups recruited by Group Workcamps.

During the week of June 27 - July 3, 2010, more than 400 senior high youth from across the nation will arrive with their youth groups in Waterloo, along with adult supervisors and Group Workcamps staff, to repair and/or paint up to 60-80 homes. The service is provided free of charge through the hard work of many volunteers.

Who is Eligible?

• Residents living within Waterloo city limits who are financially unable to do the work themselves, older adults and/or persons with disabilities.
• Residents living within the city of Waterloo with homes in obvious need of repair.
• Waterloo residents who are living in the home as their primary residence and who are either buying the home or own the home.
• Waterloo residents who have no other means of getting the work completed.
• Waterloo homes where the environment will be socially and physically safe for the teen volunteers.

The volunteers will spend five days repairing housing units for homeowners located in the distressed parts of the Waterloo and are either: Elderly, Low-income, or Physically Disabled.

The types of repairs this project will work on are: porch and step repair & limited construction, wheelchair-ramp construction, interior and exterior painting, weatherization & caulking, light carpentry, siding repair. Please complete the application and return application by March 12, 2010 at noon to: Operation Threshold, From the Heart, 405 Chestnut Street, PO Box 4120, Waterloo, IA 50704.

Applications will be reviewed on a First Come First Served Basis! To be eligible for consideration please return ASAP.

Applicants meeting the deadline will be contacted by a representative of From the Heart in April regarding your application. For more information please contact Janet Wessels, Waterloo Housing Authority at 233-0201.