The sounds of hammers, saws and electric drills filled four homes in Richmond Roanoke, Virginia recently, as an employee, agent and client volunteers Erie Insurance has teamed up with the organization Rebuilding Together to make repairs to the house, the security changes and energy efficiency improvements for local owners.
Rebuilding Together is a nonprofit organization that rehabs homes for low-income homeowners across the country. Updates included caulking doors and windows, installation of handrails, improved lighting, electrical repairs and minor plumbing, and securing external doors
Three houses in total -. Two in Richmond and Roanoke - have been renovated. To mark Veterans Day in Roanoke, ERIE improved the home of the widow of a veteran. In spring, the team will work on another house of a local veterinarian.
"Rebuilding Together works all year to raise awareness of the plight of homeowners and low-income American communities struggling to stabilize and preserve their homes and neighborhoods," said Amy King, executive director of Rebuilding Together Richmond. "with the generous support of sponsors such as Erie Insurance, we were able to make significant improvements in the homes and lives of local residents for the past 21 years."
in Richmond, Agents Doug Cox Cornerstone insurance, Ken Kenneth Forti Forti insurance, Rob Thurston Heare and Heare insurance, Gene Lastfogel Virginia insurance services, Kevin Perry insurance Group Dyeco Sumser and Todd James River insurance have ERIE employees joined for the day.
in Roanoke, customer ERIE Ryan Richards Richards Landscaping, joined local employees for construction.
Shirley Roop, whose house was renovated in Roanoke, joked renovations, "I just know the water bill will go up because every time I walk through the tap, I want to turn" .
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