@  RT Volunteers Receive Certification-Twenty three participants in an 8 hour course were certified in the identification of Lead Based Paint and facilitating safe work practices in a seminar sponsored by Rebuilding Together Yellowstone County on April 24, 2006. Board members and volunteers from our Chapter becoming certified were Connie Lough, Sarah McNamara, Paul Norris, Julie Vaughn, Pat Vaughn and Sandy Wong. Presented by Atrium Environmental Health and Safety Services in Reston, VA, the seminar was coordinated by chapter past president Sandy Wong.

@  "Safe at Home" Presentations- More than 260 senior citizens received information about the Home Modification ‘Safe At Home’ Initiative in a series of presentations at Senior Centers and Meals on Wheels sites during March, April and May of 2006. The leading cause of injury and death among seniors has been identified as falling at home. Materials and supplies for this outreach were funded by a National Council on Aging grant and coordinated by board member Casey Joyce.

@  National RT Conference: Connie Lough and Sandy Wong, Chapter President and Past President, attended the National Rebuilding Together Conference in Washington, D.C., October 12-16, 2006. The conference theme was 100,000 Homes: Repairing Homes-Transforming Lives, celebrating the rehabilitation of the 100,000 home over 18 years to be rehabilitated nationwide by RT chapters. Wong called on the offices of Senator Baucus and Burns and Representative Rehberg as part of the Celebration on the Hill conference events, as well as served on the Conference Planning Committee.

@   Group Helps Homeowner - Article from the Billings Outpost, September 21, 2006

@  Sandy Wong heading to the Super Bowl – Countrywide Home Loans has recognized Sandy as the company’s Volunteer of the Year for fall 2005 on behalf of her leadership role with Rebuilding Together Yellowstone County.  She participated in the Kickoff to Rebuild, a National Football League-sanctioned Rebuilding Together event held in conjunction with the Super Bowl.  Countrywide was the patron sponsor to of the 10^th annual Kickoff to Rebuild, which was held in Detroit before the Super Bowl XL was played in the city’s Ford Field.  Volunteers, including NFL players and commissioner Paul Tagliabue and his wife refurbished an activity center for developmentally disabled adults and seniors.

@   Volunteer work pairs with bowl trip Nik Wong was well-rewarded for his mom's hard work. For that matter, so was his mom. The 13-year-old Castle Rock eighth-grader accompanied mom Sandy Wong, Countrywide's Volunteer of the Year, to reap the benefits of the company's award. In honor of her work on behalf of the Yellowstone Chapter of Rebuilding Together, Wong received the opportunity to volunteer her assistance in renovating an inner-city Detroit building, alongside National Football League players and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and to attend Super Bowl XL at Ford Field.  For more of this story from the Billings Gazette, click on or type the URL below: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/24/features/heights/33-vols.txt

@   Rebuilding Together Yellowstone County receives the 2005 Countrywide Small Affiliate Award – This two year affiliate demonstrated extraordinary strides in attaining a significant percentage of the practices areas under the Standards of Excellence.  Their achievement in attaining these requirements was exceptional and an inspiration to us all. –September 20, 2005 Issue of Rebuilding Together’s E-newsletter 

@   Congratulations Liz Sorensen – Liz has served on our Board of Directors for two years and has recently been nominated as position of secretary.  She has received the Scott Family Leadership Award for her volunteer efforts with our Rebuilding Together chapter.

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