Central Florida Green Guide

This one came across my desk today so I’ve got another for the armchair activists to crusade in the name of keeping local good stuff happening!

It is an online petition to encourage “Extreme Makeover” to take on the project of rebuilding the Russell Home. If you hadn’t heard about it before, here’s some bits from the Russell Home website:

• The Russell Home for Atypical Children in South Orlando has been in continuous operation for over 50 years without any government support.
• The Russell Home is the only private, non-profit facility of its kind for severely handicapped children in Central Florida.
• The ”HOME” the 24 children live in (ages from 4 to 63 yrs) was built in the 1940’s and has sheltered over a thousand physically and/or mentally challenged children for over 60 years. The home originally
  built for seven was added onto numerous times to help families in need.
• The entire structure is beyond repair.

You can add you name to the petition letter. It reads:

To: Our Florida Community:

I support Janet Russell-Nixon and the Russell Home for Atypical Children in a quest for ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to rebuild the Russell Home. The Russell Home, started in 1951 by Vantrease “Grandma” Russell, has housed hundreds of “children” over the last 57 years. She welcomed these children into her own home, and gave them love and care. The home, currently run by her daughters, is in dire need of repairs, refurbishing, and much needed space for the 25+ current residents. On top of that, the home is supported solely on donations from the community, which covers medicine, health care, food, clothing, etc. Let’s help them out and bring Extreme Makeover to Central Florida, to the Russell Home!

Sincerely,

The Undersigned