Volunteers will rehabilitate five homes of elderly and low-income Menlo Park residents and renovate the nonprofit Family Connections’ preschool building, located on the Belle Haven School campus, as part of a large-scale effort April 29, sponsored by the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Peninsula.
Thousands of volunteers — with a big assist from 100 large and small businesses — will fix up at no charge 51 homes of low-income and elderly people and improve facilities of 23 nonprofit organizations from Daly City to Sunnyvale.
“East Menlo Park is a critical service area for us,” said Kristina Knudsen, development director of Redwood City-based Rebuilding Together Peninsula. This year the nonprofit received 41 applications for home and nonprofit projects in east Menlo Park, which includes the Belle Haven neighborhood.
“Too many of our neighbors cannot afford home repairs and are living in cold, damp, unsafe homes,” Ms. Knudsen said.
Three of the Menlo Park homes need roof repairs or replacements, at an estimated costs of about nearly $10,000. Volunteers will install grab-bars and railings, repair and replace windows, and repair and upgrade electrical and heating systems.
They will create ramps and widen doorways to provide access for disabled people, install fencing, paint, and do other home-repair tasks, such as fixing leaky faucets and replacing plumbing.
At Family Connections preschool, Stanford volunteers will install an emergency access, replace wheelchair ramps, enclose play areas with fences, and replace windows with non-shatter panes.
Rebuilding Together Peninsula is part of a national, nonprofit organization with more than 260 affiliates.
