How can you help rebuild Long Beach?

Have you ever thought that you would like to help someone in need in Long Beach but weren't sure how to go about it? Well you are in luck because there is a great organization that helps people in need in the city of Long Beach. The group, Rebuilding Together Long Beach, is dedicated to helping home owners who can't afford to help repair their homes.

Think of them as "Extreme Home Makeover" at the local level and helping those in need without ever getting on TV, getting credit, or having a large budget and having to depend on the generosity of those in Long Beach who can afford to give to help those in need.

Our Long Beach Broker Tour was pleased to have Diane Anglin, the president, come in and speak to our group about what they do. Before I get into what they do it should be noted that she mentioned how they don't get press in the local media or paper. Now they don't want press for credit they want press so they can help more people. So if anyone knows newspaper writers, TV producers, or others in the large scale media then let them know about this very worth group of dedicated volunteers.

So what do they do?

They truly help people stay in their homes who can't afford to fix them. Some of us, including me, take for granted sometimes what we can do ourselves or afford to fix at our own homes. They help people with the following:

• Adding of security lights
• Repair of hand rails
• Modifications to bathrooms for the handicapped

They by no means are limited to these but think about the security light issue. Some elderly members of the community can't afford a security light and can't install one and these great group of people go out and take care of these issues for them.

There are so many people in need that they can't help them all and in fact they need help just to make sure they can keep helping people.

How can YOU Help?

Here is the challenge in this post. We are challenging everyone to see what how they can help this great group to keep helping people. We can all make excuses but it would be even better to give up the cup of coffee or the soda and make sure to help them out. There are several ways to help them out.

Let's cover a few of them:

• Donate Via Pay Pal at their website - http://www.rebuildingtogetherlongbeach.org/give.html
• Volunteer - They are always in need of people to help them repair homes and carry out their mission.
• Sign up for Ralphs card and enter their number of 83877 - http://www.rebuildingtogetherlongbeach.org/ralphs.html
• Link to their website - Make sure that people know who they are and send more traffic to them.
• If you know someone in the large scale media let them know about this group - Press will help them help more people so let's make sure people know about them.

I encourage everyone to visit their website at http://www.rebuildingtogetherlongbeach.org/index.html. You will find more detail about what they do, who they help, and how you can take part in changing peoples lives in your very own backyard.