Building Community : RTP Kensington Block Build and Donation

Elfant Wissahickon Realtors’ fundraising goal of $10,000 was surpassed! EWR committed to sponsoring repairs to a home during the Rebuilding Together Philadelphia October Block Build in Kensington. The Block Build took place last week, on October 19th and 20th. Realtors, staff, and friends donated to reach the $10,000 goal over the past several weeks and the check was presented in person on Friday during the first of the two Block Build days.

Pictured from left from Elfant Wissahickon Realtors: Chas Hendricksen, Eric Moore, Paul Walsh, Miriam Martinez, Asher Kahn, and from Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, Stefanie Selden, Executive Director.

The mission of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia is to bring volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners. Each year, RTP and 1,200 volunteers provide free safe and healthy home repairs for 75 to 100 homeowners. RTP executes three Block Builds a year in April, June and October. Each Block Build is two or three rebuilding days that utilize between 100 and 250 volunteers, neighbors, and homeowners per day to repair 10 to 30 clustered homes in a targeted neighborhood.

EWR’s two part commitment to RTP was realized last week when 12 volunteers from our company worked at the houses for the Kensington Block Build.

Elfant Wissahickon Realtors volunteers included: Asher Kahn, Miriam Martinez, Eric Moore, Paul Walsh Jr., Paul Walsh, Bob Elfant, Denise Chapline, Louise D’Alessandro, Jan LeSuer, Deb Stanitz, Leo McElroy, John O’Connell, and Richard Goldstone. Special guests in attendance on Friday were Congressman Dwight Evans and Police Commissioner Richard Ross, Jr.

Pictured speaking above is Stefanie Selden, Executive Director, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia