Dayton On Saturday, National Rebuilding Day, the University of Dayton football team once more joined up with Rebuilding Together Dayton volunteers to offer free repairs to residents in Dayton neighbor hoods. The local nonprofit works to rehabilitate and restore America’s underprivileged neighborhoods as part of the larger Rebuilding Together organization, which has more than 100 affiliates nationwide.
The Flyers have been a part of the event for 14 years.
“Thanks to some former Flyer football players serving on their board, our program has had a long-standing relationship with Rebuilding Dayton,” Trevor Andrews, the Flyer coach, said.”Our players look forward to participating in it again each spring since it is a significant aspect of the Dayton football experience.It really is a win-win scenario.
Football team volunteers were mostly stationed at two sites. A crew cleaned up yards, painted houses, and trimmed overgrown vegetation on residences on Miami Chapel Road and Edgemont Avenue. Rebuilding Dayton’s storage container, which is housed at the Third District headquarters of the Dayton police department on Washington Street, was primed and painted by other groups. Additionally, the group helped numerous homes in the Edgemont and Carillon communities with yard maintenance.
“This is the ideal time for us,” Andrews continued. Before the semester ends, this is the final opportunity for our team to come together as a unit. Our boys gained some perspective and a break from the norm before exams start this week thanks to their volunteer work with Rebuilding Together Dayton this past weekend.
“From a purely football perspective, it enables us to keep growing and fortifying our team dynamic. That is significant, but this goes much beyond that.”
Rebuilding Together helps elderly or disabled homeowners who wish to remain in their most comfortable home but are unable or unable to make renovations to their house. Every April, Rebuilding Day aims to preserve people’s safety and independence by fostering a sense of neighborly camaraderie. The homeowners are chosen from nominations submitted by individuals, churches, priority boards, housing inspectors for the city, and neighborhood associations.
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