Hello gang, Johnny here from the "Extreme Team," and this week I have the pleasure and privilege of talking about our incredible build week in Leon County, Florida, just outside of Tallahassee.
Now to begin with, I have to tell you a story. Back in my Catholic high school days, I had a Jesuit priest as a philosophy teacher, and when it came to the great Socrates proclaiming that he was "not an Athenian nor a Greek but a citizen of the world," I remember thinking, "What the heck is this cat talking about!?" Little did I know that ...
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Hey guys, Johnny here and this week I'm writing to you from Paris. Not Paris, Texas, mind you, but Paris, France. Now speaking of Texas, this week we find ourselves in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of the beautiful state, to help the Augustin family. There's Amber the mom, and our hero this week, Peter the dad, and Cameron, Emily and Lane (the kids).
Now, Amber loved photography her whole life, but it wasn't until her husband Peter gave her ...
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This week, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) is in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania to meet the Drumm family. Matt and Blasia are a pretty amazing couple, and they're pretty incredible parents. After the birth of their two children with autism, Mathew and Blasia devoted their lives to the needs of children with disabilities. Today, they help manage a special needs Little League and during the school year, Blasia works as a special needs teacher's aid. To meet the needs of their autistic children, Matt ...
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Hey Gang, Johnny here from the Extreme team! This week we found ourselves in Minnesota with the DeVries family, now I truly believe this family and their community puts the heart in the heartland!
Now the players in my great story are Dirk the dad, Susan the mom and their three kids, April, Derik and Hanna.
Despite their physical limitations ...
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Hey Gang! Johnny here and this week we find ourselves in Beautiful Warwick Rhode Island to help Out the Silva family! Now, Rhode Island might be the smallest state in the union but it's giant when it comes to spirit, community, hospitality, and of course food. Where else can you eat Johnny cakes (gotta love that name), stuffies (stuffed clams) and anywhere from Charleston beach to Warwick for the greatest clamcakes and chowder in the world! For a late night snack head on over to Haven Brothers for an incredible burger and wash it all down with an Awful Awful (thick milkshake), coffee, milk or my favorite, and a sure sign of summer - Del's Lemonade. Now I might sound a little partial, for my girl hails from this great state! But enough talk about food, just head to Federal Hill and you'll see what I'm talking about!OK... for the business at hand! The Silva family! There's Mom, Doreen and dad, Ken, two of the most selfless people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. You look up "...
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