When the Vitale family woke up yesterday, they didn't know that Ty and the gang from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" would be knocking on their door. Not only will the Vitale's get a transformed house from the hugely popular reality series, they will get a free solar energy system from groSolar in the deal.
A fast-growing and leading national solar energy company, groSolar joined the television show to provide the Vitale’s with a newly renovated, handicapped-accessible and energy efficient home.
“We are glad to help this deserving family,” groSolar CEO Jeff Wolfe said. “It is part of our mission of social responsibility and trying to be part of the climate crisis solution. This family will realize the benefits of solar energy in reducing their home energy bills with virtually no maintenance.’’
Wolfe said his company has made similar donations, including solar energy systems for the local Twin Pines Housing Trust and Habitat for Humanity.
“Solar energy provides affordable, low maintenance, reliable energy we all can live with," Wolfe said.
Sarah and Lou Vitale have two loving and bright sons: Kane, 2, and Louie Angelo Jr., one and a half. Louie Angelo has multiple birth defects, including Arthogryposis, club feet and skeletal displasia. Although he can’t move very well, he loves to paint. So his mother started Angel Boy Art in honor of her son. The organization allows children to paint and auction off their work to raise money and awareness around their particular disease.
Limited resources have prevented the Vitale's from adapting their home to Louis Jr.’s needs. The home was built on a weak foundation that consists of tree trunks, bare earth and shifting blocks.
A superior design team that includes groSolar and The McKernon Group, Inc. and hundreds of volunteers will now provide the family with a handicap-accessible, energy efficient house that everyone can be proud of. While Ty and the designers are rebuilding the home, the Vitale family will be living and volunteering at David’s House, a home away from home for children receiving treatment at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
The episode “Vitale Family’’ will air on ABC in January 2008.
The design team for the episode will feature team leader Ty Pennington and designers Michael Moloney, Paul DiMeo, Tanya McQueen and John Littlefield.
For more information, please contact Kevin Ellis 1-800-498-5390, kevin@kse50.com or Sue Lewis 1-800-374-4494, sue@grosSolar.com. www.groSolar.com.
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