A Thank You to Lowes Home Improvement
I've written in the past about the "angels" who came to help us right after the Invisible Flood of 06 had ebbed out of our home. We were lucky - that 21 year old son of mine and I - we could never have managed to haul out all that debris and river mud muck on our own. Even with help it took weeks of hard work to get the job done.
There is one thank you I am long over due in extending and today is the day to tell that story.
Back in late July when I stumbled upon those three terrific FEMA mitigation ladies at a "home improvement store" - that store happened to be a Lowes Home Improvement store.
Those ladies were terrific, they listened and offered the best advice and assistance they had available at the time. They also are responsible for putting us in contact with our "Special Needs" FEMA worker - I've mentioned before that she too ranks right up there on that list of helpful FEMA workers as well.
Later that day I discovered those ladies had gone one step further in trying to get some help headed our way. I found out when I'd gotten back home that day and found a phone message from one of the ladies.
It seems that they struck up a conversation with the Human Resource person at that Lowes store. Somehow or other they got that person caring about my daughter and I and our situation.
The message I found was a request to give that person at Lowes a call, she wanted to know more about what kind of help we needed.
I made that call, back then at the end of July, and within a day or so went back to Lowes to meet that Human Resource person face to face. She was terrific too, and she said they wanted to help.
When she asked what we needed help with, all I really needed and wished for at the time was to have help getting the remainder of the sheetrock (wallboard) off those Family Room walls, and the drop ceiling needed to come down as well.
We had worked hard at removing the walls, the insulation and the plastic sheeting that was behind all that too. We'd gotten the majority of it out by that time, but there was still quite a bit left - up high on the walls.
Everything flood-mud soaked, the wet and crumbling smelly parts were gone, leaving a ragged and jagged mess up further near the ceiling.
During the days while my son was at work doing his summer job, I'd work on the content damages. When he'd come home around 6:30 PM in the evenings, we'd work as long as the daylight lasted - we didn't have electric working down there during those days post-flood.
We weren't able to get a lot done with removing the remainder of those walls, there just weren't enough hours in the day back then.
The Human Resource person from Lowes said she'd get together a crew of employees who'd mentioned they'd like to help folks who'd flooded. Originally they'd made up this crew of volunteers to help their fellow employees who's homes had flooded. It turned out that there wasn't a lot of fellow employees who needed help afterall, so they hadn't gotten to volunteer a lot - or so I understood.
She said it would take a while, but she wouldn't forget about us.
She didn't forget.
On September 1st we were blessed by that volunteer work crew sent by Lowes Home Improvement. Three men showed up and set right to work. They removed those jagged remains of sheetrock, the rest of that insulation which had been tucked up underneath, and removed that drop ceiling grid as well. They bagged it all up, swept the floor clean and were finished in under two hours!
It was amazing and wonderful, and a blessing for our family.
Having those remains of the walls removed helped improve the air quality in our home right away. The smell of flood-stench permeates most everything, something I'd unfortunately had to learn about this summer. Removing those last traces of the jagged wall remains took away a lot of the nasty smells.
It also made it possible for me to have those walls cloroxed again, top to bottom finally. I've told before about my new found fondness of that fresh clorox smell, and we had lots of clorox still on hand - compliments of the Disaster Relief Centers handing it out to us flood victims all summer long.
I wanted to be sure to tell you about this kind and caring gesture bestowed upon our family compliments of Lowes Home Improvement.
I've always liked Lowes anyway, I've always shopped at their stores when I've needed the types of items they sell. Now I know what a great group of caring employees they have as well.
They deserve praise and thanks for caring and taking the time to lend a hand to a family of flood victims. Thank You Lowes Home Improvement!
'Til tomorrow, Pam
There is one thank you I am long over due in extending and today is the day to tell that story.
Back in late July when I stumbled upon those three terrific FEMA mitigation ladies at a "home improvement store" - that store happened to be a Lowes Home Improvement store.
Those ladies were terrific, they listened and offered the best advice and assistance they had available at the time. They also are responsible for putting us in contact with our "Special Needs" FEMA worker - I've mentioned before that she too ranks right up there on that list of helpful FEMA workers as well.
Later that day I discovered those ladies had gone one step further in trying to get some help headed our way. I found out when I'd gotten back home that day and found a phone message from one of the ladies.
It seems that they struck up a conversation with the Human Resource person at that Lowes store. Somehow or other they got that person caring about my daughter and I and our situation.
The message I found was a request to give that person at Lowes a call, she wanted to know more about what kind of help we needed.
I made that call, back then at the end of July, and within a day or so went back to Lowes to meet that Human Resource person face to face. She was terrific too, and she said they wanted to help.
When she asked what we needed help with, all I really needed and wished for at the time was to have help getting the remainder of the sheetrock (wallboard) off those Family Room walls, and the drop ceiling needed to come down as well.
We had worked hard at removing the walls, the insulation and the plastic sheeting that was behind all that too. We'd gotten the majority of it out by that time, but there was still quite a bit left - up high on the walls.
Everything flood-mud soaked, the wet and crumbling smelly parts were gone, leaving a ragged and jagged mess up further near the ceiling.
During the days while my son was at work doing his summer job, I'd work on the content damages. When he'd come home around 6:30 PM in the evenings, we'd work as long as the daylight lasted - we didn't have electric working down there during those days post-flood.
We weren't able to get a lot done with removing the remainder of those walls, there just weren't enough hours in the day back then.
The Human Resource person from Lowes said she'd get together a crew of employees who'd mentioned they'd like to help folks who'd flooded. Originally they'd made up this crew of volunteers to help their fellow employees who's homes had flooded. It turned out that there wasn't a lot of fellow employees who needed help afterall, so they hadn't gotten to volunteer a lot - or so I understood.
She said it would take a while, but she wouldn't forget about us.
She didn't forget.
On September 1st we were blessed by that volunteer work crew sent by Lowes Home Improvement. Three men showed up and set right to work. They removed those jagged remains of sheetrock, the rest of that insulation which had been tucked up underneath, and removed that drop ceiling grid as well. They bagged it all up, swept the floor clean and were finished in under two hours!
It was amazing and wonderful, and a blessing for our family.
Having those remains of the walls removed helped improve the air quality in our home right away. The smell of flood-stench permeates most everything, something I'd unfortunately had to learn about this summer. Removing those last traces of the jagged wall remains took away a lot of the nasty smells.
It also made it possible for me to have those walls cloroxed again, top to bottom finally. I've told before about my new found fondness of that fresh clorox smell, and we had lots of clorox still on hand - compliments of the Disaster Relief Centers handing it out to us flood victims all summer long.
I wanted to be sure to tell you about this kind and caring gesture bestowed upon our family compliments of Lowes Home Improvement.
I've always liked Lowes anyway, I've always shopped at their stores when I've needed the types of items they sell. Now I know what a great group of caring employees they have as well.
They deserve praise and thanks for caring and taking the time to lend a hand to a family of flood victims. Thank You Lowes Home Improvement!
'Til tomorrow, Pam
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