Tuesday, January 28, 2014

In the News ... "Nonprofit helps Midlanders with housing repairs"

MRT Photo by Tim Fischer
Ragini Venkatasubban, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - A plumber, a teacher, a landman and a real estate broker walk into a home on East Nobles Avenue. This isn’t the beginning of a riddle; it’s Radical Generosity, a Midland nonprofit that devotes its time to repairing people’s homes for free.

Mark Dean, a teacher at Midland Christian School, helps load a new, 30-gallon water heater onto a dolly as real estate broker Justin Roland rolls the old heater they’re replacing into an alley behind the home. Landman Matt Sears joins the men as they gather around the trunk of Dean’s car to help professional plumber Jamie May cut and solder a piece of pipe to attach to the new water heater.

Such projects are a near-weekly occurrence for the four men, who volunteer with Radical Generosity to repair people’s homes around Midland. Through word of mouth, they hear about people who need help and schedule a time to come out.

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