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Giving Back
 

 
This summer, me and 12 adults took 35 youth the Huff West Virginia to do what we could for a number of family’s that needed a helping hand. I had a group of 6 and we moved a mountain for a family in need. What a blessing it is to be able to serve and know that your efforts are making an immediate and sometimes life changing difference. All the kids had a great time and saw firsthand that serving is not only good for the recipient but good for the provider. It is a win win and can be a way of life not just a once a year service project. The kids are planning for next year already, my daughter Grace a senior asked me to go again, so I am on board.
 
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Through Rebuilding Together Montgomery County, I acted as the house captain on this project, with the help of my church Oakdale Emory and a group of friends.  This project was in Germantown, our client was in his 80ies and was wheel chair bound.  As you can see he was hostage to his home.  The owners grown daughter took care of her dad.  Her father was becoming depressed he could not even go outside on his own there was no way for him to navigate the door or a place to sit if he was able to get outside.  If there was a fire or an emergency I do not know if the owner would have been able to save himself.  The daughter came by frequently to take her dad to doctors appointments and worried about her dad or her getting hurt as they navigated the rickety old stairs and steep grade. 

As you can see we designed a safe no step landing just out side his door that he could navigate himself.  We also build a ramp to the street to help take the difficult grade out of the equation.  We have heard from the daughter that on nice days when her dad has an appointment he is often times outside waiting for her now.  Happy story, happy ending.   

 

 
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Dog House Auction to raise money for the Rotary Club of Bethesda Chevy Chase

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! This year we are enlisting the help of Bethesda’s building community to bring the exciting DOG HOUSE AUCTION back to Strut Your Mutt 2015 and provide great new homes for some of “Bethesda’s Best

 

 
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Design Studio 45 was contacted by Future Link, a group that is dedicated to providing young adults academic and career support, about an informational interview in architecture. We were more than flattered to have been asked and excited about the opportunity to add to a young person’s education.
 


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