Rob's Blog

Estridge Companies is building the next Extreme Makeover Home Edition home right here in Indianapolis and we need help from Realtors.

The "door knock", announcing the family, is less than a day away. From there, Estridge will demolish the family's old home and build them a brand new dream home in 106 hours. ABC will be shooting the 2-hour season finale here in Indianapolis, which will air on May 17th.

Paul Estridge Jr. truly believes this opportunity is about more than just one family or one neighborhood. He has said time and again that we as a community can and should use this event as a catalyst to help one another.

So, in addition to volunteering to help build the dream home, Estridge has created other opportunities for everyone to get involved. They are leading a food drive to help feed hungry Hoosiers (learn more at ExtremeFoodDrive.com). They will also be launching a Facebook video campaign where they're asking people to work together to build something great. Also, M&I Bank has established a mortgage fund for the family.

We need your help to spread the word, drive participation and donations. We encourage you write about the event. To help you, we have a handful of behind-the-scenes passes to help you blog about the event. If you are interested in visiting the build site and writing about some of the many great stories surrounding the home contact me at rob@urbacs.com.

Estridge will also be Tweeting about the build with 106 + hourly Twitter updates. We would love to include any of your posts about the event in our Tweets. So even if you choose not to visit the build site, but write a post about the event, make sure to send me a link.