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Donate to HomeFrontThe AmeriCares HomeFront program has been a saving grace for neighbors in need purely through the simple volunteer act of giving back. By leveraging individual acts of goodwill collectively in the form of team formation, financial donations, product donations and service contributions, AmeriCares HomeFront has provided free home repairs to nearly 2,200 low-income homeowners since the program’s inception two decades ago. Targeted Communities Where the Need is Greatest Percentage of 2007 Applicants NOTE: More than 300 applicants had to be “wait listed” in 2007 due to lack of teams and funding. Value of Donated Product & Services Every $2,500 contribution improves a homeowner’s property value by $13,000. That’s a five-fold return on investment! 2007 Donated Product: $396,689 2007 Donated Services: $21,136 The average cost to AmeriCares Homefront is $11,000 per project. Teams contribute only a fraction of that amount as a Team Sponsorship. Financial and in-kind donations help us close the gap and sustain the program. Those Whom We Serve NOTE: These categories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Applicants may fall into more than one category. Interesting Facts About Those Whom HomeFront Helps The U. S. Census Bureau projects the population in Connecticut over age 65 will be more than one-half million by 2007. The number of families in Connecticut living in single parent homes exceeds the number of married couple families in CT, according to 1990 Census data. The annual income of persons living in Connecticut with disabilities is just over $9,000! Yet, the state ranks fifth in the country in terms of highest cost of living, with a median income over $41,000. |
