Project Restore of Salem City, NJ

“Building community while repairing homes”: one week long youth home repair program where owner occupied homes of low income families receive much needed home repairs to help make their homes warmer, safer, drier, and healthier. Adult volunteers supervise, teach, and guide the work being done with and by youth ages 13 and up who are learning valuable skills- work ethic, team work, basic home repair, carpentry, etc. and are serving in the community which benefits the community and the volunteers. The following factors led us to start this program locally:

• Residents need help with home repairs.
• Financial stressors from increased taxes, loss of local jobs, and decreasing housing market leave necessary home repairs at the bottom of to do lists, even more so now in the pandemic.
• Salem City needs encouragement.

Number of volunteers since 2018

2018-42

2019-44

2020-40

This summer, June 28th – July 2nd, 2021 from 9am-4pm

• 9 possible projects depending on volunteer and leader numbers and funding
• Homes need windows and doors sealed, new floors- bathroom, kitchen, water damage on walls, porch repairs, foundation repairs
• Several homeowners need new roofs