Jody Herrington

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Reveal Day

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Operation Blessing and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – What an amazing week! It was such a great experience – a dream come true. (more…)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Day 5

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Operation Blessing, Paige Hemmis and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Construction continues on day 5! (more…)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Day 4

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Operation Blessing and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Today was a great day for OB! We have had a laser-like focus as usual, listening for the greatest needs from Trademark and ABC and being flexible and focused enough to meet those needs small or large. It was so rewarding as we were called on left and right to help out. (more…)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Day 3

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Operation Blessing and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Our guys were a huge help this morning. They arrived at 5 a.m. and were supposed to unload sheetrock at 5:30 and begin installation at 6. The project was behind and about 6:30 a.m. I received a text message from Duane, the builder, stating, “Jody we need framers bad. Can you help?” (more…)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Day 2

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Operation Blessing and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – There was a lot of progress today…The builder, his team, the local companies, and volunteers are doing an amazing job. (more…)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Day 1

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Operation Blessing and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition blessed a family in Virginia Beach with a new home
Operation Blessing is supplying lumber, staff and more to support ABC’s Extreme Makover Home Edition and local partner, Trademark Construction, who are transforming a house this week for a deserving family in Hampton Roads, Virginia. (more…)

A hard day’s work

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Operation Blessing works in East Orange, Texas to restore homes damaged by Hurricane Ike

EAST ORANGE, Texas – Today was another great day; however, one house had its challenges. Gerald’s home was built around the 1930s and has been passed on throughout the generations. As teams measured and hung drywall, they quickly realized that the home was not square level or plumbed correctly. (more…)

“Extreme Blessing” home make-over week begins

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

More than 100 Rockford Master's Commission students join Operation Blessing in Beaumont, Texas.

BEAUMONT, Texas – Today was an exciting day as we welcomed 108 Rockford Master’s Commission (RMC) students. They arrived at 10:00 AM in 12 vans, excited to take part in our week of “Extreme Blessing” home make-overs. (more…)

Ike Volunteers Needed

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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Fishing community hit hard by storm

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Operation Blessing heads to Oak Island, Texas to bring disaster relief.

OAK ISLAND, Texas – We went to Oak Island on Saturday after hearing that there were several hundred familes in a Vietnamese fishing community that had not received hardly any help. (more…)

Volunteer cleanup efforts help bring families home

Monday, September 29th, 2008

OBI disaster response teams help a family in Bridge City, Texas.

BRIDGE CITY, Texas – Today we helped a very precious family in need. Richard and his wife, Angie, have two children: Cameron, 11, and a teenage daughter, Kelsey. They evacuated for Hurricane Ike and returned to find their home flooded with over 2 feet of water. (more…)

First responders get well-deserved help

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Operation Blessing helps a first responder work on his own home after Hurricane Ike.

BRIDGE CITY, Texas – Today was a great day overall. We worked on cleaning up Deputy Sheriff Mike’s house today. When Ike came ashore, Deputy Mike and his fellow officers were staying in a secure bunker to weather the storm. But as the 911 calls poured in from terrified residents, they left the safety of the bunker in boats and off-road dump trucks to rescue people who otherwise may have lost their lives. (more…)

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