The Roof Wizard - Roof & Exterior Softwashing has been blessed to be involved in a charitable project with the Atlantic Count Habitat for Humanity and approximately 20 other contractors and suppliers.  Single mom Yamile Mendez works at a bank, does tax preparation, and waitresses one day a week. But with three children, one of whom has special needs, it’s been difficult to put aside enough money to renovate her Central Avenue house to accommodate a wheelchair. Her 12-year-old son Erik has cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that affects muscle coordination and movement. He can't be bathed in her regular tub, so relies on sponge baths. She gets a lot of help from her 17-year-old son Danny in caring for Erik. A senior at Hammonton High School, he carries his 89-pound brother in and out of the house, which has no wheelchair ramp. 

Now John Aloisio, The Roof Wizard-Roof & Exterior Cleaning in Hammotnon, NJ is part of a coalition of supply companies and construction specialists who will donate some supplies and all of the labor to put a handicapped accessible bathroom and tub off of Erik’s room, as well as a new exit door and wheelchair ramp. They will also raise the floor to his bedroom, which is in a former porch and requires a step down. We plan to start work this month, but still needs some funding for building supplies.

Donations may be made on the Habitat for Humanity Atlantic County web site atACHabitat.org or checks may be mailed to Habitat at P.O. Box 443, Pleasantville, NJ 08232. Please write “Mendez project” in the memo area. There is also a Friends of Erik Mendez Community Project page at facebook.com/eriksfriends.

The article above and pictures attached are from Press of Atlantic City & The Hammonton Gazette.