KANSAS CITY – On Saturday, Sept. 20, Rebuilding Together Kansas City will mobilize hundreds of volunteers to help repair dozens of homes and complete modifications that help low-income homeowners live safer, healthier lives, according to a release from the nonprofit.

These essential repairs will include dry rot repair, handrail installation, wheelchair ramps, landscaping, painting, and more. The efforts are all part of Rebuilding Together Kansas City’s annual flagship program, Rebuilding Day.

“Rebuilding Day is about neighbors helping neighbors, and the community building community,” said Executive Director Scott Hickox. “It’s not only a great opportunity to serve alongside friends and co-workers, but is also a chance to work together to benefit families in need.”

Rebuilding Together Kansas City is an affiliate of the national nonprofit Rebuilding Together, Inc., one of the largest volunteer organizations in the United States dedicated to improving the homes and lives of low-income families, seniors, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

Locally, Rebuilding Together Kansas City provides critical repairs and safety modifications for over 125 low-income families in the Kansas City community each year, at no cost to them. The average household income of these families in 2024 was around $23,000 a year.

According to Hickox, it requires approximately $125,000 to accomplish the work planned on Rebuilding Day 2025. It also requires up to 200 volunteers to serve on sites through the community that day. Rebuilding Together Kansas City is actively recruiting site sponsors and volunteers for the effort.

“Together, we’re transforming the lives of neighbors in need,” said Hickox. “Last year, we were able to repair 23 homes in a single day, and in the process improve the lives of 23 families. Our hope is to do even more this year.”

When Hickox mentions “transforming the lives of neighbors in need,” he is referring to neighbors like Linda, a disabled veteran raising a son with disabilities who had water issues in her home, including needing a new roof and dealing with a basement that leaked. On a fixed income, these repairs seemed out of reach.

“I was really struggling with how to keep a roof over my head when it was literally falling down,” she said.

Rebuilding Together Kansas City worked with vendor partners to replace the home’s roof and mobilized volunteers to install a French drain and repair a basement window that was taking in water. “Finding Rebuilding Together was a dream,” said Linda.

These are the types of stories that will come out of Rebuilding Day 2025. For more information or to get involved, visit http://bit.ly/RebuildingDay2025.