Thousands Helped This Christmas!

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Fall Volunteer Events!

Over 100 volunteers gave their time this fall to some great projects and helped many wonderful families in need with major yard cleanup and home repair. Here are just a few photos from these events:

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Volunteer Event:

Saturday, July 26th, Need-A-Break provided a major home repair and paint project for an elderly widow in Pierce County! Thank you to all of the volunteers and donors that made this possible!

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Volunteer Event:

Saturday, July 12th, Need-A-Break provided two major home repair projects for families in Pierce County! Thank you to all of the volunteers and donors that made this possible!

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Volunteer Event:

On May 10th, Need-A-Break had a very successful community service project day. Projects included yard cleanup, minor home repair, and other items. Eight crews and over 100 volunteers combined to provide eight life-changing gifts to those in need in our community.

Many thanks to the volunteers and donors that made this day possible:

Platt Electric

Lumbermens

Winning Seasons

ABC Signs

L & D Electric

Sherwin-Williams of Puyallup

Engelking Painting

Lowe's South Tacoma

Rosen Supply

Keller Supply of Puyallup

Keller Supply of Tacoma

Home Depot of Tacoma

Danielle	Alcorn
Kristi	Alcorn
Andrew	Angell
Dan	Antilla
Lauren	Baniqued
Diane	Bauml
Kimberly	Bauml
Larry	Bauml
Steve	Bauml
Robbie	Betchart
Bruce	Bodine
Debbie	Bodine
Jami	Brandt
Steven	Brown
Kimberly	Cable
Mike	Callaham
Doug	Clements
Jule	Clements
Danny	Cobey
Michael	Cobey
Daniel	Cook
Keilani	Cruz
Katie	Delnime
Bill	Duppenthaler
Jody	Duppenthaler
Mark	Edmonston
Andy	Ellingson
John	Engelking
Derek	Estep
Christina	Evans
Willie	Field
Glenn	Floyd
Veronica	Garcia
Marion	Gierszewski
George	Gorder
Christine	Graff
Michael	Graff
Sarah	Grunberg
Megan	Gurr
Dona	Hamiliton
Kai	Hamiliton
Joshua	Harris
Donna	Haynes
Greg	Hendrickson
Andy	Holden
Brian	Holden
Jesie	Holden
Neil	Holden
Sheryl	Holden
Bob	Holder
Laura	Jennings
Kyle	Johnson
Molly	Johnson
Danielle	Kavziarich
Lauryn	Kaylor
Thomas	Komatsu
Joanne	Larson
Jerry	Lervcer
Marissa	Long
Gayla	Lord
Katelln	Louis
Jay	Milsten
Ellen	Mittlestach
Mackenna	Moore
Dave	Nelson
Jonathan	Normandin
Randall	Normandin
Abby	Norwood
Brett	Overfield
Jill	Overfield
Tiffany	Qualls
D.A	Robinson
Catalina	Rodriguez
Tyler	Rohr
Raul	Saucedo
Melanie	Shank
Catherine	Shea
Christine	Shea
Emily	Shea
Kelly	Shea
Derek	Simpson
Don	Simpson
Shannon	Sloss
Kelly	Smith
Joshua	Sommers
Bob	Sonneman
Brittany	Stahl
Marcia	Stocking
Kelley	Suggs
Lee	Sweet
Daniel	Thompson
David	Walton
Chad	Warren
Frank	Washburn
Jacob	Washburn
Jonnie	Washburn
Krista	Zappone

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Press:

Need-A-Break Services on CNN!

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Event:

Service Project for Flood Victim

Saturday, February 16th Need-A-Break Services restored the home of a family that lost possessions due to flooding. We performed a cleanup of the flood damage as well as organization and cleanup to leave the home even better than before. We gifted her some new appliances as well. She is a single mother who is working to make life better for her and her family.

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Event:

Volunteer Opportunity for elderly woman-Help Needed!

Need-A-Break Services worked with Pierce County Volunteer Chore Services to help an elderly woman in need be saved from impending homelessness. She needed vital home repairs to be able to move back into her home.

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Event:

Need-A-Break Services completed a home renovation project for a widow and her daughter in need in Seattle.

Read the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article about our work here.

See the KOMO TV story on the project here.

Read about the tragic events that left this family fatherless by clicking here.

MANY thanks to the following volunteers and donors that made this work possible!

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Successful Holiday Program!

Need-A-Break Services launched our first ever "Holiday Break" program in an effort to help those in need of a little extra help during the holiday season. We asked for requests from the community as well as donations for the program. We received exactly 14 donations and 14 requests for this program, making it possible to grant every request! 14 families will now have a merrier Christmas because of Need-A-Break.

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News Feature:

Need-A-Break Services was featured in The News Tribune in an article by Kathleen Merryman as part of a regional movement to take extreme measures on home renovations for people in need.

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On November 3rd, Need-A-Break Services successfully performed an extreme home makeover for the McKay Family.

Mr. McKay has been diagnosed with incurable cancer and has been given months to live. His family's home in Port Orchard was badly in need of repairs and his illness had made them unable to take care of the repairs on their own. His wish was that his home can be restored so that he will know that his family is taken care of.

See the KOMO 4 news story about the project here.

See the Port Orchard Independent news story about the project here.

Many thanks to all of our volunteers and donors that helped with the McKay project:

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Event:

PGA Pro players came to Tacoma to participate in the Chambers Bay Skins Game on October 10th. This was a tournament that benefitted four charities. Need-A-Break Services was named one of these benefitting charities, and Michael Putnam played on behalf of our organization. This was an exciting event for Need-A-Break Services and for the Puget Sound area!

See more about the event here.

Read more about Michael Putnam, PGA player, here.

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On September 8th and 9th, Need-A-Break Services successfully performed an extreme home makeover for Sue Gorman. Sue was thrilled at her new home and said that it was like her dream home. She smiled more at the revealing of her home than she had at all recently. We had over 100 volunteers show up on site to help and likely over 150 people behind the scenes that helped get everything prepared and delivered.

Many thanks to all of our volunteers and donors that helped with the Sue Gorman project:

Sue Gorman was attacked in her home on August 20th by 2 pit bulls. They ravaged her home, mauled Sue and sent her to the hospital. Sue and her dog were lucky to survive this unprovoked attack.

Would you like to help in other ways? Contact us at info@needabreak.org to find out how you can donate and designate your funds towards the Sue Gorman project if you wish.

Learn more about what we did for Sue by clicking the links below:

Key Peninsula News Story

Seattle Times story

Q13 story #2 (click on the video on the right hand side of the site where it says "100 Volunteers..."

NWCN story

Tacoma News Tribune story #3

Tacoma News Tribune story #2

Q13 story

Gateway Story

KOMO story #2

Learn more about the tragedy that Sue lived through by clicking the links below:

KOMO story

AOL story

CBS story

911 call link

Tacoma News Tribune story

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Event:

Need-A-Break Services sponsored a team of volunteers to partner with Paint Tacoma Beautiful this summer to paint a house for Harry Thompson, a widower in need in our community. Check out photos below from this successful and rewarding event!

To see other volunteer opportunities, click here

Also, check out our first newsletter to learn more about what's been happening at Need-A-Break! Click here to view the May newsletter.

Please let us know if you are interested in donating time, materials, or funds.