(Indianapolis - August 23, 2009) Just when the Sharp family thought they’d been dealt the ultimate blow with death of their 13-year old daughter, Brianna, more bad news was right around the corner.
Less than three weeks after Brianna passed away on July 25th, the family’s home was foreclosed. They are now moving into a rental home. The Angie’s List Wishmakers program is teaming up with Chicago-based First Class Moving & Storage to help ease some of the family’s stress.
Matthew Sharp, Brianna’s father says news of the help couldn’t have come at a better time, “After losing my daughter then getting news that the house was foreclosed it was finally nice to hear some good news for a change.”
“This is what the Wishmakers program is all about, helping families who are in need with the hopes that it will make life just a little bit easier for them,” said Angie Hicks founder of Angie’s List.
Sharp says, the Wishmakers program is everything that Brianna stood for, adding that today’s move, “Is a chance to feel that good things are finally going to happen after having such a horrible year.”
Angie’s List started the Wishmakers program 5 years ago. Since 2004, the nation’s leading provider of consumer ratings on local service companies (http://www.angieslist.com) has partnered with its highly rated service providers to grant wishes across the country.
Previous Wishmakers projects include:
* Building a room addition on to the home of an Indianapolis family whose little boy has the “Bubble Boy” disease and has to live in sterile isolation.
* Repairing the car of a disabled Navy veteran in Deland, Florida to help him get back up on his feet after a long, up-hill medical battle.
* Removing and properly sealing exterior lead paint and replacing gutters for a Rochester, N.Y. woman who operates a child care center out of her home.
* Finishing flooring and installing doors in the home of a St. Petersburg, Fla. woman in frail health who has spent her retirement fund taking care of her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother.
* Improving the kitchen and organizing the home of a Boston, Mass. woman who cares for drug-addicted and HIV positive newborns.
* Improving kitchen countertops and installing a portable dishwasher in the home of a legally blind Portland, Ore. man.
* Making a Kansas City, Mo. backyard safe for young children, including an infant with a congenital heart defect.
* Installing a safety rail and improving the gutters and trim of the home of a Washington, D.C. woman with multiple sclerosis.
* Landscaping for a widowed Bellingham, Wash. woman with two young children.
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