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Richmond, Va -
Construction crews get to work rebuilding couple's 100-year old home.
Volunteers are donating their time to help a retired south Richmond couple living in a home badly damaged in a fire started by a candle. They're in the midst of changing the lives of Patricia Gaines and her husband Jake.
While living in the burned out remains, Jake, a disabled diabetic, literally had to crawl up sooty, unstable steps to take a bath. With the gift of hard work, Lisa & Company Construction is going to change that.
"After he crawls up the steps, it can't be easy", says Lisa Holloway, owner of Lisa & Compnay Construction. "There's a half-bath in the bedroom where the fire occurred, and we want to make that a full bath."
David Myer is from Servicemaster Cleaning. An executive at the company's home office in Memphis, TN saw our reports on CNN, called him, and said 'Get over to that house'. "It actually is quite a job. There was extensive damage in there, but luckily there was only structural damage really bad to one room, so i think we're going to be able to work together."
Patricia knows the name of every single construction worker inside that house, but one person donated something who wants to remain anonymous."
"This lady gave us a brand new refrigerator, still in the box. A dishwasher...brand new." The woman told Pat she'd won the appliances in a contest five years ago. She didn't know what to do with them until she saw our reports on CBS 6 News. "And i said I would like to meet you. She said 'No, I don't want to meet you. I'm just an angel from heaven, who held these items to give to the right person.'"
A local Lowe's is donating construction supplies. The outpouring of help and gifts is helping Pat to smile again after losing so much. And she'll tell you one of her favorite gifts... is one of the smallest. "A candle...that's worked by batteries. No more fires", she laughs.
Volunteers are donating their time to help a retired south Richmond couple living in a home badly damaged in a fire started by a candle. They're in the midst of changing the lives of Patricia Gaines and her husband Jake.
While living in the burned out remains, Jake, a disabled diabetic, literally had to crawl up sooty, unstable steps to take a bath. With the gift of hard work, Lisa & Company Construction is going to change that.
"After he crawls up the steps, it can't be easy", says Lisa Holloway, owner of Lisa & Compnay Construction. "There's a half-bath in the bedroom where the fire occurred, and we want to make that a full bath."
David Myer is from Servicemaster Cleaning. An executive at the company's home office in Memphis, TN saw our reports on CNN, called him, and said 'Get over to that house'. "It actually is quite a job. There was extensive damage in there, but luckily there was only structural damage really bad to one room, so i think we're going to be able to work together."
Patricia knows the name of every single construction worker inside that house, but one person donated something who wants to remain anonymous."
"This lady gave us a brand new refrigerator, still in the box. A dishwasher...brand new." The woman told Pat she'd won the appliances in a contest five years ago. She didn't know what to do with them until she saw our reports on CBS 6 News. "And i said I would like to meet you. She said 'No, I don't want to meet you. I'm just an angel from heaven, who held these items to give to the right person.'"
A local Lowe's is donating construction supplies. The outpouring of help and gifts is helping Pat to smile again after losing so much. And she'll tell you one of her favorite gifts... is one of the smallest. "A candle...that's worked by batteries. No more fires", she laughs.
