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FYI for anyone who knows this family in Austin!

Maybe work to get some additional press for autism issues in Texas!

Family with 5 Autistic Kids to Get " Extreme Maker " Home

ABC TV's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Chooses Jimmy s Custom Homes

to Help a Local Family

http://tinyurl.com/yenssq

PRNewswire - ABC-TV's hit television show Extreme Makeover: Home

Edition has chosen a local Texas town homebuilder, Jimmy s Custom

Homes to build one special Austin family a life-changing gift.

One of the area's leading custom homebuilders, Jimmy s is set to

begin construction on a new North Austin home for and Jeanette

O'Donnell and their six children. With the help of Extreme Makeover: Home

Edition's Ty Pennington and his expert design team, Jimmy s will help

fulfill the O'Donnell family's dreams. Work on the home will begin December

12th, when s' crew and a team of volunteers will start the one-week

marathon construction process in order to finish before the family returns.

On Sunday, December 17th, the O'Donnell family will return from a trip to

the Adaptive Sports Center at Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado for the

grand unveiling of their new dream home, scheduled from 1 to 3 PM.

Throughout the construction process and the unveiling activities, the

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew will be filming for an episode of the

show set to air in February/March 2007.

Of and Jeanette's six children, five have been diagnosed with

autism. National autism experts are not aware of a single other family in

the United States with five autistic children. Ranging in age from 15 to 5,

the five children have been diagnosed with varying degrees of autism, from

minimal to severe. The couple's fourth child, Meaghan, who shows no signs of

autism, helps out as caretaker for her siblings. The wear and tear from the

six children, five of whom have special needs, has taken its toll on the

O'Donnell's home. The home's condition has grown hazardous, especially as

some of the children get older and require ongoing care.

" Our entire team is extremely excited and honored to be invited by

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to participate in such an extraordinary

project, " said Jimmy s. " As a company, we strive to always reach out

and lend a helping hand to the community, and it means a lot to us that we

can help make this very special family's dreams come true. "

M. Guppy

Contact me to order the 2007 Autism Awareness Calendar for Texas!

Texas Autism Advocacy: www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

" There are some aspects of a person's life that we have no right to

compromise. We cannot negotiate the size of an institution. No one should live

in one. We cannot debate who should get an inclusive education. Everyone

should. We cannot determine who does and who does not get the right to make

their own choices and forge their own futures. All must. "

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> Do you know if they need volunteers? How do we sign up? Trina

>

> Maybe work to get some additional press for autism issues in Texas!

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> Family with 5 Autistic Kids to Get " Extreme Maker " Home

> ABC TV's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Chooses Jimmy s Custom

> Homes

> to Help a Local Family

>

> http://tinyurl.com/yenssq <http://tinyurl.com/yenssq>

>

> PRNewswire - ABC-TV's hit television show Extreme Makeover: Home

> Edition has chosen a local Texas town homebuilder, Jimmy s

> Custom

> Homes to build one special Austin family a life-changing gift.

> One of the area's leading custom homebuilders, Jimmy s is set to

> begin construction on a new North Austin home for and Jeanette

> O'Donnell and their six children. With the help of Extreme Makeover: Home

> Edition's Ty Pennington and his expert design team, Jimmy s will help

> fulfill the O'Donnell family's dreams. Work on the home will begin

> December

> 12th, when s' crew and a team of volunteers will start the one-week

> marathon construction process in order to finish before the family

> returns.

> On Sunday, December 17th, the O'Donnell family will return from a trip to

> the Adaptive Sports Center at Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado for the

> grand unveiling of their new dream home, scheduled from 1 to 3 PM.

> Throughout the construction process and the unveiling activities, the

> Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew will be filming for an episode of the

> show set to air in February/March 2007.

> Of and Jeanette's six children, five have been diagnosed with

> autism. National autism experts are not aware of a single other family in

> the United States with five autistic children. Ranging in age from 15

> to 5,

> the five children have been diagnosed with varying degrees of autism, from

> minimal to severe. The couple's fourth child, Meaghan, who shows no

> signs of

> autism, helps out as caretaker for her siblings. The wear and tear

> from the

> six children, five of whom have special needs, has taken its toll on the

> O'Donnell's home. The home's condition has grown hazardous, especially as

> some of the children get older and require ongoing care.

> " Our entire team is extremely excited and honored to be invited by

> Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to participate in such an extraordinary

> project, " said Jimmy s. " As a company, we strive to always reach out

> and lend a helping hand to the community, and it means a lot to us that we

> can help make this very special family's dreams come true. "

>

> M. Guppy

> Contact me to order the 2007 Autism Awareness Calendar for Texas!

> Texas Autism Advocacy: www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

>

> " There are some aspects of a person's life that we have no right to

> compromise. We cannot negotiate the size of an institution. No one

> should live in one. We cannot debate who should get an inclusive

> education. Everyone should. We cannot determine who does and who does

> not get the right to make their own choices and forge their own

> futures. All must. "

>

>