Amber and Peter Augustin of Keller to Get New Home Courtesy of Wall Homes and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Crew Surprised Deserving Family Today, Will Build House in One Week

    (ARLINGTON, TX) – Arlington’s Steve Wall announced today that the teams from Wall Homes Inc. and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Ty Pennington, and fellow teammates Paul DiMeo, Tracy Hutson, Eduardo Xol, and John Littlefield) notified the Augustin family of Keller, Texas, that they have been selected as the deserving recipients of a brand new home to be built for them at no cost by hundreds of volunteers in just seven days. The new Augustin home replaces an irreparably flood-damaged dwelling the family was forced to leave last year.

    ABC’s Emmy-award winning hit reality show selected the Augustins as part of its current “Heroes in the Community” season. Amber Augustin founded the non-profit “Tiny Works of Heart” and Peter Augustin, a proud advocate for Amber’s foundation, also dedicates his time to Habitat for Humanity.

    It was the premature birth of Amber and Peter Augustin’s son, Lane (now four), that inspired the Augustin family to support the March of Dimes, dedicated to the survival of premature babies, and to found “Tiny Works of Heart,” an organization that takes pictures of families and their fragile preemies at local hospitals free-of-charge. Amber, a photographer, provides recipients with treasured memories of their premature babies, many of whom have very brief lives.
 
    To honor their tireless work with “Tiny Works of Heart” and Habitat for Humanity, Amber and Peter were selected to receive the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition house. On Father’s Day of 2007, the Augustin’s home and the garage that served as Amber’s foundation photography studio were flooded. Soon afterward, the family tried to save the house by removing the lower portion of the rotting walls and flooring. Without success, Amber, Peter, and their three children (Cameron, 16; Emily, 11; and Lane, four) were forced to vacate. Tarrant County and the City of Fort Worth informed the family that their home of 12 years must be raised more than one foot in order for them to live there again. Unfortunately, costs were prohibitive.

    However, through the personal commitment of Wall Homes and their subcontractor base, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and hundreds of volunteers, the Augustin family will soon have a new house on the same lot where their current home still stands. The teams will demolish the building and erect a new one beginning today.

    The tentative Build Schedule (all times subject to change):
    · Monday, December 8: Knock Day. Media may arrive after at 3:45 p.m. for A 4:00 p.m. press       conference with the family at the home site location, 2880 Keller Hicks Road, Keller, TX 76248. Please       note: the street will be closed, and security will instruct media members where to park.
    · Wednesday, December 10: Braveheart Walk to kickoff of the build. Media check-in is at 8:00AM;       Braveheart Walk at approximately 9:00AM. Braveheart Speech by Steve Wall will follow the walk, then       demolition will begin immediately thereafter.
    · Thursday, December 11: Framing throughout the day, followed by non-stop building for the next       several days and nights.
     · Monday, December 15: House Reveal, also known as the time for “Move that Bus!”
    · Tuesday, December 16: Press Conference at new home. Time for Press Conference will be announced       later.

    Cumulus Media, Inc. is Wall’s primary local broadcast group for the week of the build. Radio listeners can tune into The Ticket-1310AM, The Wolf-99.5FM, The Bone-93.3FM, and KLIF-570AM to get daily updates and hear interviews.

    In addition, this week, the team at Wall Homes is joining with the extreme team to help make a difference for families like the Augustins through raising money for the March of Dimes. The community is encouraged to show its support by logging onto: http://marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?w=121016871&u=laneslight. All donations will go directly to the March for Babies.

    Wall Homes is reaching out locally for another children’s cause--- the Keller Community Storehouse, as well. The Community Storehouse is dedicated to the wellbeing and education of children. Current economic conditions, natural disasters, accidents, illness, divorce/abandonment, among other factors make services essential in aiding the community. By providing a refuge to families experiencing life crisis events, children do not suffer. The Community Storehouse services over 5,000 children in need each year. Please visit www.CommunityStorehouse.org/extreme to see how you can help them continue to support our local children.

    In its sixth season, the 16th episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition season featuring the Augustin family is planned to air February/March 2009.

    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition features a team of designers, contractors, and several hundred workers who race against time to complete a four-month home building and renovation project in just seven days. The team has one week to totally rebuild and furnish an entire house complete with landscaping. The lives of the lucky families are changed forever when they learn that they've been selected to have their home rebuilt, according to the network.

    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive) and is entering its sixth season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Conrad Ricketts is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA. The show airs on Sundays (7:00-8:00 CST), on the ABC Television Network.

    Wall Homes has neighborhoods throughout Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. They offer a variety of single-family detached and attached homes with architectural style for discerning buyers who want the efficiencies of a production builder and the flexibility to customize individual new home designs. This project will reflect the design and construction excellence for which the company is known. For more information on this special project, visit Extreme.Wall.com.

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Below please find details on the volunteer sign-up, sponsorships, donations, and media credentials.

Media Credentials
During the week-long build, the Wall team will host a media tent on-site for all qualified media members. For additional information contact Todd Howard, thoward@phprinc.com or Susan Flyzik, sflyzik@phprinc.com or phone 817-924-2300 or 800-776-9720.

Volunteer Information
All individuals interested in participating can visit the build’s website at Extreme.Wall.com for more information or email volunteer@wall.com.

Sponsor and Donation Information
To make a donation toward the build, please visit Extreme.Wall.com. An account has been set up with PayPal to ensure safe, direct donations. To become a sponsor, please contact the sponsorship coordinator by email: Erin.Kolp@wall.com.