Extreme Makeover Fund-rasier Alert

WHAT: EXTREME MAKEOVER FUNDRAISER ALERT!!!

WHERE: BREW RIVER, SALISBURY

WHEN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 6pm-9pm

HOSTED BY: EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, THE FUSION COMPANIES & CHIC COMMUNICATIONS

DONATION REQUEST: $10 AT THE DOOR

Posted by Nick Brandi

Hey, everyone. By now it’s all over town that in the immediate aftermath of an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition visit to our very own Sussex County, the Emmy-winning ABC feel-good show is as we speak toiling away on another Eastern Shore project – this time in Wicomico County, at the soon-to-be brand-new-home of the amazing Johnson-Goslee family of Mardela Springs.

We were at the worksite yesterday and had a phenomenal time, speaking with the show’s stars and producers, as well as builder Josh Sims of the Fusion Companies and various volunteers on the project, including the irrepressible Mark Frostrom of LandEscapes, who is by now a veteran of these Extreme Makeover projects, having also participated in the project in Sussex County. The whole Extreme Makeover cast seem like great people: Ty Pennington is a manic hoot who genuinely cares; Paige Hemmis is just as sweet and lovely as she seems on TV; and Michael Moloney and Johnny Littlefield are not only really cool but a total riot! At one point they were playing a combo touch-football/keep-away game with a set of blueprints that had them chasing each other around the empty shell of a building foundation like a bunch of kids.

Congressman Andy Harris was at the worksite today for a visit, and we’ve just learned that Salisbury University will provide full scholarships to both Wyzhir Johnson-Goslee and his sister, Renee. How’s that for some true community spirit.

Please try to attend the fundraiser; not only because it’s a really worthy cause but also because of the feeling you get just being associated with one of these projects: You wind up with a redeemed sense of faith in humanity and the basic goodness of people and the community. If you look real close, you just might feel a little better about you, too.