There is an anticipation in the air as the community, workers, and numerous volunteers await the big day - what Extreme Makeover: Home Edition calls the "Braveheart Rally" or the actual start of the building project!

Today people were busy setting up barricades, hauling trash, carry cartons of water, preparing the site, and setting up the communication. Some of our summer camp children will be displaced during the building project - but the UP camp directors, street leaders, and interns made the day a success for the kids. During the week our kids will need to find other activities to do off site - a big undertaking - we've had to rent additional buses, provide other areas for breakfast & lunch, and secure admissions to various recreational sites. But, still you could sense the excitement from the children, staff, volunteers, public officers - police, EMT's, media crew, and the local community residents.

A conversation today from a local police officer stated, "It's not about one community or another - Pennsauken or Camden. It's about two communities coming together to be a part of this project - providing a home for a father and his sons."


"It's just awesome," says Katie, an UrbanPromise College Intern from Atlanta.

One volunteer walked a mile to the site at 7:00am, shirt soaked from the humidity, smile on his face, and jumped right into the work - no job too small!! Thank You!

Victor - Hope you and the guys are enjoying yourselves in Spain!!