"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Transforms the Home of a Family Who Helps Special...

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Transforms the Home of a Family Who Helps Special Needs Families from a Former Dump Site into a Fresh Family Dwelling

QUINCY TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(Business Wire)--
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and Dan Ryan Builders announced
this morning that the show will be traveling to Quincy Township,
Pennsylvania to assist the Drumm family, who has helped transform the
lives of disabled children through the Challenger Little League
Program. Their home, which has formerly been used as a site to dump of
trash and waste, will be rebuilt in only seven days.

After the birth of their second child with autism, Matthew and
Blasia dedicated their lives to children with disabilities. They help
manage special needs Little League and during the school year, Blasia
works as a teacher's aide at the Franklin Learning Center for
Handicapped Children. Their little league program has been a source of
weekly gatherings for the communities' special needs and the Drumm
family helps operate the concession stand and coordinate travel for
the league to other tri-state games and tournaments. Matthew and
Blasia have been of assistance to other blossoming leagues that have
developed in other areas and were awarded the Penn Marr Challenger
League, Division Family Service Award in 2006.

When purchasing their home, the Drumm's were unaware that the home
itself and the surrounding lot were used to dump trash and waste.
Because of their financial hardships, the family has not made any
improvements to the home, which is heated by one single wood-burning
stove. The Drumm's hope for the future is to work full-time from home
to help other special-needs families. With a dream of transforming
their family's junkyard home into a fresh new family dwelling where
they can offer in home respite care to other special needs children,
Ty and the designers of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" have a big
challenge in store for them.

While Dan Ryan Builders, Ty and the designers along with the
Challenger Little League Program and hundreds of volunteers and
workers are rebuilding their home, the Drumm family will go on
vacation to Walt Disney World.

The design team for this episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition" will feature team leader Ty Pennington and designers Paul
DiMeo, Eduardo Xol, John Littlefield, Didiayer Snyder.

About Dan Ryan Builders

Dan Ryan Builders was founded in 1990 by Daniel M. Ryan with
headquarters in Frederick, MD. The firm has division offices in
Martinsburg, WV, Morgantown, WV and Charleston, SC. It has been the
recipient of the Builder of Integrity Award from Quality Builders
Warranty Corporation for four consecutive years and was recently named
as the Corporate Philanthropist of the Year by the Eastern West
Virginia Community Foundation. Currently building in 45 communities
throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and South
Carolina, Dan Ryan Builders offers a wide range of homes, from
townhomes to estate homes. Participation in Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition continues a long tradition of partnering with local
communities and supporting families in need. To learn more, visit
www.danryanbuilders.com.

About ABC-TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airs on Sunday evenings at 8:00
p.m. on ABC. This is the shows 6th season and over 120 deserving
families have been helped. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has won
back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive).
The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding.
Anthony Domenici is the executive producer, and David Goldberg is the
president of Endemol USA. For more information contact Diane Korman at
(323) 707-2361.

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