Hyde Park Vermont Community and Non-Profit Rally to Help Young Veteran

Rebuilding Together Greater Burlington and Sears' Heroes at Home Provide Final
Boost to Help Private First Class Andrew Parker Come Home

HYDE PARK, Vt., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rebuilding Together, with
funding support from Sears' Heroes at Home program, will work with the Hyde
Park Community to repair and modify the home of PFC Andrew Parker. Parker,
21, who joined the Army after graduating from high school in 2007, was wounded
in a road side bomb attack while serving in Afghanistan. Parker, now a
quadriplegic, is paralyzed from the chest down. Parker is recovering at a
Veterans Affairs hospital and is unable to return home until the space has
been modified to fit his needs.

"Rebuilding Together with funding support from Sears' Heroes at Home campaign
was able to provide the final boost to help Andrew come home, and because he
has been so completely embraced by the community, he will have many resources
to help him transition to his new life at home," stated Dixie O'Connor, Board
President for Rebuilding Together Greater Burlington. "When we got the call
from our Washington, D.C. office about Andrew's situation, we were able to
jump in to help him come home by providing critical funding for the project
and by working with the community to leverage resources. Not only will we
help him return to his home but our support makes it possible to free up
considerable funds already raised by the local 'Andrew Parker Fund' to help
Andrew with a daunting list of other current and future needs such as
equipment, transportation, education and medical costs."

The community of Hyde Park, Vermont, led by Andrew's former kindergarten
teacher Diane Marcoux-LaClair, has rallied around PFC Parker and the needs of
his family. Community volunteers will be working with Rebuilding Together
Greater Burlington to complete the demolition and reconstruction of Parker's
current garage and construct a new accessible living area for him. In
addition, they will help provide accessibility modifications to the existing
family home, so Parker can move throughout the entire space.

"When we heard of Andrew's injuries we knew as his neighbors and friends we
owed him our best, just like he gave us. When we started this journey we
couldn't have imagined the outpouring of generosity from this community who
have embraced the Parkers so completely, and will stay with them every step of
the way," said Marcoux-LaClair.

The Andrew Parker home renovation project has been funded through the Heroes
at Home program, which is sponsored by Sears Holdings Corporation. Heroes at
Home is in its third year and is currently in midst of funding more than 150
projects nationwide. In prior years Heroes at Home has helped nearly 300
veterans. The annual campaign for future projects is ongoing now through July
6th. All Americans can help by donating in any Sears store or online, all
proceeds will go to Rebuilding Together to help active military families and
veterans. To learn more about Rebuilding Together or Heroes at Home visit
www.sears.com/heroesathome or www.rebuildingtogether.org.

About Rebuilding Together:
Rebuilding Together is the nation's largest nonprofit organization working to
preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing
home repair and renovation services at no cost to those in need. Through the
support of corporate sponsors, local businesses and the hands-on work of over
200,000 volunteers, Rebuilding Together renovates and repairs nearly 10,000
homes and nonprofit facilities annually.

In addition to its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together renovates
community centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that
focus on elder home safety, energy efficiency, veterans housing, and disaster
recovery and reconstruction. Rebuilding Together has more than 200 affiliates
nationwide. For more information, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org.

About The Andrew Parker Fund:
Andrew Parker is a Hyde Park, Vermont Veteran who was wounded while serving
our country in Afghanistan. He is now a quadriplegic, recovering at the
Veterans Affairs hospital in the Boston area. To help make it possible for
Andrew to come home, the community of Hyde Park, VT set up the Andrew Parker
Fund which create enormous momentum for Andrew's cause. For more information,
visit www.helpbringandrewhome.org.

SOURCE Rebuilding Together

Cynthia Woodruff of Rebuilding Together, National Office, +1-202-518-3504,
+1-202-420-0824, cwoodruff@rebuildingtogether.org; or Johanna English of
Rebuilding Together Greater Burlington, +1-802-598-8229