Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, Marathon Oil Corporation and the Florida
Petroleum Council continue commitment to increase energy efficiency in
homes nationwide, help enrich homeowners' lives
PALM HARBOR, Fla., April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of
volunteers worked all day today to rebuild -- and make more
energy-efficient -- the home of a local family struggling with the
financial demands of a son's serious lingering health problems.
Santo and DeAnna Inglese of Palm Harbor have a 3-year-old son, Jordan,
who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Jordan's medical costs have made it
extremely difficult for the family to maintain their home or make necessary
improvements. As part of the rebuilding effort, their home will receive new
flooring, a new kitchen and a new bathroom for Jordan.
The volunteers are from Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, the local
affiliate of the nation's largest nonprofit organization working to
preserve affordable homeownership, employees of Marathon, the Florida
Petroleum Council and the Tampa Children's Cancer Center.
The rebuilding project is part of the Energy Efficient Homes
Initiative, a national partnership between Rebuilding Together and
America's oil and natural gas industry, which incorporates energy
efficiency into home renovations for low-income homeowners nationwide, many
of whom are elderly, disabled or have young children.
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay is providing critical home repairs and
modifications to 15 homes in the next two weeks, with the Inglese home
being the first to receive support, including energy-saving renovations.
The energy-efficient modifications, which include 12 new double-paned
windows, siding and insulation, along with exterior and interior
renovations will help reduce the family's cooling bills, and ultimately
help preserve their homeownership, according to Jose Garcia, executive
director of Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay.
"Our combined efforts have an ongoing, positive impact on homeowners in
our neighborhood and across the country," said Garcia. "The Florida
Petroleum Council and Marathon's support enables us to help improve the
quality of life for many deserving homeowners who can now live more
comfortably, safely and use less energy."
"Our industry practices energy efficiency every day in its operations,
so we know the significant value of such a commitment," said Eric Hamilton,
associate director at the Florida Petroleum Council. "We are delighted to
partner with Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay in this outstanding initiative.
Our efforts will help provide these low-income homeowners the dual benefit
of saving energy and money."
"Marathon is very proud to partner with the Rebuilding Together
organization and the Florida Petroleum Council on this worthwhile project.
It is a great opportunity to help in the Tampa area, where so many of our
employees work and live. We hope these efforts will reunite the Inglese
family by bringing their son home," said Tracy Case, manager of Marathon's
Terminal Transport and Marine operations.
"It's unbelievable the amount of support we've received," said DeAnna
Inglese. "The work done to our home by the volunteers is going to relieve
so much stress off of us. It's so wonderful and humbling."
Since 2005, the Initiative has expanded its reach, doubling the number
of rebuilds conducted nationwide and affording homeowners the ability to
save as much as 30 percent on monthly energy bills, thanks to a variety of
energy-efficient techniques incorporated into their homes. The Initiative
is an additional component of Rebuilding Together which is celebrating 20
years, having revitalized more than 100,000 homes and non-profit facilities
with the help of millions of volunteers in communities across America.
In addition to making homes more energy-efficient, the Initiative also
provides homeowners, volunteers and others with materials and information
with recommendations on how to preserve energy now and in the future.
Rebuilding Together is the nation's largest nonprofit organization
working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods
by providing free home repair and modification services to those in need.
With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the
support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding Together
affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns make life
considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners. In addition to
its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together rehabilitates community
centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that focus on
aging in place, energy efficiency, veteran's housing, and disaster recovery
and reconstruction. Rebuilding Together is currently celebrating 20 years
as a national organization and the completion of over 100,000 homes thanks
to the efforts of more than 200 affiliates nationwide. For more
information, visit http://www.RebuildingTogether.org.
API, the American Petroleum Institute, is the primary trade association
for the oil and natural gas industry in the United States. Representing one
of the most technologically advanced industries in the world, API's
membership includes nearly 400 companies engaged in all aspects of the oil
and natural gas industry, including the exploration, production, refining,
transportation and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and related consumer
products. For more information on API, visit: http://www.api.org.
Marathon is the fourth-largest U.S.-based fully integrated
international energy company engaged in exploration and production;
integrated gas; oil sands mining; and refining, marketing and
transportation operations. The Company has exploration and production
activities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Angola, Canada,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya and Norway. Marathon is
the fifth largest refiner in the U.S. with 1,016,000 bpd of crude
processing capacity in its seven-refinery system. The Company's retail
marketing system comprises approximately 6,000 locations in 18 states;
nearly three-quarters are Marathon brand locations. Marathon serves the
Midwest and Southeast as a petroleum products marketer with 87 light
product and asphalt terminals and the Company owns, operates, leases or has
an ownership interest in approximately 9,700 miles of pipeline. For more
information on Marathon, visit: http://www.marathon.com.
SOURCE Rebuilding Together
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Related links:
http://www.api.org
http://www.marathon.com http://www.RebuildingTogether.org
CONTACT:
Andre Carter of Rebuilding Together,
+1-202-312-1084, or +1-850-980-2368
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