Palm Harbor Homes, Nationwide Homes and ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Meet the Williams Family
22 Fevereiro 2010 - 1:24PM
Business Wire
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHHM) and its wholly-owned
modular subsidiary, Nationwide Homes, Inc. (“Nationwide”) today
announced that they joined ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in
Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia, to surprise Jeremy and Jennifer
Williams, whose son Jacob was diagnosed with Spina Bifida before he
was born. Then, several years after Jacob’s birth, Jeremy was
diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now, the home Jeremy and
Jennifer bought 13 years ago is falling apart around them. In
addition to mounting home repairs, the home is too small to
accommodate two disabled family members. In just seven days, team
leader Ty Pennington, the design team, Palm Harbor and Nationwide
Homes, and the entire community will come together to build Jeremy,
38, Jennifer, 38, Josie, 8, and Jacob, 6, a brand new, energy
efficient home.
High school sweethearts Jeremy and Jennifer Williams kept their
love alive while attending separate colleges. A football star at
the University of Memphis, Jeremy knew his calling was to become a
coach and after graduation, Jeremy got a job at a local high school
as the football coach. The couple settled down to start a family
and in 2002, Jeremy and Jennifer were told that there
soon-to-arrive second child, Jacob, would be born with Spina
Bifida, have severe mental disabilities, and may never be able to
walk or talk. Jacob is paralyzed from the waist down, confined to a
wheelchair, and has had countless surgeries on his brain, eyes,
hips, and muscles. Despite the mountain of obstacles he faces each
day, Jacob is an inspiration to everyone around him and has baffled
doctors with his exceptional intelligence and positive attitude.
Although he cannot play football, he attends all of his father’s
games and cheers on the team. Jacob also participates in a “Special
Needs Rodeo,” which Jennifer was instrumental in organizing for
local children with disabilities.
Jeremy has been the head football coach at Greenville High
School for the past eight years and is currently the school’s
athletic director as well. In 2005, Jeremy saw a doctor after
having some trouble moving his hand. After three grueling years of
testing, Jeremy was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease – a
fatal, progressive disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and
spinal cord which interferes with the brain’s ability to control
muscle movement. Jeremy has trouble walking and will soon be
confined to a wheelchair, but he continues to coach his team, has
only missed one practice to date, and led his team to an 11-0
season and into the playoffs last fall. His determination and
motivation in the face of adversity has given hope and inspiration
to the entire community. But Jeremy and Jennifer are struggling to
take care of each other and their family in their cramped and
crumbling home. With two disabled family members, the small home
prevents both Jeremy and Jacob from being able to move freely about
the house. Because Jeremy is too weak to help move Jacob from room
to room, Jennifer must carry Jacob throughout the house and as
Jacob gets bigger, that will become impossible. In addition, the
foundation of the home is cracked and sinking, one of the lower
retaining walls is broken, and their leaking air conditioner has
infected their walls with mold. Now, it’s up to the “Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition” team, Nationwide and Palm Harbor crews and
hundreds of local volunteers to build a new home where Jeremy can
make the most of his time with his family and Jacob can grow up
comfortably and independently.
While their existing home is totally destroyed and its beautiful
replacement is built, the Williams family will go on vacation to
Adaptive Sports Center in Crested Butte, Colorado, while “Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition” team leader Ty Pennington, designers
Michael Moloney, Paul DiMeo, and Tracy Hutson, local builders with
Nationwide Homes and Palm Harbor Homes, and community volunteers
rebuild their home. For more information about this project and the
family, please visit www.extremephn.com.
About ABC-TVs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The Emmy award
winning reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, now in its
7th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol
Holding. It’s executive-produced by Anthony Dominici. David
Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs
Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation's leading manufacturers
and marketers of multi-section manufactured homes. The Company
markets nationwide through vertically integrated operations,
encompassing manufacturing, marketing, financing and insurance. For
more information on the Company, please visit www.palmharbor.com.
For more information on Nationwide, its wholly-owned subsidiary,
please visit www.nationwide-homes.com.
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