by INFORUM
Moorhead family chosen for “Extreme Makeover” home rebuild
October 3, 2010 at 5:54 am in INFORUM
A Moorhead family with two children facing health challenges has been chosen by “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to have their home rebuilt and made handicap accessible. Continue Reading
That’s awesome!! They sound like a very deserving family. How exciting!!
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What a deserving family! And for this to take place in the FM area, it fits perfectly with the people and spirit here.
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I am sooo excited for the Grommesh family! I don’t know how they find time to take care of themselves when they are always helping others! They are an amazing family with amazing kids who so deserve this! YAY Bill and the rest of the family! Have fun in the Bahamas!
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Its great to hear this family really deserves it. They are always helping others its nice to see it returned 10 fold.
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I think the rest of you have about said it all. What a good feeling to see such a worthwhile projects work go to deserving people.
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I hope the people of Extreme Makeover remember that they are rebuilding homes in neighborhoods where other people live. I live in the neighborhood where it is being done and I can hardly get into my apartment. My Mom can’t come over because unless she lives here, she is not getting in. They have put up “Tow Away” signs on all streets.I live in an apartment and we all depend on street parking. There are 26 apartments and only 18 spaces. The other parking alternitive is to park a block away outside the neighborhood. I have a newborn son and I’ll be walking down the block with him out in the cold. I am not very happy with Exteme Makeover right now. They need to be respectful of area residents.
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Wow. The selfishness of some people never ceases to amaze me. Deal with it. These guys are doing the right thing for a most DESERVING family. Get over yourself. It’s not February. Use a blanket.
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Oh no, you have to park a WHOLE BLOCK away? How will you and your son ever survive during these harsh 60 degree days?
Un-frickin’-believable.
Congrats to the family. I had no idea HOPE inc existed, it looks like it’s an excellent organization.
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Mammabear and Pete – I couldnt have said it better myself! I’m sure if the biggest concern in Grommesh’s lives was the fact they had to carry a car seat a block and their parents couldnt stop over for a week, they would be singing their praises! I honestly couldnt think of a more deserving family! Congratulations!
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This is just wayyyy too cool! What a fantastic and most deserving family.
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The Grommeshes approached my son and I at the Cully’s Kids picnic when we first moved here. If it wasn’t for their outgoing nature and enthusiasm for Hope, Inc. and all the children, I never would have found such an amazing support system. They were the first true “Welcome Wagon” for us when we relocated due to my son’s medical needs, and they’re an asset to the entire FM area.
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delete my previous posts go ahead. I still don’t agree since there house is worth $130,500
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And “their” house is being donated to a needy family…huh…they just keep on giving
. It doesn’t matter what it is worth…what matters is how much they give to others and the community. They deserve to have some awesome done for them as they have done so much for others.
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Shannon, you should be ashamed of yourself! Imagine how you would feel if the shoe was on the other foot. Be thankful that the only reason you HAVE to carry your son is because he is an infant, not because he is 10 and CAN’T WALK. I hope you don’t have to go through what the Grommeshes have had to indure the past 11 years. I have never met this family before, but I can honestly say just from how they have helped others, I know Bill or Adair wouldn’t think twice or have harsh words if they had to carry 10 year old Garrett a block or two because one of their neighbors was getting a EMHE and couldn’t get to their driveway.
I really don’t know what’s worse, peoples ignorance or their arrogance. Some people are humbly grateful, while others are grumbly hateful. Which one are you?
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To mamabear calling me selfish, I’m not selfish. My fiance was trying to come home this evening and they told him that he could not come in the neighborhood and that he had no business coming down the block. That would make anyone mad. When I got back home, they weren’t going to let me in either. I’m 2 blocks away from the house. I know this family is very deserving of the makeover but when I have to fight to get to my house, it doesn’t make you happy. There is no reason the police and the Extreme Makeover people need to deny us the right of going home.
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Well if you don’t live on that block or have proof you live on that block, I guess you’re just SOL huh? Go stay at your boyfriends place, or your mom’s place if it’s that big a deal to you about them being able to come over. It’s not like this is going to be going on for a month or any longer, it’s only 5 1/2 days. I’m sure you’re other neighbors are dealing with it just fine. And besides, if the city was repaving or tearing up your block to put in new mains, you’d be going through the same thing. Seriously, put your selfishness on the shelf for a week.
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I don’t think someone is being selfish for simply asking them to consider the needs of others. Selfish is assuming things. Maybe the mother who can’t get over there is the only means of daycare. Maybe the person carrying the kid has a limp or something else like a traumatic experience in the past where they don’t wanna be out walking at night. Who knows? I live in Fargo, ND far away from this mess of a build with the exception of having to drive down 8th street in Moorhead at least twice a day for work. If it impacts me getting to and from work I will also not be the most excited individual.
Everyone please remember this is still a tv show with a host who has had multiple DUI convictions, has dealt with coke problems and has been in rehab with major alcohol abuse. This show is still being “produced†at some level. Why do you think they did several takes of the surprise shot, the limo shot so on… Why was it they did a limo shot yet the family was still there tonight and I believe got into a suburban this evening. Please don’t be silly and let this show tug at your strings of your heart it’s main purpose to be on a major network is to sell appliances at sears and sell houses by the builder who supports it on that given week in a time where houses aren’t selling as they have in the past.
This house at 803 22nd Ave. S in Moorhead before today was valued at $130,500. You can check it on the internet based on their assesed taxed value last year, it is all public info. So they were paying roughly $1,000-$1,200 a month for a house payment. Doesn’t seem like they need as much help as some others in this area. I would have liked to see a family with a house half that value that was damaged by the flood that needs help get the help. Maybe even someone who has came back from fighting for our country in Iraq that is disabled so on. How about a house in Fargo? Congrats Heritage Homes you built a house in Minot, New Orleans and Moorhead but can’t get one on t.v. in Fargo where you are based out of.
Look at Hope Inc. website they have their daughter Peighton self-promoting their company as a testimonial. http://hopeinconline.org/2011/testimonials.html
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Oh grow up and stop whining. Life is full of inconveniences, and if I have to put up with one or two to help somebody else I’m all for it, and I don’t think we need a misery scale to determine who gets assistance. This family was selected because they are deserving. Get out of those Underoos and into some big boy pants and just deal with it.
My aunt spent many years in a wheelchair and I say anything to help that kid move around his house is just great.
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So the neighbors SHOULD WANT to walk a block and a half with 6 bags of groceries and be inconvenienced and treated like a trespasser so this one family can get their house renovated?
I’m all for the project, but you can’t hose all the people’s neighbors so they can get their windfall.
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I think that if even 10% of us were inconvenienced for a week as Garrett is, there’d be a whole lot less whining. As that kid knows well, sometimes life isn’t fair.
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“Life is full of inconveniences, and if I have to put up with one or two to help somebody else I’m all for it”
That’s you. You don’t get to make it obligatory for everybody else just because YOU don’t mind.
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Hmmmmm. I’m the non-theist but you certainly don’t sound much like a Christian to me. Unless, of course, you are the troll living under the bridge.
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Consider the needs of others? Really, it seems that this family knows more about consideration than you (Jay) or Shannon. What about this families needs? Why can’t you consider THEIR needs?
Hmm…. Oh well, I guess there’s always a few rotten apples in every bushel. What does it matter what the house is worth or the fact that their daughter was promoting the organization? It’s not like they are tearing the house down, they are planning on moving it and donating it to another needy family. Are you gonna whine about that too? Maybe that family will be a flood victim or a war vet. Regardless, this family deserved it. They went through the selection process, just like anyone else in FM did, or could’ve done, and they are the ones that got picked. The show doesn’t select families based on financial status or home value, it’s based on the family’s need and their unique situation.
And who cares what the host of show did, he obviously has overcome that.
Be happy for them, and maybe since you drive by there twice a day for work, maybe you ought to stop for a few minutes cheer them on. But your words suggest you could care less about others needs and happiness, lest it be your own.
And by the way, regardless of what information you may find on the net about a homes value or monthly mortgage payments, doesn’t mean that’s what it is in reality. My tax assesment (and other online searches) suggest my home is worth $170,000 however my mortgage payments and appraisal suggest otherwise at about $110,000. Just like every other town in this country, they have prematurely increased your homes said value to increase the amount of property tax you have to pay, municipalities are hurting for money.
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Thoughts on the above: it is what it is. I know going though staff and police cannot be easy every time you wanna go home, but its only a few days. AND think of it this way, wouldn’t you rather have them monitoring who goes in and out then have thousands upon thousands of people roaming in and out of the area as they pleased? The police on duty, the staff you have to go though will learn your face and the fact you live nearby. Bring a stroller in the car and just get it out when you come and go.
None of the other information matters. It is what it is. Someone thought this was a deserving family…. as a community support it! How wonderful a family is getting a home where kids can be kids despite disabilities. Its happening, its underway, its for a short time… nothing else can be done now except to give your support. Good news is if you can’t stand supporting (house value, family chosen or whatever reason), lots of others will and you can just ignore EVERYTHING for a week and life will go on.
CONGRATS Gromesh family! And God Bless
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shannon must be jays squeeze.
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lol…Jay is a bitter, bitter man.
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I think it’s safe to say Jay has never done anything for anybody other than himself in his life. I’ll leave it at that.
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Well Pete,
I took a year and donated my time to helping with special olympics of ND. I partnered with disabled athletes to play volleyball, spend time, and interact with them. Sometimes that included taking time off of work to go out of town to participate in tournaments for a whole day at a time. Since 1997 I have sandbagged for free to help each time there is a flood and volunteers have been called upon. The one year I took the time to fill out the forms so that the city got reimbursed for my time of sandbagging. Guess what, when they video taped us sandbagging they never asked us to reshoot it with more feeling or a different angle or reaction!
If everyone would take a little time to research this show and its outcomings you would see how many have ended negatively. Like the case where people took in several orphans only to kick them out weeks later after receiving their home makeover. Then the orphans tried to sue them for the house only to find they had no rights to it. Look at how many have ended in forclosure like someone else has mentioned. Look at how many have made neighbors sell their houses because of increased property taxes in the neighborhood. When this show first started it had its heart in the right place now with 1,000′s of companies later how can you be sure that is still going on. It took them several seasons to realize they had to pay for the rest of the mortgage so when it got relooked at by the city or county or whatever for taxes that the people could afford to live there. A lot of times there is bad where good is please remember that. I really feel sorry for the family after it is complete though since when it airs on t.v. everyone in the country knows what exactly is in the house and exactly where it is. I would be concerned about my family’s safety if that was me. Maybe I’m crazy though.
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So you want us to believe that a kind, caring, generous, and selfless individual such as yourself is getting upset because it might inconvenience you during your commute? The same guy who takes time off of work to donate time to the disabled? And you are also upset because you feel the value of their home is too high to qualify them for this? You are mad at Heritage Homes, who build a lot of houses in Moorhead, because it was not a Fargo family?
Um, OK.
A lot of times there is bad with the good, that is true. A new house can’t fix every situation. But that’s no reason to spew vile hatred at this situation, which regardless of what you believe, is being done in good faith by most of the people involved.
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Crazy ain’t the word I had in mind, but it certainly works too….
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People like Jay are despicable. He should be ashamed of himself. What their house is worth has nothing to do with this. Do you know how much it costs to renovate a home to make it wheelchair accessible? Do you think that IF the Grommesh family could afford it they would have done that long ago for their son who is IN a wheelchair every day of his life? Do you know what it is like to have 2 kids with medical issues? Do you know the amount of money is poured into healthcare for them? Do you think after all the equipment is bought, and medicine is purchased that they have money to make the renovations? Well, they don’t. You know what they do when they see someone in need? They help them, many times by taking money from their own pockets to help people. They will give up something trivial to help others, and I have witnessed them doing this on many occasions. They give and give and give, and now they are being given back to. These are very good an deserving people, and they do not need to be blasted by you or anyone on the internet. If they were to read a few of these comments they would be heartbroken. They live their life to do good for others. Ask anyone that knows them.
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I do know them. I also am raising a child with a disability, so I know full well what it takes. They have given so much of what they have, let alone their time and effort, to OTHER PEOPLE, they would be heartbroken to know they were putting someone out or causing such anger in anyone, whether they had even MET that person or not. As for their daughter, you have no idea what the heck you’re talking about. Peighton is an angel. Only one example is when she came home in tears after visiting a friend, because she found out Santa wasn’t coming to the friend’s house. The mother was losing her job, and things were hard. Peighton and her mother rallied our whole group and we adopted her little friend for Christmas, getting to play secret Santa to show all our children about how good it feels to give… all because of Peighton’s heart.
I could go on and on, but I suppose if you only want to see the bad, that’s in your heart and I can’t change that.
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Wow. Really, someone? Grow up. To Jay and Shannon…I agree with you both. A lot of Extreme Makeover homes end up in foreclosure because the types of people on the show (and the types who watch it, usually) just can’t handle money and things. Sure, the home is paid off afterwards (at least I assume this will be) but they’re so financially irresponsible that the re-mortgage it and lose it. I wish the family luck with their new home.
And if anyone told any of my guests they weren’t allowed in my neighborhood, they’d have some fun to deal with.
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I wish the Grommesh family the best. They seem like a very deserving family. Shannon, I see your point of view also. I hope that everyone can appreciate the fact that you will have a major inconvienence for many days. I am sure it would be hard with a newborn. I think some people read your post wrong. What I got out of it was that you hoped Extreme Makover would be considerate of the people who live in the area. All said, I am excited to see it on TV in a few weeks.
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My goodness. I remember the year the city re-did the street in front of my house. My husband and I had to find a place to park and hike in with groceries and everything — for a whole summer! Oh, the humanity………
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Been there. I still have nightmares. We were lucky to survive I guess.
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One time, when I was growing up, the road to my house was so bad in the spring that we could not get within a mile of our home. That was a real inconvenience. However, neither your example, nor mine have anything to do with the very real inconvenience that the people in that neighborhood are experiencing right now.
It is to be expected that people will be irritated when their lives are disrupted so someone else can get a big favor.
(Yes, wonderful people, handicapped children, good for them, etc, etc)
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I’m wondering when the old house will be moved. I pray to anything holy it won’t be between the hours of 4-6pm.
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And I’m sure all you ‘neighsayers’ would be the first few racing down the street to be the first ones there to see the inside if the Grommesh’s had a housewarming party.
Not happy for anybody or what is being done for them, lest it be you or your family. So if EMHE came to YOU and said you were the winner, they were going to redo your home, you probably would say ‘no thanks’ because you don’t want to inconvenience your neighborhood for a week, right? Of course you would! I know the Grommesh’s are very grateful and humble to the whole community for anyone’s small inconvenience.
And the TV show has absolutely nothing to do with how the families end up years down the road. What the families do is the families problem. The EMHE team is there to give a family an opportunity at something better, if that family screws it up later on down the road, well that’s their problem. It’s too bad that you are inconvenienced by this event, it really is. But it’s even worse that you are too thin skinned and selfish to understand and accept it and be happy for a deserving family. I’d probably be inconvenienced too if I had to walk a block or two with six bags of groceries, but a few more days and you can go back to normal petty lives. When the Grommesh’s get back in town, why don’t you stop by and tell them just how much you were inconvenienced, make sure they understand that you weren’t happy with the fact that you had to out of your comfort zone for a short time, and let them know how selfish they are for not considering you or your needs.
Jay you’re so in to volunteering, why didn’t you sign up to volunteer at the site? Oh that’s right, the home value is too high and the family is poor enough for you. Grow up and get life!
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And I’m sure all you ‘neighsayers’ would be the first few racing down the street to be the first ones there to see the inside if the Grommesh’s had a housewarming party.
Not happy for anybody or what is being done for them, lest it be you or your family. So if EMHE came to YOU and said you were the winner, they were going to redo your home, you probably would say ‘no thanks’ because you don’t want to inconvenience your neighborhood for a week, right? Of course you would! I know the Grommesh’s are very grateful and humble to the whole community for anyone’s small inconvenience.
And the TV show has absolutely nothing to do with how the families end up years down the road. What the families do is the families problem. The EMHE team is there to give a family an opportunity at something better, if that family screws it up later on down the road, well that’s their problem. It’s too bad that you are inconvenienced by this event, it really is. But it’s even worse that you are too thin skinned and selfish to understand and accept it and be happy for a deserving family. I’d probably be inconvenienced too if I had to walk a block or two with six bags of groceries, but a few more days and you can go back to normal petty lives. When the Grommesh’s get back in town, why don’t you stop by and tell them just how much you were inconvenienced, make sure they understand that you weren’t happy with the fact that you had to out of your comfort zone for a short time, and let them know how selfish they are for not considering you or your needs.
Jay you’re so in to volunteering, why didn’t you sign up to volunteer at the site? Oh that’s right, the home value is too high and the family is poor enough for you. Grow up and get life!
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I live in the immediate neighborhood of the Grommesh’s too (only ONE block away) and I think the whole experience is now going much better and is very exciting too! It is true that there are some comforts that I will go without over the next week, ie. having visitors, parking on the street, quiet at night, etc. but I also feel privileged to be able to walk outside my door and get a front row seat to something so extraordinary that people are shuttling in to see it from a distance!
I do feel that there could have been better training/preparation for the police and security officers before the event started. On Sunday morning on my way to church and before anyone even knew what was happening, I too was told by a police officer at the intersection right outside my door that I would NOT be able to get back in without a permit. The real problem though was that he didn’t know where to get the permits, who was giving them out…and etc. It is pretty scary and frustrating to be told that you will not be able to return home and not knowing what can be done about it.
However, since then the police, Extreme Makeover crew, volunteers and everyone else around here has been VERY considerate, friendly and helpful to the neighborhood residents. I feel lucky to be a part of something this exciting and special for a family who has given so much more to other people.
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Yes Hereshopin, things are going better in the neighborhood. And I am very happy for the Grommesh’s. Not jealous like some people have said on here. I also feel that there could have been better training/prep between the EMHE security and the police. We were told that the permits would be put in mailboxes. Noone knew where to get the permits, who had them or when they’d be handed out. Yet, you needed one to get in the neighborhood. The police officers I’m sure were overwhelmed by the confusion too. I would have assumed that the EMHE workers would develop a plan to be ready when they start a home. And yes, everyone else has been very considerate and friendly after the inital confusion.
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I’ve been watching the progress a bit — absolutely amazing!
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Why is it that people feel slighted when their lives are a little bit inconvenienced for a few days, weeks, or even a month? As I see it, this family took their lemons and made really good lemonade that they share with others, instead of wallowing.
Why can’t an organization, or even a TV show, pick THEM to be the family to get help? When one (or a group) is in the business of philanthropy, don’t they get to PICK who they want to give that money, or aid to? If people support this type of feel good charity, let them do with it what they will. There are people on the flipside, willing to support causes I wouldn’t flip a dime to, but, they have their followers and that is their RIGHT to choose what makes their day.
For those burning with envy, take a cold shower of reality. Walk a mile in the shoes, put yourself in that chair and then blog about how much that changed your adult life. Will you still be the same sour puss or will you deal with your LEMONS in the most positive way you can.
I commend any family that grasps their personal struggles and takes charge of their situations, and works toward developing and fostering a positive and productive outcome, despite what fate has given them. It seems to me that this family doesn’t want to recognize defeat, and doesn’t want to sit on the pity pot.
Why can’t EHME, make their lives easier, or more accessible? Are people jealous of the family? Do they perceive that the family is getting something they don’t deserve?
It truly sounds like they deserve to be recognized as gracious people who would give of their own time, effort, or caring, to help another, no matter what station in life. I would be honored to know them, were they my neighbor. If my car had to be parked two blocks away for a month, I would gladly walk, because I CAN walk, and I would be right in line to congratulate them when the doors open on their new accessible home.
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Jealousy and envy are not why someone doesn’t want to be forced to walk 2 blocks to get into their own home.
It shouldn’t be their problem to deal with. Just because one family is getting this windfall shouldn’t mean the surrounding neighbors all get to take a bite of a crap-burger of inconvenience. And for you to say they should just “deal with it” and be happy for the people getting the windfall is BS. You don’t get to determine what me or my family need to deal with to accomodate someone else’s good fortune.
Total crap!
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No they shouldn’t be forced to, and really they’re not being ‘forced’ to….
So, what if EMHE wasn’t there this week, and instead the City of Mhd was there, with the street tore up for blocks putting in new mains and rebuilding the road. THAT would be a much longer process then what this will be. And would still have the same results, you’d still have to make other parking arrangements and WALK to get home. So it really has NOTHING to do with the fact that this family is getting a much deserved gift, it has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that some people are just selfish and too full of it to think of people other than themselves.
When the Grommesh’s get back in town and the EMHE team is packed up and gone, I hope (and encourage) everyone one of you people that’s just so ‘inconvenienced’ by this project, to go over and personally let them know just how much your lives were ruined and ‘inconvenienced’ by this family’s good fortune and DEMAND an apology for them not getting your ‘OK’ and support before they entered or got nominated for this great thing.
If EMHE came to you and told you they were going to build you a new house in 106hrs with all the benefits and free mortgage, what would you say? Would tell them, “oh no, I’m sorry but I don’t want to inconvenience my neighbors for a few days with such gracious thing some people are doing for me.”
Heck no you wouldn’t!
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perhaps, the difference in our views is the difference in the definition of incovnvenience. I happen to think that being in a wheelchair for life is WAY more inconvenient than having to walk a couple blocks for a few weeks. I happen to think that trying to live in a house that is not handicap accessible is more inconvenient to them, than my walking a couple blocks for a few weeks.
it’s called empathy…live in those shoes and find out whether or not you would appreciate if ANYONE bothered to recognize that you would appreciate some HELP to make it easier to be more independant. I am quite thankful that I am able to WALK at all, as there are many without that ability, due to no fault of their own.
It’s a wonder how you even survive LIFE. It is full of inconveniences EVERYDAY. From the moment the alarm goes off, until you go to sleep at night…just think of all the instances where YOU had to wait for somebody or something else to occur before YOU could have what YOU want. That stoplight is in the way of YOUR immediate progress, or do you just run it? If someone is in the bathroom, do you crap on the floor because it’s inconvenient to have to WAIT? Obviously NO. (I hope)
It’s really pretty selfish for someone to feel slighted by the inconvience of a short term project that will better the life of someone else significantly. I do wonder though, how they would feel if they were in that family’s shoes, would they still feel that they should NOT take an opportunity because it might inconvience someone else? I doubt it.
It’s your right to feel this way…but I would hope that the majority of society would recognize that making a few small concessions in our daily lives goes a long way to help improve the lives of others. Something as simple as holding a door for someone…it’s such an easy task to do and it almost always is returned with a verbal thanks. Do you just let it slam in the face of that person BEHIND you? I’ve been asked by someone to reach an item on the top shelf at a grocery store…is it that much of an inconvenience to get it for them?
It’s not like this is a lifelong expectation that neighbors will have to WALK FOREVER. GEEZ. I get the impression that you would rather they NOT get any opportunity at all. Is it because you don’t want to have to walk…when this person CAN’T walk. I would imagine that they wish upon wish that she COULD RUN those blocks of her own ability. The sad reality is that she can’t…but a few people would impede her progress in life by determining that their inconvenience is more important than her abililty to have an opportunity to be more independant?
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Not my cross to bear.
My company is the primary sponsor of the event, so I am involved as a volunteer in the project. Not on the ground or anything in ND.
I’m just saying it sucks the neighbors are inconvenienced. It isn’t their problem or responsibility or moral obligation to be inconvenienced that much. I can’t walk long distances due to a previous severe injury. It would be a HUGE inconvenience to try and struggle that distance with anything to carry. Again, not my problem they have 400 people on their lawn and the cops want to keep everybody away. I bought a house with a driveway expecting nobody would bar me from using it.
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If you don’t live in that neighborhood, just hush up.
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To the whinners.. (bill, shannon, jay………) jealous much???
I think its absolutely wonderful that such a deserving family is receiving something so spectacular. I think it is wonderful that someone suggested them for the show, and that they are receiving something like this to help them. Peace to your family.
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Jealous? No. My home doesn’t need any makeover, extreme or otherwise.
Whinner isn’t a word, and I’m not whining either, which is what you must have intended to write.
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I love the comparisons to having the city redo the whole street and inconvenience it may cause people. The difference is everyone can use that street not just one family. They cannot stop some from accessing their own property. Just so everyone knows if he was born unable to walk then he knows no different only how to get around in a wheelchair. I doubt he complains at all. I have never heard a handicap individual complain that they wanna do something they can’t including my niece who is in a wheelchair, thank you much! Just cause this family
has a handicap kid or two doesn’t make them more deserving than people less fortunate. If they both work plus do hope Inc and draw 32k from that non-profit to pay themselves they don’t need 100′s of people’s help. By the way if they don’t raise $100,000 the family is gonna be paying some
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I’m really happy for your niece and her parents if she never feels sad and they never get tired or wish for something better. Yes, I raise my son to understand his disability doesn’t mean he’s “less than” anyone else, but you’re fooling yourself if you think children with disabilities never wish they could do what their friends do or that there’s anything wrong with that. that’s the reason behind Hope, Inc. Our kids can have their own kind of fun, adapting activities the able-bodied take for granted.
The Grommeshes would be the first ones to tell you they don’t think they are any more deserving than anyone else, just incredibly fortunate and blessed to have this gift. They felt blessed BEFORE it happened, because they’re fully aware many people are in more dire need…and they reach out and HELP instead of sitting there feeling bitter and negative.
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I think it’s great for a family in need to receive charity and i am certain they thinks it’s nice as well. What about families in the neighborhood who will now pay increased property taxes? What about those who are put out of their daily lives to suit this WONDERFUL family nobody gave a shiat about 3 weeks ago. What about ABC making millions and millions of dollars off this POOR family and then asking us to donate food, supplies, and time to help the poor UNFORTUNATES. It makes me sick that Disney (ABC) is claiming to do this in the name of charity while raking in millions in advertising dollars. If they wanted to help people and I mean really help people they could build twenty modest homes for people in need rather than a 30 room McMansion for one family. OOOh but they donated the old house….yeah, so what. I’m in need too. Should I adopt 15 orphans with disabilities so they will build me a new house? Yeah im gonna kick em out after but so what? Maybe then Ill put my new mansion up as collateral to finance my shiatty business that I sucked at running that got me in this state in the first place . Maybe I will have to move when I find out that all of my neighbors want to hang my apples from a tree when they find out their taxes went up by a few k per year thanks to my CHARITY.
I am all for helping those in need. I do appreciate the fact that Disney builds people new and nice houses to suit their needs. I abhor the ignorance you people carry in the name of charity and think you wield a great and mighty stick of super stupid. Take a step back and learn some facts.
To address those PUT OUT of their homes. Man up and grow a pair. “I have to carry my baby 2 blocks” Shut the *^&%* up. Do what you need to do to get things done. Your new episode of whatever reality show you’re watching at the moment will be awaiting you on your DVR. You really have no place to complain so just shut up and walk. There are much worse things.
Its called empathy. Lets get real here, and I mean really real. This is a family that is dealing with some tough stuff. Is it my problem? Is it your problem? No. Can we do something to help them? Yes. But the thing is there are so many more people out there just like them that we ignore that will never get any attention. So lets spend millions of dollars on one family and yes it is MILLIONS of dollars spent and call it good. Then we can move on and not worry, right??
You can all go to HE11 if you ask me, you fight over little piddly Shiat like you are the only ones that matter in the world or as if you are the savior of the POOR. Fark off
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So let’s STOP IGNORING those in need. You don’t need a tv show to inspire you to help someone else out, do you?
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Good to know the world is still FULL of cold-hearted people like a few on this page! I bet your proud……
Still hope someone takes me up on my challenge, to go speak their ‘opinions’ and thoughts to the Grommesh’s when they get back home. But I know nobody will because then you wouldn’t have a screen name to hide behind a make yourselves feel superior.
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I’ll take you up on your challenge, I don’t care what people think of me or what I say! I’ll tell them right to their face what I think of the situation and how I think there are less fortunate that could have been given an “opportunity”. If I ever cross paths with them I will. However I will not knock on their door to do so. If I go out of my way to go near that house it will be so my 2 dogs can fertilize the yard. I think that tells them the same thing.
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Jay, it’s clear you don’t care what people think or say about you.
Rest assured no one cares what you say or think either.
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That says ALOT about you and how thin skinned you are. However, it would be safe to say that you’re all talk and no action. The only reason you won’t knock on their door and say it is because you know Bill would bust you in the mouth and being on his property he’d have every right to and not get in trouble for it.
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OK, I think I finally figured it out! (sound of party horns)
Nobody should get anything better than what I have. Nobody should live better than I do. Nobody should get any help I don’t get. Nobody should get anything free if I don’t get it too. Talk about extreme Marxism! Let’s all live to the lowest common denominator!
I’m not a Christian, but I seem to remember (having gotten 100& on that Pew religious poll) some commandment or other about not coveting?
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Then why do you always sound so envious of what the Palin’s have Grandma?
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