There must be a tight lid on photos from this event, I can't find them anywhere.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" surprised one lucky family this weekend with news that would change their lives -- a new home. Host Ty Pennington, along with his design team and a slew of cameras, arrived to the Hyattsville home of Nikema and Tamara Tripp on Saturday with the news that they were getting a new home. Hundreds of volunteers -- including a special guest volunteer, actor and producer Tyler Perry -- will work 24 hours a day to finish the home in one week.
About the Tripp family: Nikema aka "Tripp" (age 31), Tamara Tripp (age 30), and sons Micah (age 5), Ethan (age 3) and Aaden (age 9 months). More than three decades ago, "Tripp" Tripp's father ran a bus ministry for the Woodland Baptist Church, hoping to make his rough neighborhood a better place. Now a generation later, Tripp and Tamara are continuing a family tradition of service and generosity. About 40 kids each week more than 90 children on holidays board the bus for fun and safe activities that have ranged from bowling on a Friday night to flower arranging for Mother's Day. Tripp, an electrician, and Tamara, a teacher's aide, serve as Bus Captain and Project Coordinator respectively.
More importantly, Tripp and Tamara have taken on the role of mentors to many of these children who often look for a sympathetic ear outside their home. The Tripps give of themselves lovingly - but their generosity has its costs. Since their church cannot afford to fund the activities provided by the "Big Blue Bus," the Tripps pick up the tab. Earning only modest salaries from their regular jobs, they have little left over to repair the crumbling 900-square-foot, two-bedroom, one bathroom house they share with their three young sons.
The Tripps will go on vacation to Disney World while "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" transforms their home.
Charity Work is Such a Good Look!!!