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Residents of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are served by one of 225 chapters nationwide, with the first chapter founded in 1973 in Midland, Texas. While each chapter is independent and serves only its local communities, together our association allows working and learning to identify and implement mutually beneficial strategies, activities and programs. As well, it allows enlisting national resources for use in local areas, most of which would be inaccessible to local, community based organizations.

Originally named Christmas in April, this organization grew out of the urgent need for better housing and refreshed deteriorating local community neighborhoods. As well, escalating hospital, rehabilitation and recovery costs were driving elderly, poor and disabled people to return to homes unequipped for living with their physical circumstances. Increasingly, there was a need to provide safety diagnosing and addressing home safety needs in older housing, such as grab bars, handrails, modified bathrooms, improved lighting and smoke and CO alarms.

Traditionally, the major emphasis and portion of repair work occurred on National Rebuilding Day, the last Saturday of every April, thus the original name. Today, the growing need to provide emergency, ongoing repair and renovation services has led the national office to expand and broaden its work and in turn, change the name of the organization in January 2001.

RTP completed its first project in 1993. Four hundred volunteers repaired ten homes the first year. Since then:

More than 18,500 volunteers and hundreds of sponsors have participated.
1,134 homes and 20 community centers have been repaired and rehabilitated for qualifying citizens.
The total value of repair, renovations and modifications services exceeds $6.1 million.
For every $1 donated, $3 - $4 in repair services is delivered during the Rebuilding Day Event.
All services were provided free to qualifying homeowners.