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June 05/05
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Incredible 50-K Home Makeover In The Heart Of The City  : A Renovation By Faith
   This week's program has been in the works for a few months. When Lorna received a call from an actor who came up with the idea of completely renovating a family's home from top to bottom - in two weeks - she thought of all the popular 'extreme makeover' shows on TV and their seemingly limitless budgets and wondered could they pull this off? Well it seems even Listen Up has pull when it comes to getting home renovators and suppliers in on helping others. And that's just what happened.

Meet Bill and Donna Dyck (put in picture of the two of them here) and their four children Lisa, Martin, Andrew and Michael. Bill and Donna say they 'felt a call from God' to leave rural western Canada and start a church in downtown Toronto - not too far from where they both grew up. It was a tough move for Donna who says she asked God to give her a home on a dead end street, with a porch, a park and good neighbors. Well, she got all that and more. 10 years later - Bill, Donna and their entire family are immersed and thriving in the community in the heart of the city they have grown to love.

So we sent our cameras to cover the beginning, middle and ending of what started as a one room makeover and became a $50-thousand dollar total renovation.

The volunteers dubbed it, 'Reno By Faith.' Designer Marie MacNeil, performance artist Jason Hildebrand, and banking executive, Ernie Johannson are just three of the many players in this magnificent home makeover story… off they went with our cameras and you won't believe what happened next… (upload the show to see more!)

            Before & After Pictures of The Home Makeover 
Stairway Hallway Bedroom Living Room
Bathroom Foyer Living Room

The Amazing Donors


Supreme Drywall- Tom Shved 416-889-5316

We "R" Tops Countertops - Don Grills 905-333-4938 1163 King Rd, #1, Burlington

Caplan's Appliances - Paul Turner 416-767-1655 111 Weston Rd, Toronto

Carpet Warehouse- Domenic Tonelli 905-842-0042 238 Cross Ave, Oakville

Home Depot (Cross Avenue, Oakville)- Aaron Mahoney (manager) 905-815-5000 99 Cross Ave, Oakville

Designer Fabrics - Raquel Escudero (manager) 416-531-2810 1360 Queen Street West, Toronto

Barzelle Designs Ltd. - David Rapley/Maha Touma 416-675-1033

Peel Tile - Albert Colosimo 905-569-0202 2140 Dunwin Drive, Mississauga

Zellers - Steve/Ravi 416-534-9231 2290 Dundas St West, Toronto

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