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INSIGHTS
A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE MAREK FAMILY OF COMPANIES
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Summer 2010
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Marek Residential Installs the Drywall in ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home The Johnson's episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will air on television in late September on ABC.
The Johnson family view their new home.
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It took just one week for the 3,500 volunteers to complete this new house. The Johnson’s new home is the result of a MBC Houston is honored to have been week-long effort by more than 3,500 invited to participate in the construction of volunteers. Located on Goodhope Street in the 4,500-SF home for ABC's Extreme Houston’s third ward, the new home rises Makeover: Home Edition built in like a castle, complete with a grand Houston the week of July 26. staircase and its own little tower. By the end of the week it was hard to tell According to Linda Stewart, with HHN where the sweat ended and the tears began Homes - the general contractor on the when Eric and Elaine Johnson and their project, “Elaine Johnson always wanted a five daughters stood in front of their new grand rotunda.” Now her dream has come home. Extreme Makeover: Home true. Edition is a popular television show that Some of our impressive team. Ralph Marek finds families with poignant stories and personally thanked A great team of MBC Houston employees worked day and night gives them the home of their dreams. The our team for the long in the Houston heat and included: Johnsons are the first family in Houston to hours and sweat Jorge Arellano Isaac Hernandez Moises Rivera have been selected. Manolo Hernandez Joe Rodriguez saying, “/ am Mike Castellano Eric and Elaine have always given to their Mike Huegele Hilario Romero extremely proud of Jose Cruz community. Eric is an ordained minister, the personal Ricky Delgado Carlos Jiminez Ed Simmons and both of them counsel married couples. Javier Torres sacrifices that each of Eduardo Diosdado Andres Macias The couple helps African-American Juan Diosdado Ronnie Marek Norberto Torres you made under families rebuild their family structure. The Hugo Martinez Chris Trojanowsky trying conditions, to Sergio Diosdado Johnsons themselves were, however, living participate in and Edmund Guiterrez Raphael Martinez Pat Trojanowsky in a 720 SF A-frame house that had been Jose Urdanivia complete this very Adolfo Hernandez Eddie Medina damaged by Hurricane Ike and that was also Arturo Hernandez Rueben Ramirez worthwhile charity." without any working plumbing.
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