A Dominican Starfish

Foundation Home

Make-over Project

A NEW HOME FOR

ELVIS, JULIA AND

FAMILY

March 2014-January 2015

Dominican Starfish Foundation Director, Louise ZoBell met

Elvis and Julia in March of 2014. She was walking through

the communities with Dominican Director, Amarilis Urena

taking pictures of families with great need. Elvis and Julia

certainly met that description.

Elvis is a carpenter. He builds the doors and windows for

homes in our foundation. This way he ekes out an

existence for his wife, two brothers-in-law and his small

son.

The very look on the faces reflects their dire need.

Julia is pictured here with her brother

Roberto who lost

his site in a construction accident.

The roof and the walls of the home

Inside the home

The outside of the home

In January 2014, Toni ZoBell visited the Dominican Republic

and participated in many humanitarian activities. Here she

is picture sorting clothes for the distribution center. After her

experience she went back to Lethbridge, Alberta. She then

went to Nicaragua and sold her retirement property and

donated the money to build a home for a family in the

Dominican Republic. Elvis and Julia were chosen to be

recipients of this wonderful blessing in their lives.

They were overcome with emotion

when they heard that they had a

sponsor so that they would have a

new home.

October, 2014

the home

came tumbling

down.

The

foundation

is poured.

The walls

start to

go up.

How the home looked October 31st when

Louise and Sandra returned to the

Dominican

Happy to find Elvis working

on his own home

The kitchen while waiting

The Living Area

Bedroom for 5

Doubles as

storage shed

Three weeks later when Louise

left to return to Canada

The very joyful meeting—Toni

meets Julie, January 13, 2015

And Elvis

And wins the

heart of Alviery

And sees for the first time, the

beautiful home she donated to this

family who needed it so much.

Through the translation of our director,

Amarilis Urena, Toni hears a heartfelt,

touching thank you from Elvis.

A large suitcase of gifts, blesses

the lives of the family even more.

The bed Elvis made for Alviery

A friend donated ceramic tile for

the bathroom

Elvis is making his own chairs.

Thank you Toni ZoBell for your

amazing gift of love for this family,

that will change their lives forever