Applications for the 26th Annual BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon are now available and being accepted. Paint-A-Thon has been serving the community for 25 years, and is designed to help low-income homeowners who are over 60 years old or permanently disabled at any age, and who live in Douglas and Sarpy Counties in Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, by painting the exteriors of their homes. Since the program’s inception, volunteer teams have painted 2,578 homes. The goal for 2014 is to paint 85 homes with the help of over 2,000 volunteers. An independent selection committee of professionals from housing and human services agencies identifies the qualified homeowners who will have their homes painted. Painting is done at NO COST to the homeowner. Paint Day this year is Saturday, August 16.
BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon is made possible through the support of Barnhart Press, ConAgra Foods, Diamond Vogel Paints, Lincoln Financial Group, The Lozier Foundation, The Mammel Foundation, The Gavilon Group, Pay Pal, US Bank, Northern Natural Gas, Tenaska, Union Pacific Railroad, and Wells Fargo Bank.
Applications are available at any Wells Fargo Bank or by calling 211, and Team Registration forms are available by calling (402) 965-9169. Applications and Registration forms must be returned by June 7, 2014. For more information about the 26th Annual BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon, visit www.brushupnebraska.org.