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Dream Home Makeover

Volunteers make a "dream home" come true for a young girl and her family. See the amazing transformation.







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" Hi I'm -- have a thin and eighteen years old I hate. A sagging us with cancer not even an entire eight years I've segments on March 13 and I had surgery to get since allied planes and about a week later I started acting up there. The first three weeks we're the worst. And we can imagine. Really tough. And minutes like right now in your face you don't have time that the plan it just in I just have to go with it is really intense chemotherapy and violence on my hand night. -- really -- and then. Week after the week after Mickey Mouse and I have imagined. I was so mad dog and I had at all and -- exactly that thing. So we're perfect match which is really react it was a shock because I was going into the -- day. And and they told me I can legislative push myself back I think. Cool kind of scary isn't -- where I was I went out and let him be exiting firefight. Where men and I mean remission -- And that if I can saying -- is with the death Ivins and I'm it's. Here to answer I gave every time you various cities. And -- your friends -- and I'm working and I'm going to school full time and going to cherry -- and everything is just so amazing now."

" It's an extremely. Tough experience to go through the medical issues she had."

" She never complains she was always positive and upbeat throughout the entire experience. Hands. She's a sister Carol."

" But -- did have one -- an extreme home make over the only problem her wish was too big for one organization to take on. That is until Reagan Cornelius."

" Heard about it we weren't just formed recently as of September. Because of myself Huddleston actually because -- in the midst of herself train when she's being treated for leukemia this summer. Until she said that her make a wish which would be an extreme negative. So that kind of hard to pull up the next thing you know we're affirming its non profit and bringing an all these incredible. Company and teamed together."

" And this newly formed team got to work and they sent the how to do Stanley on vacations of them may go over would be surprised. And keeping -- Marisa and her family -- the volunteers are only going to decorate her room and her sister's room. But they're about to do so much more but I have read the title since help the -- today her dreams coming true she is getting a -- govern."

" Volunteers take on -- not just two rooms but the entire home Johnson passed yet but since word has spread the volunteers just keep coming. Okay with me as effectively competing company. Working then on we have. To remodeling contractor."

" Exactly the kids in -- moving out furniture the whole process it's at about two weeks and we'll be back. Check on the progress."

" We continue our green make over now a teenager battling cancer has a dream come true with the help of dozens of volunteers who worked tirelessly around the clock to make it happen. Here's -- with the rest of the story. This is senate cavalcade and we are back if I had a in home to check on their progress. These volunteers have been working around the clock to get this project and it seems -- read -- get down. --"

" Just before it started when I was I was lining up all the sponsors and kind of worried if they know everything what's gonna come together but now everything's up and coming together. I'm so now when I sleep at night I'm just dreaming about what we're doing Marion and now it's time."

" And apparently been finishing up the paints we're still working on the trend but you can. Kind of see I -- here. Where we change the white friends -- like this full wouldn't work we've had beautiful wooden floors installed -- process right now. They still need to be candid and finished but this is really high quality led six rooms all ready let's come. -- And that -- local companies and actually companies from out of state as well have. Sponsored us by supplying us with all these beautiful side."

" It's big date of the big reveal the family you'll be home in about an hour and a half and is still a few rats in the text that need to be made."

" They have they get half an hour now they come home fifteen minutes actually and we have lots city. Yeah we are. It's crunch time what's laughs. -- I think and other. Volunteers and friend ally in the head of his driveway inches for the -- to even work they did in just two weeks we'll. --"

" Oh sending Chris -- and my house I CNN I don't know today Fred Hammond."

" I just feel like we can -- and we young -- We need to get us past now Lancaster carpet as Alabama are being embarrassed to have people overnight I'm just. It felt cool and I seven think and I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now --"

" I can't decide which way to go first of you know they've -- clearly and then there. And it looks -- these -- can figure out what's that go to Clinton presents her family are concerned that Molly grabbed me and said. And and then both beautiful and they fit the personalities of what they want to balance in my room is perfect for me at like matches my personality and what I love and it. Perfect amount girly men and it's great innings did everything I wanted me. More and every game and every being captured in every room is just my campaign and it's just something tonight. We all love and I -- Can't even believe it makes it. I can't believe that involvement and I had no idea really where it came together and created -- street there."

" It's. Really. -- do that for pressed him for us to stop her really Kennedy is her -- for her and she liked this -- she did this for us."

" What do you think your house."

" I mean there's a lot of people that really anxious to. -- there hasn't been adamant yeah."

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