Michael Daly                                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IT & Marketing Specialist
Office: (502) 719-9737
Cell: (502) 641-7608
mdaly@burdorf.com

BURDORF’S JOINS FORCES WITH EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION

Donates $50,000 worth of furnishings

Louisville – Burdorf’s Furnishings & Flooring located at, 3939 Shelbyville Rd. Louisville, KY 40207, has agreed to donate a major portion of the furnishings for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that is currently taking place in the Louisville community.

The home makeover began on Friday, October 22, 2010.  The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew arrived at Burdorfs Furnishing & Flooring on Saturday October 23, 2010 to begin the furniture selection process.  Final selections were made Sunday.  The furniture will be prepared and loaded on the trucks for delivery this Wednesday October 27, 2010, and the home will be revealed to the family the following day, Thursday October 28, 2010.

“We at Burdorf’s are extremely proud to be the official furniture sponsor to the local edition of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  We are happy for the opportunity to give back to the community and the deserving Lampe family,” said Velma Watkins, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Burdorfs Furnishings & Flooring.

The Lampe family is the deserving family who is receiving this wonderful gift.  The house is located just outside of Louisville in Fairdale, Kentucky.  Workers and volunteers are working 24 hours a day to complete the house on time.

The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” now in its 8th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.

For more information about the project please contact Michael Daly at (502) 719-9737 (office) or (502)-641-7608 (cell) or Velma Watkins at (502) 719-9703 (office) or (502) 931-8762 (cell).

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The Lampe family from Fairdale, KY was the deserving family that received the new home on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  The construction on their new home began on October 22, 2010 and the crews will finish building the completely new house on Thursday October 28, 2010.

Jeff and Shelley Lampe have six children, John, Justin, Dominic, Rita, Maria, and Angela.  Numerous medical challenges have faced this brave family and have caused struggles for this close-knit family, which has greatly affected the earning ability.  Due to numerous injuries, the father, Jeff Lampe has had to considerably scale back on the amount of work he is capable of.  Despite the injuries, Mr. Lampe continued to work through the pain in order to contribute to his family.

Lampe family with the Burdorf's family!

They have a beautiful 3 year old daughter, Angela, who has special needs.  As a Down Syndrome child, the family has many past and anticipated medical expenses that are associated with her care.  Angela is the musician of the family and loves to sing and play her keyboard.

Mrs. Lampe teaches at St. Xavier High School, where the three boys, John, 16, Justin, 14 and Dominic, 12 are all competitive wrestlers.  John and Justin won state in their respected classes, and Dominic placed fourth in state in his class.  Mrs. Lampe teaches in exchange for her children’s tuition at St. Xavier High School.

The other two girls in the family are Rita, 10, who loves animals, especially rabbits and horses, and Maria, 6, who is the family artist that loves to paint and work on craft projects.

The house took only 7 days to build from the ground up.  Crews worked around the clock with the help of approximately 1,200 volunteers.

Burdorf’s is extremely blessed to receive the opportunity to help out such a wonderful family.

Burdorf's unloading furniture at Extreme Makeover: Home Edition!

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