On-board Partners for the home building!

The Dempster Family Foundation has this posted on their site (before approval was given for the A to Zambooki home):

Anthony, an 8-year-old from Tuscaloosa, suffers from 22q/DiGeorge Syndrome. On April 27 Anthony and his family lost their home, cars, and all their possessions in the tornado that swept through the town. Unable to afford home insurance due to their increasing medical debt, they were left with nothing.

New York Yankees’ Reliever David Robertson, a Tuscaloosa native, and his wife Erin reached out to the Dempster Family Foundation to create a specific fund to help Anthony Johnson’s family rebuild their home. Through proceeds from their 2011 Casino Night, the Dempster Family Foundation donated over $20,000 to David and Erin Robertson’s fund to help the Johnson’s rebuild their home..

Anthony’s family is now awaiting approval from Habitat for Humanity and hope to have their home rebuilt in the next two months. The family has moved into a temporary home and out of the apartment they were in. Many of the local organizations have joined forces in Tuscaloosa to help the Johnson family.

The Northport Church of Christ has helped hundreds of people who were affected by the tornado. With a donation from David and Erin Robertson, the church was able to provide all new furnishings to Anthony’s family which they will be able to take along with them to their new home. Anthony and his family know that they are only one of many families in the Tuscaloosa community that need help. They continue to give back to a community that has given so generously to them by unloading trucks and delivering goods to those in the community who are still in need.

Anthony is excited to get a new home! Thanks to his new baseball friends David Robertson and Ryan Dempster, Anthony can’t wait to decorate his room in a baseball theme.

Zambooki is honored to be associated with such great foundations and partners!