OREGON, Ill. (AP) — Volunteers are helping rebuild the lives of a Fairdale family who lost everything in an April tornado.
Operation Rebuild is a volunteer disaster-relief organization building a new home on land purchased by Rick and Dawn Geist.
The Dixon Telegraph reports that Deb Wooldridge of Polo is project coordinator. She says the Geists “lived through a nightmare. We’re trying to build them a dream.”
An April 9 tornado destroyed the Geists’ two-story home, two outbuildings, 65 trees and all their belongings.
The Geists used their insurance money to buy land and have lived in a mobile home since July.
Operation Rebuild stepped in to help in October. The group is still seeking volunteer carpenters, electricians and others.
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