Congratulations To Our 2019 New Year, New Roof WINNERS!

Nominee: Audrey & Peter Art, South Dartmouth, MA

Nominated By: Nick Francis

Audrey & Peter’s Story: Peter Art and his wife, Audrey, are wonderful people, neighbors, friends, and loving parents to 3 beautiful and selfless little girls. Put all of those superlatives together and you have a family who couldn’t be more deserving of a new roof. Intensified by the fact that just over a year ago their 4 year old daughter, Eleanor, was diagnosed with Leukemia requiring treatments over the past year and continuing for another year. While a major life event like this is unimaginable they have been so inspirational in making it work while juggling life with 3 kids. With the constant trips to Boston Children’s Hospital, sometimes in the middle of the night, typical life problems have been put on hold while the medical bills pile up.

Due to the unpredictable demands of Eleanor’s illness, Audrey, a social worker, has been on leave since April of 2018 while Pete also had to take 6 months off from his job that he commutes to an hour away. Although I can’t personally understand the struggles, one can only imagine the stress and financial toll they are dealing with – leaving things like home repair to wait. With another New England winter well under way I couldn’t imagine a more deserving family to be awarded a new roof in the new year. Take their 8 year old daughter Julia’s letter to Santa this past Christmas as an example of their selflessness. Julia wrote that she didn’t want anything this year except for her sister Eleanor to be happy and for her to “get a baby doll that pee’s and poo’s because it’s all she has wanted.” For this and so many more reasons I nominate the Art family to be the recipients of this year’s Care Free Homes New Year, New Roof giveaway.

The Art Family Home

Nominee: Jennifer Dumoulin, Fairhaven, MA

Nominated By: Laura Girard

Jenn’s Story: Jenn is one of my older sisters. We come from a family of 4 girls. Jenn has always had a love for sports growing up. She played softball in high school and hockey. She was the only girl on her hockey team, determined to prove a girl can play just as well, if not better, than the boys! Jenn’s love for sports has even passed on to her 3 young children. She has volunteered as a softball coach for the past 4 years and has been on the softball board for the past 2 years.

Jenn had been a stay at home mom since her first child was born in 2004. She was a PTO member at her kid’s school and a town meeting member up until her diagnoses of breast cancer in 2013. She worked seasonal jobs during the holidays for extra income. It became difficult to maintain any type of job while receiving treatment. After that strenuous battle, Jenn was cancer free for about 3 years. She became a single mom in 2016 and started working for an insurance company. Jenn’s cancer returned as stage 4 metastic breast cancer, in November of 2017. She was forced to resign her new career because of the side affects from treatment. Jenn is unable to work and struggles to make ends meet.

I greatly appreciate your consideration for a new roof for the Dumoulin family. It will stop leaks in the bedrooms and prevent more issues from occurring.It’s more than just a roof. It’s one financial burden lifted for a family already struggling.

The Dumoulin Family Home