Community Awareness
Save the Family
Foundation of
Arizona
On August 18,
2012 Crout & Heller
participated in the
PDCA 2012 Community
Service Project
where they painted a
home for the Save
the Family
Foundation of
Arizona.
Phoenix woman
receives Easter
surprise
Crew fixes her roof,
installs AC for free
David Galvan
of Crout and
Heller
Painting
Services
spray-paints
the exterior
of Rose
Bueno's home
in south
Phoenix.
Bueno wrote
a letter to
a
construction
company,
which chose
to repair
and improve
her home. |
Michael Schennum/The
Arizona Republic
Rose Bueno was
awakened by several
workers at her south
Phoenix house
Wednesday morning.
They had come to
repair her crumbling
roof. The two dozen
workers with Zzone
Construction also
brought her a new
air-conditioner and
promised to paint
the outside of the
house when they
finished.
All of it was free.
It was the Easter
gift Bueno had been
hoping for.
"I had to just keep
praying to the
Lord," said Bueno,
54, who lives at the
foot of South
Mountain near
Seventh Street.
The timing of Zzone
Construction's
charitable repairs
couldn't have been
better. Bueno had
gotten grief from
her neighbors for
her shabby roof.
Every time the wind
blew, Bueno would
see a few shingles
tear away and fall
into her yard, or,
more annoyingly, fly
into the street or a
neighbor's yard.
But financing such a
project is difficult
in hard times.
Unemployed, Bueno
has kept a tight
budget, surviving on
disability payments
and living in the
house her father
left her.
She had hoped to
find a roofer to do
the job cheaply and
professionally, but
everyone she asked
could offer her no
warranty and their
estimates ranged
from $15,000 to
$20,000.
"The boards of the
roof were so
warped," Bueno said.
"Wood was just
crumbling away.
There was a leak in
the master
bathroom."
To make matters
worse, her
air-conditioner was
broken.
Bueno's troubles
have been
heartbreaking and
marked by loss. In
1994, one of her
three sons died in a
shooting. Almost a
decade later, her
husband died of a
brain aneurism at
44.
Within the next two
years, her father
died, and then her
mother-in-law, her
last connection to
her husband, also
died.
Eight months ago,
with support from
the community
organization
Chicanos Por La
Causa, Bueno decided
to reach for help.
Bueno sent a letter
to Zzone
Construction, a
family-owned
construction company
in Scottsdale that
is known to select a
few homeowners for
pro bono house
repairs or other
contract work.
Tony Ardizzone owns
the business, which
he said works on
about a half-dozen
charitable projects
over the year in
between its
money-making
projects.
Bueno's letter
inspired him, and so
did the idea of
"just giving back,"
Ardizzone said.
"Rose had one of the
most touching
stories," he said as
about half of his
crew maneuvered the
new air-conditioner
into place with help
from a crane.
Ardizzone said he
planned to finish
the roof
replacement,
air-conditioning
installation and
exterior painting in
time for Easter
Sunday.
Bueno said that
until Wednesday, she
had thought she was
going to be
celebrating Easter
Sunday somewhere
outside her home.
But with the roof
replacement and a
new air-conditioner,
she has a cool space
where her three
children and their
grandchildren can
stay comfortably.
"I can hold Easter
at my house," Bueno
said.
Crout & Heller
Painting Services,
Inc. is a proud
recipient of a
AZSBDC 2006 Success
Award
AZSBDC 2006
Success Award Winner
through the SBDC/MCC
Recognition of
Entrepreneurial
Success Contributing
to the Economic
Vitality of Maricopa
County.
Every year, the
Arizona Small
Business Development
Center Network
honors small
business for their
large role in
Arizona’s economy
with The Success
Awards. These
entrepreneurs create
jobs and tax revenue
that stay within our
state and local
communities,
benefiting all
Arizonans.
2003 CAPP Program
Participant Through
the SBDC and
Maricopa Community
Colleges
The CAPP Program
provides
professional and
technical assistance
to businesses within
the City of Phoenix
in need of expertise
to assess and build
an effective and
competitive
organization
(Sponsored by the
City of Phoenix)
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