Angie’s List Wishmakers and local company grants wish for area family battling cancer and autism

(Los Angeles – September 28, 2009) In many ways, the Reztlaff family is the typical American family - two working parents and three children. However what they face on a day-to-day basis is anything but typical.

Roger and Lisa Reztlaff’s middle child, 16-year-old Jacob, is in a fight for his life. The now wheelchair-bound teenager was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008. Additionally, he and his older brother, 22-year-old Eric, both suffer from severe autism.

In the midst of learning about Jacob’s diagnosis, the family also learned that their home equity line of credit was being retracted due to declining home values in the Santa Fe Springs area. Since then, medical bills and full-time adult care costs for Eric have consumed the family’s limited finances. Several home improvement project that were underway have been stalled as they deal with the more pressing obligations.

A family friend heard about the Angie’s List Wishmakers program and reached out for help.

“It has been a rough few years for us, so when we heard that we were nominated for the Wishmakers program, it was like a little ray of sunlight breaking through the dark clouds,” said Lisa Reztlaff.

Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List (www.angieslist.com), began the program five years ago.

“It’s our way of giving back to the communities we serve,” Hicks said. “We work as a liaison between families in need and highly rated service companies in the area that are willing to volunteer their time and service for a worthy cause.”

After hearing about the Retzlaff’s struggles, Los Angeles-based, California Construction Center (www.californiaconstructioncenter.com) stepped forward to replace the family’s mix-and-match kitchen floor. The entire floor is being donated.

General Manager, Oz Zilberberg felt compelled to do what he could for this family in need. “This family deserves so much more than they have. It was an honor to be able to help them out. I only wish we could have done more.”

***PHOTO / INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY****

Date: Thursday October 1st

Time: 11:30am-12:30pm

Interviews Available:

Lisa & Roger Reztlaff, Parents

Oz Zilberberg, General Manager, California Construction Center

Visuals:

Crew installing new kitchen floors. Still photos of “before” pictures are also available

CONTACT Angela Barnes, Angie's List for details and address

angelab@angieslist.com

317.803.7561

Anyone wishing to help the Reztlaff family wish additional home repairs can contact them via email at: lretzlaff@mac.com.

Previous Wishmakers projects include:

• Building a room addition on to the home of an Indianapolis family whose little boy has the “Bubble Boy” disease and has to live in sterile isolation.
• Repairing the car of a disabled Navy veteran in Deland, Florida to help him get back up on his feet after a long, up-hill medical battle.
• Removing and properly sealing exterior lead paint and replacing gutters for a Rochester, N.Y. woman who operates a child care center out of her home.
• Finishing flooring and installing doors in the home of a St. Petersburg, Fla. woman in frail health who has spent her retirement fund taking care of her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother.
• Improving the kitchen and organizing the home of a Boston, Mass. woman who cares for drug-addicted and HIV positive newborns.
• Improving kitchen countertops and installing a portable dishwasher in the home of a legally blind Portland, Ore. man.
• Making a Kansas City, Mo. backyard safe for young children, including an infant with a congenital heart defect.
• Installing a safety rail and improving the gutters and trim of the home of a Washington, D.C. woman with multiple sclerosis.
• Landscaping for a widowed Bellingham, Wash. woman with two young children.

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