It’s All Hands on Deck!
Friends, Neighbors and Media Stepping Up
The last few days have been like a whirlwind for the Ables family as they struggle to complete needed improvements to their almost remodeled home at 6th & Pecan in Bristow. If you’ve read the prior story we posted. you know that the family are on a tight deadline to complete the house – after a very unfortunate contractor experience that left them picking up the pieces and scrambling for helping hands and materials.
Just days ago Kelli Ables had reached out on Facebook with a big HELP! sign. Friends and neighbors began stepping up and lifting her heart, and significant progress has already been made. When a friend shared their ordeal with us at BristowBuzz (thank you), we wanted to share Kelli’s story, too. Judging by the 1,200 plus reads of our previous article… and extensive sharing, it seems the whole town of Bristow is now engaged. Helping hands are on the way, BUT….
There still exists a huge need for materials and supplies to get this done and save the house for the Ables family. Needless to say, the problems with the general contractor led to a financial shortfall in getting these needed materials bought and on-site.
Can you help??
A friend and neighbor, Kathryn Gerry, has set up a gofundme page to help out. If you are in a position to contribute, here is the link to their page:
Another friend set up a money pool account for them via PayPal:
I visited briefly with Kelli yesterday (Channel 6 had just arrived, so wanted to get out of their way) and asked for a list of needed materials and supplies. She forwarded that list to us last night. Here is what is still needed:
- 730 square feet on Vinyl Plank Flooring
- 5 Universal Floor Transom Pieces
- 140 shelf pins (for cabinet shelving)
- Wire Rack Shelving
- 6’ for master closet
- 7’ 4” upstairs closet
- For upstairs hall closet (31” W x 21” deep
- Shower tile
- Paint
- Black Interior – 2 gals.
- White Interior (trim? – finish?) – 2 gals.
- White Exterior – 25 gallons
- Trim Exterior (color?) – 5 gals.
- Sheetrock – 2 4 x 8 ½ sheets
- Plywood – 2 sheets of BC or better plywood
- Hardibacker board – 2 sheets 3’ x 5’ x ½”
LUMBER:
- 16 – 1” x 4” x 12’ white pine
- 60 – 1” x 4” x 8’ white pine
- 12 – 1” x 2” x 12’ white pine
- 15 – 1” x 6” x 8’ white pine
- 5 – 2” x 4” x 10’ white pine
- 30 – 2” x 4” x 10’ white pine
- 4 – 2” x 6” x10’ white pine
- 6 – 4’ x 8’ x ½” MDF
- 30 – 2” x 4” x10’ Pressure Treated
- 30 – 2” x 4” x 12’ Pressure Treated
- 2 – ¾” CDX Plywood
- 3 – ½” x 4’ x 8’ HardiBoard
- 24” Bifold Door
- 36” Bifold Door
- 48” Bifold Door
- 2-0 6-8 5 Panel Door
- 20 lbs of 3” Tory head Deck screws
If you can help with any of this, please let us know specifically in comments either here or on the Facebook page.
TH Rogers, Varners Hardware, Walmart, C&J Mercantile – can you guys help out??
Want to learn more? Here is the story from Jonathan Cooper at News on 6: https://www.newson6.com/story/41291436/bristow-family-needing-help-keeping-100yearold-home?fbclid=IwAR0_9VTF5kbj1A0IZoou5YGXyeZeq64TyoSpNh6s8sXM1t6yKGNqOW-Dpvo
All Hands Volunteers Workday Saturday, November 9th | 7am – 7pm | 502 West 6th | Bristow
