MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – “Hammers for Hope” is a newly formed nonprofit set on helping seniors and low-income families in need of minor home repairs but who lack the financial resources for the work.

On Friday, May 4 Hammers for Hope kicked off its next project in Middletown.

While delivering lunches for the Meals-On-Wheels program, Supervisor Jim Comstock met Margaret Bowlings, a longtime Middletown resident and senior citizen.  

Mrs. Bowlings mentioned that she cuts and hauls wood inside her home for her wood burning stove but could really use handrails to help her get up and down her front porch stairs.

Comstock brought this project to the attention of the Hammers for Hope’s board.

It turned out that Mrs. Bowlings’ porch was very badly dilapidated and needed to be replaced.

Instead of just handrails, Mrs. Bowlings’ now has a new porch with the much needed hand railings.   

The project was headed up by Mike Sand, Coyote Valley Construction and Calpine employees Barbara Ferguson, Dan Ferguson, Tom Stewart, Jill Gibbs and Danielle Matthews Seperas volunteered alongside Sand and his team to get the job done.