ZonePerfect and ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Honor Hero
When ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" rolled into Whitehall, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, last November, Abbott's ZonePerfect joined M/I Homes and other Columbus-based businesses to give 9/11 hero Jason Thomas and his family a new home. Thomas, a former sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, risked his life on September 11, 2001 to find two New York police officers buried alive in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Throughout the week-long build, ZonePerfect provided Chocolate Peanut Butter and Fudge Graham all-natural nutrition bars – the brand's most popular flavors – to the "Extreme Makeover" cast and crew, along with the thousands of volunteers and subcontractors who labored to build the Thomas family's dream home.
The winner of two Emmys for Outstanding Reality Program, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" stars Ty Pennington, a team of designers, contractors, and hundreds of volunteers in a race against the clock to build a home within five days for a deserving family. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, M/I Homes is one of the nation’s largest builders.
The two-hour special edition of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" aired Sunday, February 11.
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| Shelly Smith, Internet content coordinator for Ross, passes out ZonePerfect bars to the crowd of curious onlookers. | The "Extreme Makeover" cast and M/I Homes construction volunteers begin demolition of the Thomas' house in Whitehall, Ohio. | The Thomas family's dream home completely rebuilt one week later. |
