by Kirk Kasicki | May 9, 2012 | Appeals
The stairwell will cost $10,000. The house will cost $372,000. You’ll need to make that bathroom ADA compliant. $25,000 right there. You’ll need to add a sprinkler system on every level. That’s going to run you upwards to $80,000. You need a parking...
by Kirk Kasicki | May 2, 2012 | Guest Blog
Today’s guest blog comes from one our amazing board members, Sandra Wilhite. Sandra is a soft spoken leader who is more than willing to jump in and get her hands dirty even with the mundane stuff of getting a non-profit off the ground. Sandra is a strong...
by Kirk Kasicki | Feb 12, 2012 | Vision
Do you remember when your toddler was learning to build with blocks? They would take those 2 or 3 blocks with those little mitten hands and try over and over again to stack them up successfully. During the process they would undoubtedly get frustrated when the blocks...
by Kirk Kasicki | Feb 12, 2012 | Appeals
We hear a lot of people telling us that they really can’t afford to donate much to The Sparrow’s Nest right now. Times are tough. And believe me. We get that! It’s kinda the reason we’re coming into existence. However, Coinstar® reminds us that...
by Kirk Kasicki | Feb 12, 2012 | Vision
In fact, I was a bit intimidated by the presumably 6″4′ young black teenager I was meeting. I was in the very small kitchen of a very small house right in between Kingshighway and Martin Luthur King Dr. The walls had been patched with cardboard to keep out...