September 12th, 2011

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Jorge Morgado 413-237-5316

Baystate Rug and Flooring of Chicopee, Massachusetts, is proud to announce that it is helping bring Extreme Makeover-Home Edition from ABC to the Springfield, Massachusetts area.

Baystate Rug will be part of a huge team of home improvement professionals turning one needy family’s home into their dream.

The selected family for the Extreme Makover are the Walkers of Springfield:

On April 6th, 2009, 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover took his own life…forever changing the Walker family. For almost a year, Carl had told his mother, Sirdeaner Walker about the many incidents of kids bullying him at school. The family still hasn’t been able to return to normal after this tragic event, but they have focused their energy on helping others. The family has turned this tragic accident into something positive by lobbying for new state and federal laws against bullying.

The Walker house is a living memory of the most horrific night in any family’s lives. The 3rd floor is where Carl Walker took his own life. As a result, the family cannot bare the sadness of being on that floor. Now, Sirdeaner and her two children sleep in the living room on a couch and two rollaway beds. In addition, they are forced to store their clothes and daily belongings in plastic containers and bags, creating a cramped and cluttered environment. The grandmother, who lives in the house with the family can’t access the 2nd floor as the stairs are impossible for her to use. The house is over 100 years old and in significant disrepair with structural, plumbing and electrical problems.

The EM:HE design team has just seven days to build a brand new home for the Walker family, a new facility that meets their current needs and also honors Carl in a positive way without the haunting memories of the 3^rd floor. The Walker family has been whisked away on a dream vacation to Hollywood, while the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team leader Ty Pennington, designers Michael Moloney, Tracy Hutson, Jillian Harris, John Littlefield and Baystate Rug and Flooring, as well as community volunteers, build the structure while bringing together organizations to join the episode theme of “stand together” in the fight against bullying.

As Extreme Makeover says: “You’ll see dingy kitchens get completely tricked out, spa-inspired bathrooms built where icky ones once were, and Olympic-sized swimming pools installed in what were once shabby overgrown yards. It’s stuff we know you’d want at your own pad—and then some. And Ty and his crew do it from the ground up, adding five-star luxuries and the occasional theme park attraction.

From the moment he gives his “Good Morning” wakeup call, Ty is bent on bringing neighbors together—one environmentally-friendly brick at a time. It’s a race against time on a project that would normally span several months, involving a team of designers, contractors and hundreds of workers who all have just seven days to totally rebuild an entire house!

Before you start getting all jealous, the lucky homeowners always have a heartening back-story: Heroes, community leaders, and a plethora of inspirational families are truly the heart and soul of the show. There’s that saying, “home is where the heart is,” and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition puts the heart right where it belongs.”

Baystate Rug and Flooring was selected to participate as a premiere vendor based on their regional and local reputation. Baystate Rug and Flooring was recently named North America’s Flooring Store of the Year by Mohawk Flooring.

More information online at www.baystaterug.com

The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” entering its 9th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It’s executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. Episodes air Sunday from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m., ET on ABC

Mohawk Floorscapes has named them Floorscapes Northeast Flooring Store of the Year !

All my friends (and there are lots of them) think that it was all my wine and dine events with Mohawk – nonsense ! Baystate pulled themselves up by their bootstraps on this one !

No doubt, their dedication to servicing my customers and I with 100% customer satisfaction has paid off.  Floorscapes agreed and awarded them the prestigious award for outstanding best practices, sales, growth and marketing !

Soooo, I want you to look deep inside yourself the next time you dare to go to a big box store, and think about who is going to be more committed to your quality floor and installation ! Of course,  it’s those Baystate Rug and Flooring boys in Chicopee !

Oh, I am so proud ! But, a little jealous that they had the chance to meet Ty Pennington all dressed up in those rough and tumble overalls !

Joseph and Jorge worked hard all day demolishing the Suffield, CT home that will be the New EXTREME MAKEOVER. I must say that I was concerned when my boys said that they would do demolition, since Jorge just had such a nice manicure.

Follow all the excitement of the Extreme Makeover on www.wggb.com and look for pictures of our Baystate Boys in the upcoming season.

Click here for the news story link:  http://www.abc40tv.com/global/story.asp?s=10582877

That has happened – Baystate’s own Jorge Morgado survived a harrowing flight into the Hudson River in January. As he stood on the wing of the plane, I quivered in my shoes.

Alas, the Miracle on the Hudson turned out to be the biggest feel good story of 2009. Thanks to Commander Sully, Jorge and his fellow passengers have now written a book about the day and the crash landing into the New York Hudson River. “Miracle on the Hudson” the story of the flight survivors is available now at Amazon.com

I can TELL you that we did just film some new Redesign commercials for a new sale. I had to pinch myself to believe all the special savings they are planning will come true !

But, yes Dorothy, dreams do come true ! Check back to Baystaterug.com this spring for more special offers.

And, just maybe I’ll see you at the store and have a chance to pinch you !

Ooooh, that sounds so inviting !