Resident podcaster (and all-around-cool-guy), Erik w/a K, set out to interview Rich Duncan, of Rich Duncan Construction, today on the set of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Salem, Oregon. It was revealed yesterday that the Oregon School for the Deaf will be the recipient of the building project and Rich Duncan Construction will head up the build.
Erik sat down with Rich Duncan and asked him a few questions about the project.
To find out more about the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project in Salem, visit the website at www.richduncan-emhe.com.
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I would LOVE to win the tickets!!! It's been so fun to watch EMHE working at OSD this week!
A Haunted House would be a real treat! I'd love to win the tickets….
Tickets would be lovely! I got to volunteer putting this together and it was fantastic. I would love to see it in action.
Angela Ward – ociana@gmail.com
I took my daycare kids down there today, and we were all dressed up for the reveal, we were there from 11:45-4:00. Unfortunately, parents were coming to pick up and the babies were tired… BUT, the older kids had SOO MUCH FUN waiting to say MOVE THAT BUS— and dressing up! We were moved to what I guess was the VIP area… Had so much fun, even though we didn't get to see the reaction, or say MOVE THAT BUS. =/ I would LOVE to get tickets to the Nightmare Factory!!!
I want to win!!! Please!! You went to my school CPCA!!!
This is one of the coolest things to ever happen in Salem!
Really enjoyed volunteering… cast, crew, other volunteers were all fantastic! Would love to go through the finished project!
Had a great time watching the crew and cast of Extreme Home Makeover today! Thanks to everyone who put this together and especially the construction workers! It was warm today but what an amazing time for the Salem Deaf community! I would love to see the inside of the Haunted House and the new boys dorms.
I'd love to win some tickets! I volunteered for 1 day and it was so neat to see how hard that whole crew worked! What a great thing for OSD!
I have two teen age kids that would love to win tickets to see the haunted house
The family has gone a couple of times in the past few years, and are looking forward to being scared by the remodel.
Looking forward to going !
The interview was insightful – especially learning about all the project managers under Rich. I'm not surprised there were 5,000 volunteers. Congrats to the Oregon School for the Deaf. I think they should leave the Nightmare Factory open an extra week (beyond October 31) to capitalize on the publicity they are going to get from the October 31 airing of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Everyone in Oregon will want to see it at that point and it will be closed. Leaving it open an extra week can bring tens of thousands of dollars in additional revenue for the school and for school projects.
Joe, I agree with the related thoughts your blog post. http://www.salemoregonblog.com/salemideas/oregons…. Hopefully the Oregon School for the Deaf can capitalize on the exposure for this year's Nightmare Factory like you mentioned in your post. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for linking to that, Bo. I'm trying to spread the word in as many ways as possible. I mentioned it to some other volunteers and a couple of Duncan people then blogged about it and Twittered about it. I'm hoping that someone with the authority reads the idea and sees the extreme value in keeping the Nightmare Factory open another week. As a volunteer on the project I really want to see the Oregon School for the Deaf thrive. An important step in that direction is capitalizing on the mass publicity October 31 and leaving the Nightmare Factory open another week to rack in a ton of additional money to help the school.
Thanks again and good interview, Bo.
So glad that EMHE is concentrating on community projects. What a great opportunity for projects that continuously struggle with funding!
Great job to the entire team involved! May the impacts of your time and energy last longer than the TV show!