Contractor Lends A Hand

Doug Muhle is a contractor. He and his company, EconoCrafters, build and repair commercial buildings, like offices and warehouses. One day, almost 10 years, he was asked to make a bid on repairing the roof of the building that housed the Tammy Lynn Center , a home for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Muhle came to bid a project. He had never even heard of the center but after seeing all the good they did there, he left with a different perspective. "The Tammy Lynn Center is an example of love in its best form," Muhle says.

 Muhle submitted a bid that was more donation than  anything else. He and his workman used the small  budget the Center had for materials and donated their  time and their energy to replace the faulty roofing.

 And for the past 10 years, Doug Muhle and his folks  have been there for the center. Just this year, after an  infestation of carpenter bees had done serious damage  to all the wood surfaces of the six buildings that make  up the center, Tammy Lynn Center needed to replace  the wood with vinyl siding. And again Doug and  EconoCrafters were there. A grant from the Kate B  Reynolds Charitable Trust could begin the project, but it  needed a special bid from Muhle and his workman to  get the job and other badly needed repairs done.

"The Tammy Lynn Center does worthwhile work and provides many needed services" Muhle says. "Through EconoCrafters, I could maybe help in my own way, maybe make a difference."

Reprinted with permission from Triangle Lifestyle Magazine.