Extreme Makeover Home Edition - Kirkwood 3 of 10


Season 3 - Kirkwood FamilyAired - January 15, 2006

Thanks to their tenacious eleven-year-old daughter, Jael, the Kirkwood family from Port Orchard, WA will receive a new home designed by Ty and the gang of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

One year ago, eleven-year-old Jael Kirkwood completed an application for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for her family, but didnt hear back from anyone. The Kirkwoods gave up, but not Jael. Instead, she tracked down Sweet Alice Harris from a previous episode and asked for advice on how to get her familys application read by show producers. Sweet Alice suggested that she contact herlocal mayor, and thats exactly what Jael did.

Mayor Kim Abel of Port Orchard, remembers getting a call from then 10-year-old Jael and, moved by the girls sheer determination, contacted the casting department on her behalf.

Whats striking is that she almost didnt live to do this for her beloved family: When she was just four hours old, Jael had to have emergency surgery to remove half of her small intestine in order to save her life. She then spent the next several months in and out of different hospitals. At ten months, Jael weighed only 9 lbs.

The Kirkwood family has been through a lot, but the biggest problem theyre facing now is the hazardous black mold that has taken over their house. When their contractor skipped out, the mold moved in. Exposed wiring, open walls and poor ventilation left the Kirkwoods without the much-needed extra space their basement would have provided, and right now all four girls share one tiny room. But the tenacity of one girl will pay off when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, along with local builder Howland Homes, pull together to give Jael and her family the home they deserve.

While the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team, contractors andhundreds of workers and volunteers are transforming the Kirkwoods house into a dream home, they will go on vacation to Walt Disney World.

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Channel: People
Uploaded: October 7, 2008 at 10:14 am
Author: uSoBayArea

Length: 00:08:36
Rating: 5.00
Views: 3921

Tags: Pennington Home Twister Ty Family Edition Extreme ABC Kirkwood Makeover

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Video Comments:
RosettaTheStoned (November 16, 2008 at 1:46 am)
no i mean the song at the beginning of this part, not the opening song.
Ideelos1989 (November 7, 2008 at 6:45 pm)
"So much O.A.R maçons du coeur ( extreme makeover ) "
this is the name for the musicvideo on youtube
Ideelos1989 (November 7, 2008 at 6:43 pm)
"So much O.A.R maçons du coeur ( extreme makeover ) "
this is the name for the musicvideo on youtube
rjh00 (November 2, 2008 at 10:50 am)
Sometimes the plots they use to add some extra drama is stupid.This is one of them.... if we cross the rope they will shoot us.right.....
wldone705 (October 19, 2008 at 8:55 am)
aww i love sweet alice
ShamakaTV (October 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm)
No i thinks "Sweet Alice" is continuing to be her self. She has been helped and saw a little girl needing some help. Ugh why must people be so cynical?
RosettaTheStoned (October 8, 2008 at 6:13 pm)
does anyboyd know the name of the song that is playing right at the start of this clip?? pleeeeaaaassse! i love it! =]
bealerDSB (October 8, 2008 at 8:51 am)
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONA SLATE ME FOR THIS BUT ALICE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A GROUPIE..YES,KIND HEARTED ETC ETC,BUT JUST LIKE A MUSICAL BANDS GROUPIE.RIDING THE TAILS..peace
Takara8tt (October 8, 2008 at 7:37 am)
I love Preston's cowboy hat on top of the HAZsuit.
thnovita (October 7, 2008 at 3:07 pm)
ooh Sweet Alice is really sweet and kindhearted

thanks Usobayarea

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