Building Happiness

We moved that bus for the Dunning family on Wed, Aug 31! You can help sustain happiness in Sussex County by contributing to the charitable trust for the family. Learn more

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  • We are thrilled to help support the local community and beautify landscapes with top quality soils and mulches.

    Joe Kollock and Steve Liffers, Garden Pro

  • SunPower is proud to be part of an incredible community effort where a deserving family can get the benefits of the highest efficiency, highest reliability solar system on the market today. It will give back to the family immediately and for years to come.

    Tom Werner, President and CEO, SunPower

  • An amazing part of this whole process is watching the community come together and work to make such a great thing happen.

    Meghan Gardner, Blue Moon

  • We are honored to team up with Extreme Makeover Home Edition to help this family fulfill their mission of serving others. Through the dedication of our team and support from our vendor partners, we were able to donate an extensive package to help make this family’s dreams come true.

    Laurie Oare, executive vice president, Next Day Gourmet, a U.S. Foodservice company

  • We love to contribute and give to the community.

  • We know that good housing and good health go hand in hand, and we are happy to help.

  • What an incredible undertaking and amazing way to reach out to our community.

  • Helping a deserving family have a better home also helps focus on the need for affordable housing in Sussex County.

    Richard Faull, All Saints Parish Thrift Shop

  • In today's world, to have someone step up to the plate and want to be a leader in creating an opportunity to build love and support in our community, we all have to stand behind them.

    Drexel Davison, Bad Hair Day?

  • It's amazing to help capture the excitement of the community during such a noteworthy project.

    Leif and Casey Osmundson, Leafo Photo

Schell Brothers welcomes Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to Delaware!

Our team at Schell Brothers is proud to have been selected as the builder for such an important endeavor.

The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project gave us an opportunity to help a deserving family right here in our county and that fits perfectly with our company culture and mission. There’s no doubt it was a lot of work, but definitely rewarding for all of us and it was an experience we’ll never forget.

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We’re so excited to help make a deserving family’s dreams come true!

WMDT 47 Interview
Chris Schell appeared on WMDT 47 County Connection.

Press Announcement
Chris Schell announces Schell Brothers selection by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition during a meeting with the press on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011.

Keep up with the project...

We are posting regular updates and announcements in our blog and you can follow @schellbrothers on Twitter for the inside scoop (we are using the #ExtremeDE tag).

Build photos on Flickr
Video updates on YouTube
Collecting activity...

An extreme shout-out from Diane Korman, producer of the hit TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Delaware Beach Life Magazine.

“Schell Brothers will stand out in the memory of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team as one of the best builders we have ever worked with in almost 200 episodes. They were so professional, organized and fun in everything they executed. Can we clone them?” Read more


Sponsors

These sponsors helped to make this Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build possible by their generous donations and support. For more information about sponsorship check out the Sponsorship Opportunities page.

Special thanks to Brenda and Michael Hudson, the Cape Henlopen High School District and their bus drivers, Sussex County officials, the Mt. Zion Church (Coolspring), and the Greater Lewes Foundation for their assistance with the Sussex County Family Fund and the management of the donations.

  • $750

    • Joan Fletcher
    • Matt & Michele Mundok
    • Susan Issacs

  • $500

Materials, Labor, and Services

Food


Culture of happiness.

At Schell Brothers, our #1 goal is happiness. We strive to make our customers happy, and our own happiness is the reward. We love what we do, and it shows.

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