TEAM FISHEL JOINS THE CREW OF EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION

Several Louisville Teammates recently joined the crew of a popular television program to help a local family in need when the crew of Extreme Makeover Home Edition selected the Hughes family of Louisville, Kentucky for a home renovation.

The episode, which aired on February 17, introduces the Hughes’s oldest son, Patrick Henry, who was born blind and without the ability to straighten his arms and legs, leaving him wheelchair bound. However, Patrick Henry did not let his disability stand in the way of his dream of playing the trumpet in the University of Louisville’s Marching Band.

Last November, Rich Mauldin, Louisville Area Manager, received a call from Jamie Archer, LG&E Project Manager. Jamie informed him that they were donating some work to the project. Since Team Fishel is the LG&E underground contractor in Louisville, Jamie asked Rich if Team Fishel would be interested in helping.


The project was located only about three miles from the Louisville office and Rich sent Teammates Harold Fulkerson, George Russell, Gary Turner, Ben Hyde and Richard Olsen along with Safety Coordinator Johnny Ward to the site. After waiting six hours on standby while the old home was demolished, the crew brought electric, CATV, and telecommunications conduit and cable materials by open trench to new feeds directly across from where the old house had stood that morning.

At the end of seven days, the Hughes family had a beautiful new home courtesy of Elite Homes and the Extreme Makeover Home Edition team.

“It is unbelievable what can be planned, scripted and completed when you have a community pulling together as a team to make it happen,” said Mauldin.

Team Fishel is proud to have been a part of this worthy cause to improve the quality of life for the Hughes family.