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Makeover for Maupin Home and Support Center

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2013 · News & Politics

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UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) -- A military non-profit gets a new home in
Clermont County.  The Yellow Ribbon Support Center is now at the home of
 Keith Maupin in Union Township, Clermont County.  The center originally
 started to honor Maupin's son, Matt, who was captured in Iraq in 2004. 
 His body was later found.  Angela Ingram explains why volunteers not
only moved the center, but also remodeled Keith Maupin's home.It's
 appropriate that a yellow ribbon is cut in front of the support
center's new home.  Keith Maupin's friends call the event, the Maupin
home makeover.  Maupin said, people come because they want to help
support the troops and that's what we do. The project started
as a small remodeling job in the kitchen and bathroom.  Project manager,
 Michael Barrett, and other volunteers decided to turn it into a bigger
project, Let's just turn this into a complete home makeover for this
man.  Let's build him a yellow ribbon support center in the back of his
house and then that way he can operate that, he don't have to leave his
house.  He can walk right out his back door.141 suppliers and
contractors volunteered their time and energy.  Inside of the home on
Mt. Carmel-Tabasco road there's a hand drawn picture of Matt over the
fireplace and a garage in the back is now a warehouse with an office. 
Supporters say the center had to move from its Eastgate location because
 the landlord wanted to triple Maupin's rent.June Izzi-Bailey
made phone calls to help Maupin find a new home for the support center. 
 I tried so hard to find a new location that they could afford, but
there was just no, nobody wants to do anything anymore because they feel
 like the biggest part of the war is over, but it's not. we're sending
packages and we're still doing for the troops.

Maupin says, I really thought when Matt come home the Yellow Ribbon
Support Center will go away, I really did, but it got bigger and got
stronger and it just, I don't know, now I can't quit. It's weird, but
this is what we do.
Maupin even cut off part of his signature beard because volunteers were
able to raise so much money.  Volunteers say this is their way of
thanking maupin for all of the work he does for our military.$30,000 worth of solar panels are on the roof of the new support center.
A contractor says workers installed them so that maupin won't have an electric bill for that building.To find out how you can get involved go to the support centers website, click here.

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