Our Addition

In 2007 we began a journey. We contacted a number of people to help us get started with an addition to our home so we could bring an addition to our home. Huh? Stay tuned and you'll see what I mean.

Since that time, we have received a LOT of help. I'd like to chronicle some of that for you in future posts. This was our original post on the St. Francis Community website:

We are looking for builders, contractors,

anyone in the Home Improvement Industry,
and anyone who is willing to pound a nail,
or donate a dollar.

Come join Independent Luxury Homes, Flex Fitness and www.SaintFrancisCommunity.com, help the Price family add on to their home to give them the space required to take in another special needs child into their family.

Read the Price family story(see below),
and let us know if you are willing to help.
Please contact Rich at Flex Fitness for questions at 763-413-1200.

If you would like to donate materials or labor, or if you or your business is interested in donating money towards the project, please contact Deb at: Deb@independentluxuryhomes.com or (763)-753-5897

All businesses that wish to become involved in this project will receive recognition on the News & Photos section of the community website. Check back to www.SaintFrancisCommunity.com to see the progress on the "Raising Price's Special Addition"

Here's the "Price Story" mentioned above.

My name is Scott Price. My wife Laura and I feel we have been called by God to adopt children with special needs. To date, we have adopted 5 children with varying degrees of special needs.

Our two oldest boys are 16 and 13 and have a form of Muscular Dystrophy called Myotonic Dystrophy. It affects their muscles in a way that will progress over time. Our daughter is 15 and has cerebral palsy. She is confined to a wheelchair and depends on a caregiver to meet all of her needs.

We thought we were done adopting until about 5 years ago. Through a long journey that started by bringing home a newborn baby that returned to his birth mom 7 weeks later, we then adopted two other boys who are now 4 and 2. These two are at risk and their future is unknown due to prenatal drug exposure.

Once again we find ourselves on a journey. We have been asked to bring my cousin’s daughter into our home. My cousin is starting to experience difficulties with MS and has realized the need to place her 12 year-old daughter who has significant special needs in a family that can care for her long term.

There are many challenges we face on this journey. Some of them we feel we can deal with and overcome. Other challenges require outside support. We have finished off our basement, used up all of the livable space and really don’t have a bedroom for this young lady. We truly need to add-on to our home to accommodate this growth in our family. The addition is by far our biggest challenge. We are looking to partner with a number of people with varying expertise to help us overcome this challenge.