"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Central Illinois

Get the Gear/Memory Items!

The production company has approved the release of a number of post-build designs to commemorate our experience for the Central Illinois "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" build!

Proceeds of the sale of these items will go to the Design Built Homes Extreme Fund.  This is the fund that helps to pay for the build and the Grys' mortgage!

Keep reading to learn how you can get yours!

Let's show the nation the pride of Central Illinois!

Other communities have done it and so can we!  Let's pay off this build and the Grys family mortgage.  Keep reading to learn of ways (some new and some old) of how you can help!

Silent Auction of Designer Signed "Team Jake" Shirts

Do you love Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?  Well now is your chance to get a part of the action.  All of the designers on-site have signed a number of "Team Jake" shirts.  We are auctioning them off to add to our Design Built Homes Extreme fund. Keep reading to learn more.

Get the Shirt!

Join the Team! Get the Shirt!  !!

‘MOVE THAT BUS’ TICKET RAFFLE - Win a chance for you and a friend to hear Ty say:‘MOVE THAT BUS!’

Win a "Move that Bus!" Ticket!

Anyone that watches "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" knows the final scene.  It is that famous time that the big black bus the Extreme Team rides in blocks the house ... the family comes home and the bus stands between them and their new home. 

Then, at just the right moment, the crowd yells "MOVE THAT BUS!" and the family gets to see their new dream home. Now you have a chance to be a part of that magic.

updated Come to the Rally! Saturday 1-3

Join other supporters of the build and the Grys family at a rally on Saturday! Drawings for VIP viewing tent tickets will also be done! Keep reading for more info.

Spectators - Let's Fill the Local Food Pantries!

Come on out to the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" build in Pekin IL and enjoy great seating to watch the action.  When you come, please bring a canned good to help replenish the local food pantries in honor of the Grys family.

Blood Drive in Honor of the Grys Family - Meet Designer Rib Hillis

The American Red Cross and the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) are honored to partner with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to encourage the community to donate blood and join the bone marrow registry in honor of the Grys family. Keep reading for details.

Party to Benefit the Build for the Grys Family - CAMs Place Peoria - Saturday Oct 25

98.5 KISS FM has partnered with CAM's Place for a night to remember.  They have even invited the whole crew from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to come.  Read on to learn more.