Morgan Freeman Featured in Rebuilding Together's Public Service Announcement Campaign

Morgan Freeman Featured in Rebuilding Together's Public Service Announcement Campaign

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rebuilding Together, the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, debuts its national Public Service Announcement campaign featuring Academy Award-Winning actor, Morgan Freeman.

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The PSA campaign features the essential services that Rebuilding Together provides to low-income homeowners on a national scope. Images of community revitalization and repaired homes are displayed contiguous to Morgan Freeman's narration. The PSA encourages viewers to visit www.rebuildingtogether.org for more information.

"Rebuilding Together is pleased to release this PSA to multimedia channels nationwide," said President and CEO of Rebuilding Together, Gary A. Officer. "Our mission and work is critical to the health of low-income communities, the housing market and hundreds of thousands of lives each year. We are honored by the participation of Morgan Freeman, who as co-founder of the nonprofit PLAN!T NOW, is dedicated to helping educate and support individuals around safe, healthy and stable living conditions."

Television audiences will see the PSA on their local stations or it is also available on www.rebuildingtogether.org

About Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing extensive rehabilitation and modification services to those in need at no cost to those served. With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding Together affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns make life considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live by completing 10,000 projects per year, serving approximately 800,000 Americans. Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to, energy efficiency, veteran's housing, aging in place and gulf coast reconstruction. For more information, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org. You can also follow Rebuilding Together on Twitter @rebldgtogthr or become a fan on Facebook at Facebook.com/RebuildingTogether. Media

About PLAN!T NOW

PLAN!T NOW (P!N) is a non-profit organization that advocates empowerment of people through information and connection, and creates dialogue between people and organizations preparing for and dealing with natural and human-made disasters. Operating with the understanding that no matter where you live, a natural disaster can happen at any time, PLAN!T NOW advocates the power of preparedness through online teaching tools, scholarships to students affected by storms, and partnership in projects in storm-affected regions. For more information, visit www.planitnow.org.

SOURCE Rebuilding Together

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Rebuilding Together

CONTACT: Becky Carter, BCarter@rebuildingtogether.org, +1-202-518-3500

Web Site: http://www.planitnow.org

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