Navy veteran Eddie Browning and his wife Cindy Browning were living in a run-down camper that was ruined by a fire. They didn’t have the means to have it repaired so they would brave the cold weather no matter how difficult it was.
The couple prayed for better living conditions. Eddie and Cindy needed a better place that would protect them from the elements.
That’s when a group of students from a Georgia elementary school banded together to build the Brownings a house.
Their prayers were answered.
Elm Street Elementary students from Rome, Georgia, together with a few volunteers came together in 2017 to build a tiny home for Eddie and Cindy. The group of students and volunteers presented the house to Eddie and Cindy at the Georgia Tiny House Festival in Eatonton at the Ooh La La Lavender Farm.
“I don’t have the words to tell you what we feel,” an emotional Eddie said.
The emotional couple was overjoyed upon seeing their new home.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Cindy, 59. “It’s a dream.”
The house had been under construction for a long time but the students couldn’t give it to the couple as they didn’t have a place to legally do so. It was the Georgia Tiny House Festival and Ooh La La Lavender Farms that reached out to help after organizers heard about their situation.
From there, the organizers helped the volunteer group with electricity, plumbing, and even a larger extension to the home. What was originally supposed to be a simple home grew and grew thanks to everyone’s efforts.
The effort soon spread with donors, corporate sponsors, and volunteers reaching out and pitching in to fill the house with all the amenities it needed to make the couple’s lives easier.
“[This] will be warm,” Eddie said upon seeing the home. “We’ve been freezing to death.”
And being the kids that they are, they eagerly gave them a tour of the 248 square foot home during the festival.
“We just made a little tiny house, but now it turned into a huge house,” one student said.
When Eddie and Cindy found out that one of the houses was theirs, the couple was overwhelmed with tears of joy coming down their faces.
The home is a huge improvement after living in that run-down camper. A kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom now waited for the happy couple. Appliances like a washer, dryer, refrigerator, and stove made daily chores so much easier too.
The tiny home was eventually transported to the Brownings’ property in Norwood after the festival.
Elm Street Elementary School were so happy with the successful project that they pledged to build a new house every year for a family who needed one. The mission even has a motto now: “tiny house, big dreams.”
Young people are more than capable of making a difference. These kids went out of their way to help out a couple who desperately needed assistance. Proof that kindness can do amazing things for others regardless of age.
Check out the couple’s new house courtesy of the kids below!
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