KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WVLT)-A Knoxville couple who have dedicated their lives to find homes for low-income, single moms and improve the lives of their own home will soon see changes by the crew of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Daniel and Mandy Watson was surprised Tuesday morning with a knock on the door and the Extreme Makeover of their bus parked outside.
“We have long been fans of the show,” said Mandy. “We cannot express enough-… Our thanks to the show, ABC, and Knoxville to help it come true. This is all very like a dream. ”
Show called Watsons as “inspiring examples of how people can make a difference in the lives of so many other people.” They describe how Daniel and Mandy, who brought up both by a single mother, quitting their jobs five years ago to begin the restoration of the House of East Tennessee and is now working tirelessly to improve the lives of single mothers. The organization founded the women on the local apartment complexes and providing them with the tools they need to succeed in the community.
“Although this is technically our House, it is also the heart of The restoration of the House,” said Daniel and Mandy Watson.
Before their own children, Daniel and Mandy adopted three children. Two of them, Atley, 7, 6, and Ava, was born to single mothers in Knoxville, while the third child, Silas, 2, was born in Ethiopia. Silas suffered from neonatal tetanus and on the verge of death when she was found abandoned in the Bush. He was only ten days old when he was handed over to the authorities.