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(Courtesy of ABC 13)KEMAH, TX — Ty Pennington and the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television crew paid an unexpected visit to Larry and Melissa Beach and their 13 children this morning as they pulled into their driveway on Delesandri Lane in Kemah.

The crew had exciting news to deliver and the Beach family was ecstatic to learn that they were the recipients of a brand new home to be completed and movein ready in seven days. The show will air in March.

The home will be completed in 106 hours by a team of vendors and volunteers lead by Blu Shields Construction, and will be designed to fit the needs of the Beach family. In 23 years of marriage, Larry, 40 and Melissa, 40; have fostered more than 85 children who other adoption agencies were not able to place. They have four biological children and nine adopted children. They include Chris (23), Michael (21), Jose (20), Mikala (18), Paul (14), Faith (13), Hope (9), Justin (8), Jacob (4), Grace (4), Jeremiah (23 months), Mercy (22 months) and Cody (19) currently serving in the Marine Corps in Afghanistan. During the last 12 years, the family has fostered approximately 85 children, but decided to start adopting after seeing that so many were not being placed in homes.

Due to water damage from Hurricane Ike, the Beach family home is unlivable and they are residing in a travel trailer on their property. Therefore, they have been unable to adopt additional children. But all that is about to change!

Spokesperson Chiquita Taylor says that an amazing number of people have registered as volunteers and donations are still coming in as the community pulls together. Please visit http://www.blushieldsextreme.com for more information. For a complete list of construction materials and supplies still needed go to http://www.blushieldsextreme.com and select the Construction Needs page. If you can help with these specific needs please contact the Construction Team at Construction@wiredin.cc.

To Make a Monetary Donation:

Please visit http://www.blushieldsextreme.com/donations. An account has been set up with PayPal to ensure safe, direct donations.