Released on: August 13, 2008, 12:07 pm

Press Release Author: The Write Stylz Public Relations Firm

Industry: Consumer Services

Press Release Summary: Sheg from Oprah\'s Big Give joins the \'24/7 Project Pay It
Forward\' to help a Deserving Atlanta Family Go Green

Press Release Body: The Joy of Connecting ®, a national women\'s networking group
headquartered in Atlanta has joined forces with interior designer, Melody Vaughn,
Owner of Harmonize Your Home, LLC and host of \"Space Invasions\" featuring IKEA, to
help a local family in need of a home makeover to accommodate the needs of their
special needs teenager. The Katz Family resides in the Morningside area of Atlanta
and cares for 15 year-old Emily Katz, a quadriplegic since birth. Linda, Emily\'s
mother, has relentlessly tried to get funding to renovate her home. She even
applied for an appearance on the Extreme Home Makeover Show aired on ABC numerous
times, and was unsuccessful. Sheg Aranmolate, of Oprah\'s \"Big Give\" will make a
personal appearance to endorse this eco-friendly project at the home of CEO/Founder,
Bonnie Ross-Parker as part of the sixth anniversary celebration on Saturday, August
16th at noon. Sheg Aranmolate, author of inspirational title iActuate,
wholeheartedly supports this project and is thrilled to be part of the \"Dream Team\"
that will make it possible for the Katz family to live functionally. When asked why
this project is so endearing, he says, \"This project is near and dear to me because
of what it stands for. As the co-founder of the Aranmolate Foundation for Deformed
Children and a young man who strives to help the less-fortunate, when I read Linda
Katz\'s letter, I was touched and empowered by her resilience, and it further affirms
the reason why the foundation exists - to be a resource to families such as The
Katz\'s.\"


Bonnie Ross-Parker, excited to mark the sixth anniversary celebration with this \"Go
Green\"project shares, \"When Linda exhausted her reasonable options, she reached out
to me in tears needing help to make her home more functional for her family. I was
immediately touched. I just knew I had to help.\"

Melody Vaughn created the 24/7 Project when she had a chance encounter with a woman
preparing for surgery and looking for a simple renovation solution in her bathroom
that would accommodate her needs after surgery. \"When I worked as a kitchen
designer I met an elderly women that needed to buy a toilet. She was going into the
hospital to have her leg amputated and needed to purchase a new toilet. I visited
her home to get a better idea of her needs and what a surprise, she needed so much
more than just a toilet. It was then I realized people were in need of healing in
their homes thru functional design and thus 24/7 Project was born.\" she shares.

The 24/7 Project Pay it Forward is a collaborative home makeover project sponsored
by The Joy of Connecting ® and HyH, LLC to serve the design needs of families with
circumstances that prevent them from making much needed improvements to their home.
The 24/7 Project: Healing Homes thru Design through HyH LLC, is an ongoing
collaborative project that will award four local qualifying families per year to aid
them with necessary home improvements they are unable to undertake.

Sponsors of the 24/7 Project Pay It Forward include, Rolling Out Urban Lifestyle
Magazine, IKEA, The Joy of Connecting ®, HyH LLC, The Write Stylz Public Relations
Firm, and A-List Media. Sponsors are needed to make this project a success. For
sponsorship opportunities, please contact Tamika Morrison, The Write Stylz Public
Relations Firm at 704.577.7257 or via email @ info@thewritestylzprfirm.com or Melody
Vaughn, HyH LLC at 404-454-4260.


About The Joy of Connecting ®
The Joy of Connecting ® is a unique and innovative marketing program that enables
women to build their businesses by bringing women business owners, entrepreneurs and
professionals together in a natural \"female model\" to connect with one another in a
relaxed atmosphere. It is a unique marketing tool that eliminates the frustration,
fear and rejection associated in building one\'s business. To attend a JOC gathering
in your area or to learn more, please visit www.thejoyofconnecting.com .

About HyH, LLC
HyH is a unique decorating experience from full scale Kitchen Design, Furniture
Placement and Accessorizing to Creative Organizing Solutions. The application of
Feng Shui and the use of Green Products are key elements to all of HyH designs.
Interior Designer Melody Vaughn, owner of Harmonize Your Home believes everyone
should live in \"Beauty and in Peace\". She creates designs with purpose that capture
her client\'s vision and individuality


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