How to Nominate a Family for Extreme Makeover Home Edition

If you know a family who has suffered from major illness or tragedy and they live in what is basically a shack, then there is only one option. You need to nominate them for the TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. They've already been through so much and receiving a top of the line new house would make their lives so much easier. All you have to do is nominate them. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty:

Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Video camera
• VHS tape

1. Find a family that you think deserves and needs a new home. This may be a family you already know who has suffered a horrible tragedy or it may be a family you hear of through the newspaper or a story on the local news.

2. Go to ABC.com to find all the application instructions.

3. Print out the Extreme Home Makeover application and fill it out.

4. Make a video of the deserving family. Make sure to tell ABC why this particular family deserves to be chosen to receive a new home. If you don't have a video camera and can't make a video, send pictures and a short essay about the family.

5. Send the printed and completed application and video to ABC.

Tips & Warnings

• Watch old episodes of Extreme Home Makeover to see what the show is looking for in deserving families.

• The family does not need to know that you're nominating them for Extreme Home Makeover. In fact, it'll make for an even better surprise if they don't know.