FORT MYERS, Fla. - s4story -- Lee BIA Builders Care and Pulte Homes are partnering to build a new, accessible home for a Fort Myers homeowner and celebrated a project milestone with a Notes of Love ceremony for its donors and project partners on March 13.

With the framework of the new home now complete, Builders Care and its project partners gathered to leave special messages for the new homeowner, Lewis Freeman. With these Notes of Love, Freeman will always be surrounded by the community's well wishes, words of encouragement and blessings.

Freeman, 71, was born and raised in Fort Myers' Dunbar neighborhood. His only time away from home was the four years he spent in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. After an honorable discharge, he returned to Dunbar to continue serving his community and family. Today, he is the proud father of three and grandfather of four.

After suffering a stroke in 2015, Freeman was unable to continue working and has since lived on a fixed income. When his rental home was sold unexpectedly, he moved in with his niece while hoping to once again have a home of his own. Builders Care and generous local partners and donors are building Freeman a brand-new, two-bedroom, two-bath home on a lot in Dunbar that was donated by the City of Fort Myers.

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More than 46 subcontractors are donating labor and services for the project, coordinated by Pulte Homes and its builder partners.

Project partners include Retland Holdings; American Builders Supply; Apollo Painting; Barraco & Associates; Calculink; Capling Leveling; City of Fort Myers; Coastal Waste; Coastline Tree Service; CSCI; D&D Garage Doors; Diamond Glass & Aluminum; Division 16; Doodie Calls; Drake Ready Mix; Dwayne Bergmann Interiors; Fusion Industries International; Interior Logic Group; James Hardie; Kitson & Partners; L&W Supply; Lewis Consulting Services; Lotts; Master Brand Cabinets; Modern Mechanical Services; Paramount Drywall; PGT; Professional View Photography; R.T. Moore; Raymond Building Supply; Rice Insulation and Glass; Roof Right; Service Contracting Solutions; Sherwin Williams; SSI, Star Turf Farms; Statewide Window Treatments; Suncoast Contractors Supply Inc.; Suncoast Custom Pools; SunnyGrove; Taulman Pest Control; Whirlpool; Wilson Lighting and YPC Consulting Group.

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The home is expected to be completed in late spring.

As construction progresses, Builders Care invites the community to follow the journey of making Freeman's new house a home. An Amazon Wish List (https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/1XFY7TY08M2LQ?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_Q8MWP4KC847AG6GF49WS) has been created for those who wish to contribute to filling the homeowner's house with essential supplies and comfort items.

For more information on Lee BIA Builders Care, visit LeeBuildersCare.org (https://www.leebuilderscare.org/) or call 239-938-0056.