Tue Feb 09 2010
By JARED ORZOLEK
TOLEDO -- Two Defiance men last week joined thousands of volunteers to help build a new home for a Toledo family in connection with the ABC television show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
Shawn Goliver, 31, and his father, Charles, 63, both spent time in Toledo helping to build a new home for Toledo Firefighter Aaron Frisch, wife Jackie and their 11 children.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is a popular television show hosted by Ty Pennington where a new home is constructed for a deserving family. Typically, the family's old home is torn down and a new one is put up -- all in one week's time.
Filming for the Toledo episode of the program began last Sunday and runs through today at 6044 Edgedale Circle, when the keys to the new home will be turned over to the Frisch family.
The Golivers both have a history of firefighting and are experienced in building construction.
Shawn is a volunteer at the South Richland Fire Department. He is employed at Defiance Metal Products and operates a small construction business. He and his wife, Andrea, have two young boys.
Charles retired from the Defiance Fire Department in 1993 after serving 25 years and reaching the rank of captain. He and his wife, Pauline, live in the Defiance area and have raised two sons.
Shawn said he was selected to be a volunteer construction worker for the television show after submitting an application on the Internet.
"I pretty much put in a 24-hour shift, from 1:30 p.m. Tuesday until 2 p.m. Wednesday," he said. "When I got there, they were putting the sub floor down on the first floor."
Shawn worked on framing the walls of the house, helped construct the roof and built walls in basement.
"I am big into helping people in general, that's why I am a volunteer firefighter," he said, adding that he had a desire to help with construction of an "Extreme Makeover" home since first watching the show a few years ago.
"It's a lot more fun to be a part of it than it was to watch it on TV," he said.
Shawn explained that there were many television cameras filming each move of the construction crews as they built the home.
"There were camera guys all over. I was interviewed twice by the show," he said, explaining that 600 hours of film was shot during the some 102 hours it takes to build the house.
"It was great to see that many people work together. Everyone worked like it was a big family. We all worked together like we had been together for 15 years," he said.
Shawn said that he brought his own tools to the work site, but added that construction workers shared tools in a team environment.
Charles said he heard about the opportunity to volunteer to help the Toledo family from Shawn.
"I was up most of the day Tuesday, from 6:30 a.m. until around 3:30 p.m.," he said. "I just helped with crowd control, doing little odds and ends and helping out. For all of the jobs they do they make sure the people are qualified and know what they are doing. You have to be aware of construction and know what's going on."
The two-story home the Golivers helped construct is 4,000 square feet with five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
The Frisch family featured in the program is made up of three biological and eight adopted children.
The family was sent on vacation by ABC while construction on their home was ongoing. They were scheduled to return today for the unveiling of their new home.
The Buckeye Real Estate Group joined with local volunteers and ABC to make construction of the new home possible.
The episode of the show featuring the Toledo family is expected to air in November.
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