Who's the LI family on xtreme makeover?

did they ever announce?

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They aren't going to the house till Monday, so the info is still top secret.

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I'm not sure but they're having a lot of work done

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Posted by colette

I'm not sure but they're having a lot of work done

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Posted by colette

I'm not sure but they're having a lot of work done

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Posted by staceyums81

Posted by colette

I'm not sure but they're having a lot of work done

TRUE INDEED!

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DH and I were called today to volunteer one day next week and they couldn't even tell me what town it was going to be in. They said they would send all the information after the family was notified on Monday!

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I heard a rumor that the family lives in East Setauket...dont know how true that is though....

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I heard Manorville.

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I heard Hauppauge

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I adopted 2 guinea pigs fopr one of the family's in the running, they don't know until the knock on the door Monday morning. Everything is top secret til then.

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DH & I are volunteering i asked the guy but he said check the website monday

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It is the Lutz family from East Setauket (sp) Looks like they have children who are DS. They just showed it on the Yankee Game.

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Just saw on FB from News12

A special family from East Setauket has been chosen for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Since their parents passed away, both brother and sister have been caring for the family's six adopted siblings -- all with Down Syndrome. Who's the well deserving family? Tune in at 5pm to find out

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From Newsday.com

E. Setauket family to get 'Extreme Makeover' home this week

Sitting in the first-row box usually reserved for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Kathleen Lutz and her three brothers knew something was up but were in the dark about the true reason they were invited to Yankee Stadium Sunday.

And when Ty Pennington, host of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," jogged onto the infield and announced that the Lutz family of East Setauket is the recipient of a new home - to be built in full in five days - she acted surprised as she and her brothers, each of whom has Down syndrome, were quickly surrounded by television cameramen.

"I had no idea," said Lutz, 39. "I was shocked. It's just amazing."

Lutz and brothers William, 25, Daniel, 22, and Timothy, 21, jogged onto the infield, just in front of the pitcher's mound, where they exchanged high-fives with the ABC show's staff and the dozens of Long Island contractors and construction workers who will take part in building them a new home.

Jack and Grace Lutz adopted Kathleen and 17 other children over the course of their marriage, including seven with Down syndrome.

And when her biological parents died, Kathleen moved home to care for her siblings. Lutz was soon after diagnosed with an inoperable cancerous brain tumor and underwent a series of radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

"This is all they know. They would be devastated without their family. This is their life," Lutz told Newsday in 2002.

Timothy - who celebrated his birthday Sunday - grabbed the microphone to address the sold-out Subway Series crowd. "I just want to say I love my sister," he said. "She's like a mom to me. Thank you!"

On the way back to their seats, the Lutzes stopped to exchange greetings with Yankee manager Joe Girardi and outfielders Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner. Someone handed Timothy a ball, which he tossed, lefthanded, to a squatting Girardi. William, meanwhile, exchanged fist-bumps with an animated Swisher.

William, wearing a Jason Giambi jersey, helped take the Yankee lineup card to the umpires before the game.

"Today was more than extreme," Pennington said. "It was bigger than big, to be able to do this in this stadium with this deserving family."

By Monday morning, the Lutzes' life will be turned upside down. The show will move them to a Montauk hotel for the week while contractors level their 50-year-old ranch-style home and build a new one - in 4½ days.

"This is all about the love and faith of this family," said Sal Ferro, president and CEO of Plainview-based Alure Home Improvements Inc., which is managing the project.

Ferro estimated the project's cost at "somewhere in the six figures" but said the actual cost is never calculated. More than 1,000 contractors and construction workers will play a part in the project, which Ferro said will run nonstop until Saturday afternoon, when Pennington will give the Lutzes the keys to their new home.

This is not the first time the Lutz family has received generous support. In 2002, after a Newsday story about them, hundreds of Long Islanders opened their wallets and hearts. Then, the Lutzes received a new roof, siding and carpet, among other improvements.

The show featuring the Lutzes is due to air in September, according an ABC spokeswoman.

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aw sounds like a deserving family.

is it awful the first thing I think of is "oh lord, what will their property taxes be".

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I am sooo excited that I got chosen today to volunteer. I personally know this family from a co-worker and they are sooooo deserving of this.
As per the article, it will air in September.

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They are goihng to start filming at my FIL's church tomorrow ( right around the corner from me ) ,so I am going to drive by , but I heard there will be alot of security .

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My condolences to anyone who lives or works in the area. I heard when they did the build in St. James that the traffic was insane!

Whereabouts is the house? I was going to go to my pet food store in the area but I think I'll wait.