100 People Renovated an Elderly Couple’s House After Two Kids Made Fun of It

A great community story!

75-year-old Leonard Bullock and his wife Dorothy have lived across the street from a railroad yard in Pendleton, Oregon since 1982. And over the years, they haven't always had the money to maintain their house.

A railway worker named Josh Cyganik has waved to Leonard on his porch almost every day for the last four years, but never actually talked to him until last month, after he heard two teenagers making fun of the couples house.

They were joking that it looked so bad, someone should just burn it down. And Josh knew Leonard heard them too, when he saw the look on his face.

So a few days later, he asked Leonard if he and some friends could repaint the place for him, and got a hardware store to donate supplies. Then he posted about it on Facebook, and more than a 100 people showed up that Saturday to help.

They painted the house, fixed up the porch, made it wheelchair accessible and bought everything they need to replace the roof.

Josh told the UPPR that one of his friends drove by around 10:00 P.M. that night, and Leonard and Dorothy were both still out on the porch smiling.

Here is the finished house...