Tiger Fuel partners with nonprofit on home improvements for family in need

Employees of Charlottesville-based Tiger Fuel are used to distributing oil, propane and gasoline, but on June 29, they were distributing goodwill in the community: rebuilding ramps at an Albemarle County residence for a family with mobility challenges.

The work is

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Neighbors volunteer to help residents with home maintenance in South Newfane

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Group empowers Black women through home repair, ownership

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Home Repair for the Elderly Program allows residents to safely reside in their homes | Fairfax County















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Since 1978, the Home Repair for the Elderly Program (HREP) has helped Fairfax County residents who own or reside in their own homes make repairs and accessibility improvements to allow them to continue