Wagstaff Family
Gainesville, FL
Episode 718
Air Date: Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010
Growing up in Gainesville, Jill always noticed the huge impact the arts had on the lives of her friends and family. In college, she met Tobin, who shared her love of the arts, and several years later they were married and have since had four beautiful children: TJ, 7, Rudy, 6, Dallas, 5, and Jolene, 4. In 2002, the Wagstaffs started Studio Percussion, Inc., a non-profit music school and arts center specializing in the use of drums and percussion to encourage and inspire students towards community involvement and leadership development. The studio currently serves about 200 people, half of which receive financial aid or a full scholarship. The non-profit organization can only afford to pay Tobin, 29, a salary, so Jill, 33, must also work as a preschool teacher to help pay the bills. Their utter devotion to their family, school and community leaves little time and resources to tend to their home, which is in dire need of repair. The rotting floors and ceilings are pulling away from the house, letting in rodents and bugs, and there is severe water damage throughout the entire house.
Cosentino, the maker of Silestone natural quartz, joined with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to provide countertop surfaces, fabrication and installation with hands-on involvement from Stone Systems of Orlando at the Wagstaff family build site. The Wagstaff family Cosentino donated Stellar Night, Yukon Blanco and Stellar Eros in the Kitchen and Stellar Night in the Laundry and Master Bathroom.
Click here for a sample of Silestone
in these colors.
(Click photos to view full size.)
|
FAQs
