Tyler Perry appeared on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” Sunday night, where he lent a helping hand to The Tripp family and as an aside — a quite generous aside — to a community organization called The Fishing School.
“I love this show and I was so excited to be a part of it,” states Perry, whose name is becoming synonomous with philanthrophy.
The Tripps of Washington, D.C., lived in a small, two-bedroom home with their three young boys. The home was in dire need of repairs and had a flooded basement. The Tripps also shared their home with 25 neighborhood children whom they mentored.
Perry, Ty Pennington and the “Extreme” team rolled up their sleeves and ultimately blessed the Tripp family with not only a new home, but a new school for them to continue helping kids in the community and newly refurbished buses to transport them. The Fishing School was next in line for an upgrade.
The school’s founder, Tom Lewis, was brought to tears when the call to “move those buses” revealed a brand-new school for his organization. Perry, 40, was so moved by Lewis’ commitment and the mission of the school that he announced on the show that he was going to form a foundation to help support the organization.
The Fishing School is a nationally recognized youth development organization that provides children with academic support.
–christian johnson
