MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Edward Knox is leaning on his faith and the generosity of strangers to save his home in Miami-Dade\u2019s Richmond Heights neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n They say a man\u2019s home is his castle, but for Knox, his beloved castle has succumbed to years of decay. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was actually in my family a long time ago,\u201d he told Local 10 News. \u201cThen the roof started leaking and long story, from there it went down and insurance got out the door, and here I am.\u201d<\/p>\n The 75-year-old former school teacher, who enjoys gardening, bought the home in 1980 with his wife, Clara.<\/p>\n But now, the spaces in the three-bedroom, one-bath home are barely recognizable. <\/p>\n Yet, in the midst of the peeling paint, cracked walls and gaping holes are tangible reminders of a life that once was. <\/p>\n What little else Knox has left is contained in a storage unit. <\/p>\n All of it is precious to him, enough for him to keep vigil overnight.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I sleep here, I sleep in the car,\u201d he said. \u201cI just look at the house and try to get my focus together and get rest.\u201d<\/p>\n And rest from his worries may soon be possible, thanks to the kindness of volunteers. <\/p>\n \u201cWe have the right engineer now putting together the final permitting to get the project started, and we won\u2019t have to demolish the home and we are very happy about that,\u201d Wiki Voice co-founder Joe Puentes said. <\/p>\n Wiki Voice is a nonprofit dedicated to serving those in need. <\/p>\n Puentes rallied some industry professionals to donate time and materials, but is calling on others to lend a hand. <\/p>\n \u201cRoofing, plumbing — there\u2019s still quite a few things needed for the home,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n It\u2019s a massive undertaking. But Knox is hopeful the community will respond and his home of 46 years will be restored to its former glory. <\/p>\n \u201cI told my wife one time, \u2018I got faith that this is actually going to happen,\u2019\u201d Knox said. \u201cAnd now that absolutely looks like (that is) what is going to happen. Thank goodness.\u201d<\/p>\n While a core team has been assembled to help Knox, roofers, plumbers and landscapers are still needed.<\/p>\n To donate: If you\u2019d like to make a monetary donation toward a Good News South Florida story or project, click here.<\/a> Local 10 has established the Local 10 Fund with The Miami Foundation and 100% of your donation will go toward the cause you designate in the \u201cadditional information\u201d box.To volunteer or submit a story idea:\u00a0If you\u2019d like to volunteer for a Good News South Florida project or would like to submit a story for consideration, email\u00a0goodnews@local10.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Good News South Florida airs Fridays on the Local 10 morning news at 10 a.m. It will encore Fridays at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday mornings, beginning at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Edward Knox is leaning on his faith and the generosity of strangers to save…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-217623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}