"I'm very fortunate that people are out there who are willing to do this," Sailor said.

Recently, Weilbacher and more than 70 others took part in St. Mary Church's Service Saturday, part of the 18th annual Make a Difference Day.

This was the third time members of the church, in conjunction with Catholic Social Services, participated in the national day, designed to celebrate neighbors helping neighbors.

"They have a lot of elderly clients through their services and they ask them what they think needs to be done in their home," said Jason Shanks, who organized the event. "We did 35 houses and of those houses there were many projects in each."

In Sailor's case, her gutters were in desperate need of repair.

Weilbacher, a roofer, co-owns A 2nd Estimate with his wife Leslie. Last year for Make a Difference Day, he worked on Sailor's roof and noticed the gutters were in bad shape.

"One gutter was steel and had rusted through and you couldn't clean it without cutting yourself," Weilbacher said, adding that one of her downspouts had been stolen. "They weren't holding water they were holding leaves and sludge but definitely not water."

"I told her I'll see if I could come up with something and come back next year," he said.

Weilbacher did just that. While replacing gutters for resident Ann Lilly, he realized the gutters were in good enough shape that he could place them on Sailor's house.

"I told her (Lilly) I would donate them," he said. "They thought that was really great and wanted me to do it."

Sailor said she was grateful for Weilbacher's help.

"Jamie is very good. He is a very congenial individual," she said. "People are kind -- they really are -- and they will try to help other people if they can."

Still, Weilbacher wasn't the only person to donate time. Not only were Sailor's gutters replaced, another group of volunteers weeded her yard.

"That's a lot of people to give up their Saturday," Weilbacher said.

In fact, Shanks said the event was so successful that the church plans to hold another service day in the spring.

"I think it is nice to see that this was really a community event where even businesses got involved," Shanks said.

dcross@thisweeknews.com