Meet our neighbors
FERDINAND, IND. — The Nov. 12 episode of “Extreme Makeover”—airing at 8 p.m. EDT—will be Indiana’s first and only episode. In this show, viewers see the community of St. Meinrad, 40 miles east of Evansville, Ind., rallying around the family of Steve and Shawna Farina.
Shawna, 27, is a breast cancer survivor, wife, and mother of Bryan, 4, Summer, 6, and Laci 7. Ironically, Shawna watched her mother battle breast cancer as a child—and now her children are doing the same.
Over the last year, Shawna has undergone chemo treatments, radiation, a bilateral mastectomy, and a total hysterectomy. In the process, the family has amassed large medical bills.
What’s more, they’ve had to put their dream of fixing up their 134-year-old farmhouse on hold. That is, until Best, the “Extreme” crew and 250 volunteers descended upon Brewery Street in the normally quiet St. Meinrad.
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