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On a yet-to-be-aired episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the First Lady makes her way back to Fayetteville, North Carolina, to support a new community house for homeless female veterans.For an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition episode slated to air in October, Barbara Marshall is a 15-year Navy veteran who has built the Jubilee House, a space that offers housing and services to homeless female veterans. With help from the Extreme Makeover team and volunteers in the community, Jubilee House undergoes the ultimate renovation that would turn it into the go-to resource center for female veterans and allow it to house several families.
Michelle Obama showed up at the moment of the renovation reveal as a surprise guest. Here are some behind-the-scene sneak peeks.
Michelle Obama arrives at the reveal site. DOD Photo by Elaine Sanchez.
Ty Pennington with Barbara Marshall (center) and another Jubilee House resident. Photo: Rachel Ray-Webb.
Michelle Obama, Ty Pennington, and Barbara Marshall's family and Jubilee House residents at moment of reveal. Photo: Charles Howard
The completed Jubilee House for homeless female veterans. Photo: Rachel Ray-Webb.