Jeanette Robinson’s Story

An older woman stands in an overgrown yard, taking a bite of food and looking towards the camera. Behind her, a two-story house is undergoing major exterior renovations with exposed framing and green sheathing.

After spending 10 months living behind boarded windows, Jeanette Robinson can finally see the daylight again. Her story highlights the lasting impact of the May 16, 2025 tornado and the ongoing work of Grassroots Redeeming Love to help St. Louis families rebuild, one home at a time.

Read the full story, “I Can See the Daylight,” published by The St. Louis American.

If you’d like to help more neighbors like Jeanette rebuild and recover, consider making a donation. Every contribution helps provide critical home repairs, essential resources, and hope to families still on the road to recovery.

Renovation Journey

  • A high-angle aerial view shows a house undergoing a major roof replacement within a neighborhood that shows signs of prior storm damage, including damaged trees and neighboring roofs. A construction dumpster sits on the street in the lower right corner.
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  • Construction workers are busy renovating the exterior of a two-story house, working around the exposed foundation and front entrance. The foreground is filled with construction debris, lawn furniture, and stacks of fresh lumber.
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  • A large group of smiling volunteers poses for a photo in the backyard of a brick building, holding various landscaping tools like chainsaws, shovels, and rakes. The diverse group is wearing casual work clothes, with some sporting safety helmets and high-visibility vests.
  • Construction workers are busy renovating the exterior of a two-story house, working around the exposed foundation and front entrance. The foreground is filled with construction debris, lawn furniture, and stacks of fresh lumber.
  • A wide drone photo captures a team of workers replacing the roof on a two-story brick and siding house in a residential neighborhood. Construction materials and a parked truck are visible in the grassy yard below.
  • An aerial shot shows several construction workers on the roof of a two-story house installing new wooden plywood sheathing. Stacks of shingles and roofing materials are staged across the exposed roof trusses.
  • An elevated view shows a two-story house undergoing exterior repairs, with scaffolding erected along a side wall that has missing siding and exposed wooden panels. Construction materials and debris are scattered across the grassy yard surrounding the home.
  • An aerial view shows volunteers working in an empty grassy lot behind a brick building, with a black canopy tent set up on the lawn. Several people are loading freshly cut tree branches and brush into a large open dumpster.
  • An aerial shot captures a team of volunteers clearing brush and cutting down a large tree in the messy backyard of a two-story brick house. Workers are scattered across the yard using various tools to process the downed branches.
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