Nine children and their mother in Fairfield, Maine were saved from homelessness by a local business owner Brent Burger.

He says he doesn't know why he was so moved by the story in a newspaper, but decided he had to help, "paying out more than $70,000 and donating countless hours of labor and planning" to a project he devised for returning their house.

Karen Champagne and her children, ages 4 to 15, were facing eviction earlier this summer, unable to pay the mortgage after her mentally ill husband, Richard, accumulated about $145,000 in debt before committing suicide four years ago.

Not only did Mr. Burger return the deed and key to the family , he set up a Nine Days for Nine Children, a home-makeover challenge.

"It is my privilege to lend a helping hand to the Champagne family and set them on a course for self-sufficiency. It will clearly be up to them to use this opportunity as a launching pad for financial stability."

(READ the Kennebec Morning Sentinel article here)