REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI)– Hamlet Homes is celebrating the grand opening of its brand-new Alpine Heights model home in Rexburg with a ribbon-cutting and a little something extra. As part of the celebration, Hamlet Homes had a surprise for the Rexburg Soup Kitchen.
"We actually got connected through the local Rexburg Chamber of Commerce. They connected me with David Merrell, who's the founder of the Rexburg soup kitchen, and on a phone call, he happened to mention he had an immediate need of a trailer. And we thought instead of just trying to raise money for the trailer, we would buy them a trailer," said Tami Ostmark, VP Marketing and Owner of Hamlet Homes.
In the middle of the ceremony, a truck pulled up carrying a brand-new, fully wrapped, enclosed trailer. This is to assist them in pickin