Texas Catholic family featured on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'

Published: 2006-02-10

VICTORIA, Texas (CNS) -- Seven-year-old twin sisters Tara and Sara Kubena, diagnosed with leukemia when they were 3, received a big surprise when they found out their family had been selected to receive a new home designed by the team of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The show's host, Ty Pennington, and others from the series announced the surprise to the family Jan. 17. A week later John and Monica Kubena and their four children -- Tara and Sara have two other siblings, Brady and Kelly -- were presented with a 4,200-square-foot home on the same property of the two-bedroom trailer home where they had been living. The home is equipped with special features to help the girls' medical conditions. The episode featuring the Kubenas, who are members of Holy Cross Parish in East Bernard, is scheduled to air Feb. 19, 8-9 p.m. EST.

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