Our house and garage are clad in about 250 courses of worn, mismatched beige siding. Sponsor a course of fresh siding in a joyful new color, installed by a good contractor.

Our house has 12 windows in varying states of mechanical failure with mostly torn-out bug screens. Sponsor a 1/10 share in a nice new operable window with a fresh bug screen, installed by a good contractor, so we can enjoy insect-free fresh air wherever we need it.

A previous owner had the house rewired. The work was halfhearted and sloppy. There's a small amount of knob and tube wiring left in the attic that makes us nervous and makes it difficult and expensive to get homeowner's insurance. Sponsor the replacement of one knob's worth of knob and tube with safe, code-compliant Romex.

Sponsor a window's worth of blinds with the latest and greatest in child-safe anti-strangulation engineering. Raman will install these; this sponsorship is for materials.

We're short on power outlets in several places. Sponsor a new power outlet for us, installed by a good electrician.

Some of our light fixtures are operated by a pull chain in the middle of the room. Help us upgrade to a light switch, installed by a good electrician.