NORTHBRIDGE An open house took place yesterday afternoon at a home designed by Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School students for two school alumni who have 10-year-old twin boys with cerebral palsy.

The students also raised money to build the specially equipped four-bedroom home on Rebecca Road for Christopher and Amy Murray and their three children, twins Michael and Eric and 7-year old Katie.

The Murrays, who currently live on Benson Road, plan to start moving into their new home Sept. 20.

Christopher is a 1992 graduate of the school, and Amy is a 1994 graduate. About 200 students at the school, including graduated drafting student Eli Lurie, who designed the house, played a major role in several facets of the home, according to school health service instructor Janice Muldoon-Moors.

It was a tremendous effort by the students at the school, she said

I am absolutely proud of the efforts of the students at the school, Valley Tech vocational coordinator Thomas R Bellard said.

Students held several fundraisers to benefit the home-building effort.

Mrs. Murray said the twins' medical condition they have spastic quadriphegia cerebral palsy means they can't move their arms and legs, which could leave them in danger if fire struck the house.

The boys attend the Kennedy Day School in Brighton.

The home is totally handicapped-accessible and includes a lift in the boys' bedroom that will get them out of bed. A powered chair will be built in their room that can take them to the specially equipped bathroom attached to the bedroom. Ms. Muldoon-Moors said the Wilcox Foundation is giving a $10,000 grant to pay for a generator that will supply power to run the special equipment if the electricity goes out.

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Valley Tech students design house for twins with cerebral palsy