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The episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition being promoted as part of Sunday night's lineup on ABC (Channel 6) is the one about the Voluntown, Conn., mother and four children who were whisked away from the charred and moldy ruins of their former house in early December and returned to a castle a week later.

The Girard family, along with thousands of builders, decorators, volunteers, church friends, classmates, neighbors and interested onlookers will watch the episode on a big screen at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Starting at 6:15 p.m., ceremonies will honor the family, volunteers and sponsors of the project. The screening, which is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, will be simultaneous with the 8 p.m. broadcast of the episode.

The home was built to resemble a castle.

Voluntown, Conn., is just over the state line from Exeter and Hopkinton. The family lost their home in a fire, then suffered the death of the father in a drowning accident that also claimed the life of a son who had tried to save him.

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