Rapper Vanilla Ice helps renovate special needs teacher's Port St. Lucie home

Rob Van Winkle, better known as rapper Vanilla Ice, is helping a special needs teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GIFT-- JUST IN TIME FOR HERBIRTHDAY... THE GIFT DELIVEREDFROM A CELEBRITY.

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S TANIAROGERS WITH HOW RAPPER VANILLAICE IS RENOVATING HER HOME<< FINSHING TOUCHES TO ARENOVATION PROJECT AT LANAWATSON'S PORT SAINT LUCIEHOME.

"THE SIDING ON THE HOUSEWAS ROTTING OFF AND BUCKLINGEVERYTHING." SITTING ON THPATIO WASN'T ENJOYABLE."WHATEVER THE TEXTURE WAS PUTUP THERE KEPT CRUMBLING DOWN.SO I WOULD HAVE TO SWEEP ITUP." SHE ASKED FRIENDS FHELP.

"ROB GAVE ME A CALL ANDHE GOES I'VE GOT YOUR ESTIMATEFOR YOU, AND I SAID OK.

AND HESAID NOTHING." "ROB SAYS WITHALL OF THE DIFFERENT REPAIRSTHAT WERE NEEDED, IT COULDHAVE COST HER UP TO10-THOUSAND DOLLARS." SHEDIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL ROBARRIVED, THAT IT WAS ROB VANWINKLE, KNOWN AS RAPPERVANILLA ICE.

HE'S BEENRENOVATING HOMES FOR YEARS."THIS STUFF FLAKES LIKE IT'SSNOW COMING DOWN YOU COULD SEEIT ALL OVER THE FLOOR.

IT'SSTUCCO WITH PAINT MIXTURE."THE CELEBRITY AND HIS MASTCARPENTER DID THE REPAIRS."YOU CAN'T LIVE IN A HOUSETHAT IS FALLING APART AND HERHOUSE WAS FALLING APART.

WEGOT A WHOLE OF IT NOW." LANA,WHO IS A LUNG CANCER SURVIVOR,SAYS THIS WEEK IS HERBIRTHDAY.... AND THIS IS HERBEST GIFT.

"I AM RIDICULOUSLYGRATEFUL.

THIS WHOLE THING HASJUST BEEN SUCH A GIFT AND HE'SSO GENUINE AND GENEROUS." "SHESPRINKLES A LOT OF MAGIC OVERTHE COMMUNITY AND THESECHILDREN AND THEIR LIVES ANDTHESE PARENTS.

REALLY MAKES ADIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

IFIGURED SHE DOES ALL OF THATMAGIC, THAT WE WOULD SPRINKLEA LITTLE BIT OF FAIRY DUST ANDMAGIC AROUND THE HOUSE HEREFOR HER." "I'M HONORED TO BEHERE AND DO THIS FOR HER."TANIA ROGERS, WPTV,NEWSCHANNEL FIVE.