Volunteers ‘Rebuilding Together Richmond’, on Saturday
4/29/2016, 12:39 p.m.
With hammers, paintbrushes and screwdrivers, hundreds of Richmond volunteers will spend Saturday, April 30, fixing up 39 homes in the Ruffin Road area of South Side.
This will be the 24th year that Rebuilding Together Richmond has staged a home improvement blitz for low-income homeowners in a particular area of the city who cannot afford to have the work done themselves.
The cooperative effort is being done in celebration of National Rebuilding Day, organizers said.
“We will be repairing roofs and floors, building handrails and steps, making sidewalk repairs and replacing windows. And on one home, volunteers will repaint the entire exterior,” said Malcolm Jones, RTR’s development and communications associate.
In addition, he said, some people will repaint the parking lot at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2611 Bells Road, and others will landscape and paint the basketball court at the city’s P.B. Smith Recreation Center, 2015 Ruffin Road.
Mr. Jones said everyone is welcome to join the effort that is expected to attract at least 1,000 workers.
“Just show up by 9:30 a.m. at the P.B. Smith Center,” he said. “We’ll have a place for everyone to participate, whether you’re skilled or unskilled. We’ll have all the tools, and every volunteer will get a Rebuilding Together Richmond T-shirt.”
Information: (804) 447-3841 or info@rebuildingtogetherrichmond.org.
