North Side spruces up //
Volunteers Erica Greene, left, and Sherita Sin brush stain on the ramp leading to a Highland Park home during Rebuilding Together Richmond’s blitz last Saturday to help repair and upgrade homes for elderly and low-income residents. Formerly known as Christmas in April, the daylong effort by the nonprofit organization drew nearly 1,000 volunteers to work on 39 homes in North Side as part of National Rebuilding Day and Affordable Housing Awareness Week. In its 25 years of helping to upgrade housing, Rebuilding Together Richmond has mobilized more than 25,000 volunteers who donated more than 200,000 hours to improve 1,300 homes. The organization values the work at $12 million.
