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Good Deed: Neighbors helping their neighbor

Front row, from left: Daniel Gable, Habitat's Neighborhood Revitalization Program Manager; Glass Farm Resident, Joyce Rogers; Homeowner, Maria Bradley; Glass Farm Resident, Deborah Bledsoe. Back row, from left: Glass Farm Residents, Drew Smith and Al Shannon; Habitat's Neighborhood Revitalization Coordinator, Caroline Burkhalter; Glass Farm Resident, Jimmy Wright. Front row, from left: Daniel Gable, Habitat's Neighborhood Revitalization Program Manager; Glass Farm Resident, Joyce Rogers; Homeowner, Maria Bradley; Glass Farm Resident, Deborah Bledsoe. Back row, from left: Glass Farm Residents, Drew Smith and Al Shannon; Habitat's Neighborhood Revitalization Coordinator, Caroline Burkhalter; Glass Farm Resident, Jimmy Wright.

By Times Free Press Staff August 12, 2018 1 min read

Ten Glass Farm residents, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and Glass House Collective, celebrated NeighborWorks Week by devoting a day working on the home of their neighbor, Maria Bradley. Neighbors pressure washed Bradley’s home, installed siding, and completed interior and exterior painting projects.

NeighborWorks Week, a weeklong celebration of community whe volunteers come together to help make their neighborhoods healthy and sustainable to live and work, is celebrated across the country annually. This national celebration is sponsored by NeighborWorks America, a nonprofit devoted to building stronger communities through affordable housing and community development.

Karlene Claridy