Here's a feel-good story.
Chris Lambert, founder and president of the non-profit Life Remodeled, is mobilizing 15,000 volunteers, beginning Monday, for six days to transform Cody High School, two more schools and the surrounding neighborhoods, Jennifer Chambers of the Detroit News reports.
The News writes that the volunteers and donors plan to provide major renovations to Cody, light face-lifts to nearby Mann and Henderson elementary schools and the surrounding community at a projected cost of $5.5 million.
The News reports that hundreds of the volunteers will be from the Cody Rouge neighborhood, and they'll stand beside executives and engineers from General Motors Co., mortgage bankers from Quicken Loans and church leaders from across Metro Detroit.
The News writes:
Projects at Cody include a new roof, electrical repairs, landscaping and the installation of a new football field. The school will get a medical simulation lab, a leadership lab and a high-tech science, technology, engineering, math lab.
Cody includes three smaller programs that operate within the building, with a total of about 1,000 students.
Volunteers will remove brush and garbage and add plants and flowers on more than 100 surrounding blocks. The work will include demolishing 10 abandoned homes, boarding up at least 100 other abandoned homes and remodeling at least 20 students’ homes.
