We gathered the troops and a few daughters one Saturday and – voila! – a mini-makeover was completed in short order at Smithson-Craighead Academy, a Metro Nashville charter school designed especially for children at risk of failing in grades K-4. Located in northern Davidson County on Brick Church Pike, 90 percent of the children enrolled there are on free or reduced lunch. Most come from a culture of poverty with parents unable to provide the support and encouragement needed for academic and life success.
Joining up with Hands On Nashville, here are just a few of the tasks we performed to the inside and outside of a very old building, from applying some good old-fashioned elbow grease to performing technical repairs:
- Repair broken cafeteria seats and classroom desks
- Diagnose and remedy persistent roof leak
- Repair gutters and downspouts
- Remove loose and missing floor tiles and install new
- Paint walls
- Pick up litter
- Rake leaves and weed
- Spread mulch
- Leave in much better condition than found
- Celebrate accomplishments with lunch at Swett’s
Interesting links:
Click here to see a two-minute video of our mini-makeover!
Hands On Nashville
Smithson Craighead Academy
