A prayer answered: Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge lifts spirits of 93-year-old woman

BATON ROUGE — For 93-year-old Idell Hawthorne, the sound of power tools on Friday signaled more than just construction – it was the sound of change and compassion.

Hawthorne is one of many in Baton Rouge experiencing the kindness of strangers as volunteers with Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge worked to build a wheelchair ramp onto her home today. Doctors told Hawthorne she would have trouble with mobility after a fall she took in May 2016.

“I fell and hit my head, and the neurologist said I had brain damage,” Hawthorne said…

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