The residents of a split-level in North Springfield have significant health issues and are no longer able to take care of their home. So, volunteers with the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) stepped up on April 25 to make needed repairs.
ACCA is a coalition of local churches that collaborate on community service projects. Every spring, they partner with Rebuilding Together to spend a day fixing up two homes for people with disabilities or otherwise unable to do the work themselves. The homeowners are referred by social workers.
Members of the St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church and Annandale United Methodist Church worked on the house in Springfield, while volunteers from Ravenswood Baptist Church, John Calvin Presbyterian Church, and Providence Presbyterian Church carried out repairs on a house in Fairfax on the same day.
ACCA has repaired 136 houses since 1990, reports Camille Mittelholtz of ACCA…