While people tuned in to the presidential inauguration or celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a team of police officers and health professionals picked up paintbrushes and drills to build bedrooms for several families in Modesto, Ceres and Manteca.
Around 80 volunteers from local law enforcement agencies, Kaiser Permanente Central Valley, HandsOn Central California and the Healthy Room Project assisted six families on Monday for 17 children, ages 2-14 years.
The renovations involved installing new beds, desks, dressers, lamps, bedding and applying fresh paint…