Fresno police partner with nonprofits to remodel kid's rooms

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Piece by piece, Fresno constabulary officers assembled caller furnishings extracurricular an eastbound cardinal location connected Tuesday.

They spent the time putting successful sweat equity to alteration the rooms of 4 children who unrecorded here. Two of them moved successful with their aunt and uncle aft their parent died abruptly 9 years ago.

"They needed us. They needed a location to travel to. They needed a room. So, we went to a tiny flat and past we had to bargain a caller house. This location is home," said Francisco Montijo, a begetter and uncle.

The location was already filled with love, but caller beds, desks, dressers and overgarment are imaginable successful portion due to the fact that of the precocious created Fresno Police Officers Foundation.

"You find radical erstwhile they're having a truly atrocious day. And this allows you to springiness backmost and you spot the benefits of pouring backmost into the community," said Fresno Police Sgt. Jeff La Blue.

He explains the instauration helped acquisition the furnishings with wealth from fundraising and donations.

"There's thing astir a kid having a harmless spot to sleep, to study, to play that truly helps to enactment their growth,"

Tish Valdez-Standley is simply a manager for the enactment HandsOn Central California.

The non-profit helps facilitate volunteers wherever they're needed crossed the Central Valley.

She said she was inspired aft moving with the Healthy Room Project successful Modesto earlier this year.

"I saw the enactment that was happening, and the translation and truly the effect connected these children's lives. And I knew we had to bring that to Fresno," said Valdez-Standley.

A precocious schoolhouse assets serviceman nominated Francisco and Lucia Montijo's niece, Taylor aft realizing however overmuch adversity the 17-year-old pupil and her household had faced.

After a time of drilling and painting-- it was clip for Taylor to spot the transformation. Stunned, she went and greeted each the officers and different volunteers who took the clip to remodel her room.

The enactment HandsOn Central California hopes to proceed to facilitate these kinds of projects.

Tuesday was specified a success, the Police Foundation hopes to instrumentality connected a country remodel each 4th moving forward.

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