A million thanks of our incredible partners at Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation for organizing such an impactful national day of service on November 9th. In partnership with The Walls, a mighty group of store leaders from across DFW came together for a multi-faceted So. Dallas neighborhood beautification project.
The hub of the work occurred at the Cornerstone Crossroads Academy (501c3) at the former Phyllis Wheatley School built in 1922. Cornerstone is a second-chance school for people 18-26 years old to go back and finish their high school education. In addition to serving some of the most vulnerable opportunity youth, Cornerstone is also renovating the entire historic campus one building at a time.
See the walkthrough of the Cornerstone Crossroads Academy below:
Team Sprouts helped move the Cornerstone mission one step closer to achieving success by priming, painting, and installing plywood art boards to cover all the broken windows at the school. Additionally, Sprouts team members lent a hand to the surrounding neighborhood by leading a litter cleanup throughout Wheatley Place including along the historic graveyard.
Lastly, ‘Sproutees’ used their extra time before lunch to help collaborate with our partners at Texas Trees Foundation and the Kellogg Alumni Club of Dallas to build outdoor seating in the newly planted fruit orchard on the campus. This previously unused land is now transformed into a tranquil urban, and future fruit-bearing oasis for the Wheatley Place community to gather.
Thank you everyone for putting this event together and making magic happen!
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