METRO VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH COMMUNITY PROJECT

October 19, 2007

Metro Volunteers help in community project before and after photo

METRO employees are rolling up their sleeves and tackling a service project in Houston’s East End.

Approximately 50 METRO volunteers will spend Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, sanding and painting a home at 5905 Harrisburg.

“METRO elected to partner with Rebuilding Together Houston to demonstrate our commitment to the communities we will soon be building light rail in,” said Linda Treviño, METRO Stakeholders Affairs Representative.

METRO is making substantial progress to expand rapid transit in the East End Corridor.

Early construction activity on the East End and three other transit corridors is scheduled to begin this spring.

Rebuilding Together Houston is a volunteer home rehabilitation organization that initiates and coordinates private sector involvement in community service, benefiting low-income elderly and/or disabled homeowners with free home repairs in the Houston area.

METRO volunteers will start their work at 7:30 a.m. Friday and hope to complete the project by Saturday afternoon.