More than 60 students registered through Volunteer LSU spent Saturday painting and repairing homes in Mid City during FixUp! Mid City, Baton Rouge’s largest all-volunteer housing repair initiative.
 
Six houses as well as the Greater St. Luke Baptist Church and a building for the Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation were given facelifts from FixUp! volunteers this year. Volunteer LSU, which has participated in FixUp! since the organization’s creation in 2006, painted and repaired two houses, said Volunteer LSU Director Michael Rhea.
 
“Students had a great time while being able to make an extremely positive impact on the lives of Baton Rouge community members,” Rhea said. “Everything went smoothly, and LSU students did a great job.”—-Contact Brianna Paciorka at [email protected]