Neighborhood Makeover Week offers workshops, volunteer activities Learn easy ways to make your home say, "Hey, I care!" at one of the free Neighborhood Makeover Week workshops April 22-28. You can also volunteer to join a Makeover Team on Saturday, April 28. Neighborhood Makeover Week Workshops Free workshops address a variety of home and yard improvement topics, including: * Natural yard care, tree care, weed control, edible garden basics and rain barrels * Interior and exterior home maintenance basics * Ways to "green" your property * Crime prevention tips for your home and yard For more information or to register for workshops, go to www.TacomaMakeoverWeek.org<http://www.TacomaMakeoverWeek.org> or contact the workshop coordinator at (253) 591-5414 or classes@tacomamakeoverweek.org<mailto:classes@tacomamakeoverweek.org>. Volunteer on a Makeover Team Makeover Teams will converge on a South Tacoma neighborhood to show how simple projects in a concentrated area can make a big difference. Projects will include weeding, planting, debris removal, edging, and other basic curb appeal improvements. Volunteers who are able to perform more skilled repairs (such as fence, sidewalk or siding repair) are also needed. To volunteer for a Makeover Team, go to www.TacomaMakeoverWeek.org<http://www.TacomaMakeoverWeek.org> or contact the volunteer coordinator at (253) 382-2780 or volunteeradmin@tacomamakeoverweek.org<mailto:volunteeradmin@tacomamakeoverweek.org>. If you have a skill in a specific area, please mention it when signing up. About Neighborhood Makeover Week Tacoma's Neighborhood Makeover Week is about empowering residents to beautify and maintain their homes and neighborhoods as a way to make their community safer. Community partners include the City of Tacoma, Rebuilding Together South Sound, WSU Extension Master Gardeners, Communities in Schools, Tacoma 360, University of Washington Tacoma Urban Studies Student Group - CIVITAS, and neighbors in the Giaudrone Safe Streets area. Several other groups and individuals have volunteered to lead workshops, help with volunteer projects and donate to the effort. For more information, go to www.TacomaMakeoverWeek.org<http://www.tacomamakeoverweek.org> or www.facebook.com/TacomaNMW<http://www.facebook.com/TacomaNMW>. About Safe, Clean & Attractive This effort is about partnering Tacoma residents with City of Tacoma employees to make Tacoma safer, cleaner and more attractive. Teams work within existing City budgets and harness community resources to make improvements. For more information, go to www.cityoftacoma.org/safeandclean<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/safeandclean>. ###