Replacing their button-down collars for T-shirts, employees of several local firms and organizations grabbed scrapers and paintbrushes and helped 20 families in the 6th Ward spruce up the facades of their homes Saturday.
It was part of Operation Facelift, run by Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks Inc. since 1989.
This year it focused on the 200 and 300 blocks of North Second Street and the 100 block of Elm Street.