Since 1989, Patty Johnson has been organizing volunteers and
rekindling the tradition of neighbors helping neighbors. Christmas in April’s specialty is repairing low-income homes for the
elderly. On the last Saturday in April, thousands of volunteers in
207 chapters join together to “build miracle, one house at a time.”
This story tells how tough inner-city teenagers work side-by-side
with Junior League housewives to restore 72-year-old Frances
Vaughn’s Washington D.C. home. “They tore my house up and put
it back together again, like it was brand new!” says Frances, grateful that her number one dream, to stay in her own house as she
grew old, had become a reality. “We are love in action,” says Patty.