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'This is an awesome experience,' Weathersby said. 'I'm a single mom, so I have the opportunity to just do what I have to do - what I need to do - with the help of LCSA.' She said she is excited about the renovations.

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One of those tenants, Lori Weathersby, who has lived at Whispering Sands for just over three months, volunteered her time to help update the complex. 'You only have to look around here to see how important this is and what it means - it means a lot,' Michael Broadhead, a member of Transport Workers Union Local 556 and co-chair of Pride at Work-Arizona, said. 'It's pretty cool to see the people that live here watching this transition today and watching this massive upgrade.' He is asking local businesses to contact LCAS if they have a good offer or a donation. Two of the four buildings are in need of new roofing, Sparks said. While LCAS was able to get donations to cover these beautifications, the non-profit has not been able to find a good bid or a donation to fix the roofs. Half of the new canary-yellow paint used for the update was donated by Dunn Edwards Paint, and the remaining half was purchased at a discount. The complex also was landscaped with 150 tons of gravel donated by Red Mountain Mining Inc. The housing complex, which consists of four large buildings containing four different two-bedroom units, was painted and landscaped. Labor’s Community Service Agency, a non-profit established in 1974, was built on a partnership between the United Way and AFL-CIO to provide outreach and referral services to union members. 'We want to support families who are really struggling right now and give them the support they need to move forward and get out of the economic crisis or circumstances they're in,' Sparks said. The complex can house about 18 families at a time. More than 20 volunteers from six different unions came out to paint the four buildings, near 13th Street and East Mountain View Road, which have been owned by the Labor's Community Service Agency for almost 20 years, Stephen Sparks, LCSA development manager, said.

Local labor unions joined together Wednesday and volunteered their time to beautify and update the Whispering Sands affordable housing complex in Sunnyslope.

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