Folks in Griffin, Georgia are getting used to all the excitement at Orrs Elementary School. They still talk about that opening day when the principal, dressed as Captain Character, landed on the school grounds in a helicopter. But that was nothing compared to the buzz generated one Monday in November 2008, when boys and girls arrived to find their school had been newly painted and completely transformed. In a project organized by a local pastor and his church, close to 500 volunteers from various walks of life had banded together to accomplish an “extreme makeover” of the school building in one day. While this Georgia town takes pride in the one-day transformation of its school, every day another transformation takes place as nurturing teachers help their children to overcome challenges and become the very best they can be.

Read more about Orrs in the 2010 NSOC book: “Extreme Makeover, Georgia Style.”

Orrs Elementary School Video

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