Homeowner Profile: Lachesia and Corion
Meet Lachesia and Corion
Lachesia, a native of Southampton, Virginia, says she loved growing up in the country where she was surrounded by family and there was always someone to play with. At age 6, she moved with her mother to Richmond, and later graduated from Highland Springs High School. She is now a single mother raising 9-year-old Corion, a football-loving third-grader at Chimborazo Elementary. Lachesia has worked at Mens Wearhouse for 9 years as a production worker. She loves a good yard sale and spending time with Corion and the rest of her family.
Lachesia says she likes the apartment she and Corion currently occupy, but she feels unsafe there. Corion has not been allowed to play outside by himself ever since he found a gun in the bushes outside their home. Her aunt was the first one to tell her about our Homeownership Program. Since she first joined the program, Lachesia has been hard at work putting in ‘sweat equity’ hours doing work along side volunteers to rehabilitate her soon-to-be new home on Reynolds Road in Eastern Henrico.
When their new home is completed, it’s environmentally friendly features will save Lachesia up to 50% off her energy bills, and Corion will have a nice safe backyard in which to play. But best of all, they will finally have a place to call their own.
Come help us finish the Lachesia and Corion’s home. To volunteer on Reynolds Road or donate financially to the construction of Lachesia and Corion’s home, call (804) 232-7001 or visit www.richmondhabitat.org.
