Good things come to those who wait.
It's a saying that rang true for a young woman who has worked hard and given a lot. She has waited a long time for the good deeds that were returned to her Friday.
"I'm just anxious," Vanesha Alexander said.
While she was waiting, 25 volunteers were racing the clock to put the finishing touches on her apartment.
"It's to help me so I'm established, so I can get where I need to be," Alexander said.
 |  |
 | |  |
| | | | | | | |
A new start
News 8’s Jennifer Borget has more on how Lifeworks helped a young South Austin mother receive a new apartment. Borget is there as Vanesha Alexander walks into her new home for the first time.
 
| | |
| | | | | |
|
Alexander is a 22-year-old single mother. After she passed the age limit for the foster care system, she was on her own with no support.
But now, Lifeworks, an organization dedicated to helping youth and families achieve positive life goals, is helping Vanesha get on her feet.
"This isn't only a reward for working hard, but this to show them to work harder," Lifeworks coordinator, Susan McDowell said.
Volunteers from Lifeworks and American Campus Communities, worked all day to paint, decorate and assemble a new apartment for Vanesha, something that she has worked hard to deserve.
"People care about her success and this is to recognize everything she's done over the past couple of years with the Lifeworks program," American Campus Communities executive, Gina Cowart said.
"These women come to us with little but the clothes on their backs," McDowell said.
Alexander hoped for a new couch and maybe a crib for her son, who until now, had to sleep in the same bed with her. She had no idea Lifeworks and American Campus Communities had that, and much more in store.
