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Pooh characters adorn vacant house in Flint, Michigan
Mon Oct 13, 11:14 AM
By The Associated Press
FLINT, Mich. - Characters from the beloved story of Winnie the Pooh are brightening one of the many vacant homes in the struggling industrial city of Flint, Mich.
Twenty-year-old Kristina Pringle has a sketch pad full of cartoon characters.
Since August, she's been applying her hobby to beautifying an unoccupied house near her own home, painting Winnie's friends on the boarded-up windows.
She was recruited by Art Wenzlaff, community relations director of the nearby International Academy of Flint charter school.
Hoping to beautify the neighbourhood, he used donations and grant money to supply Pringle and other volunteers with art supplies. City officials gave their blessing to the project.
Wenzlaff says the project seems to bring "some vibrancy to the community."
