Volunteers are giving this Atlanta middle school library a facelift

A southwest Atlanta middle school library is undergoing a transformation, to be completed at the hands of dozens of volunteers.

The project to update the Crawford W. Long Middle School space is part of biopharmaceutical company AbbVie's fifth annual Week of Possibilities, a global volunteering program that addresses challenges facing the underserved, a press release said. AbbVie partnered with Heart of America, a group of independent companies that participate in civic involvement and philanthropy.

Long Middle School was chosen partly because it has a “high need from a student perspective,” with more than 70 percent of its students receiving a free or reduced lunch, said Heart of America spokeswoman Christine Lucas. She said the library at the decades-old school was “in need of modernization to inspire students.”