10/14/2026
🎉 Paint It Forward Winner Announcement 🎉
We are so honored to share that this year’s Paint It Forward recipients are Leeandra Corless and the Corless family of Glendale, AZ.
Leeandra is a military veteran living with MS, fibromyalgia, and PTSD while caring full-time for her family. Her father (Navy veteran) has been on hospice care for a decade. Her mother is living with dementia. Her brother (Army veteran) is fighting advanced liver, kidney, and adrenal cancer while undergoing dialysis three times a week. The family lives on a fixed disability income and their home—owned and lovingly maintained by her parents for over 55 years—has gone nearly 20 years without a fresh coat of paint. The city has even been by multiple times asking them to repaint.
Despite everything they’re carrying, this Army & Navy family continues to show up for one another every single day.
We’re proud to step in, give their home the care it deserves, and take one heavy weight off their shoulders.
Thank you to everyone who nominated such incredible people in our community. Stories like the Corless family’s are exactly why Paint It Forward exists.
Please join us in congratulating Leeandra and the entire Corless family in the comments ❤️🎨