Destany Bing had put on her best pink dress and begun sweeping her bedroom floor by the time the makeover team arrived at her Gilpin Court home. The room transformation was the culmination of a 22-week program that paired the 10-year-old Carver Elementary School student and 12 other girls in the low-income housing development with adult mentors for a journey through art projects, life-skills lessons, meals, games and girl talk.

Dates: Sept. 30, Oct. 29, Nov. 18
  Location: Friends Association for Children Family Center, 1004 Saint John St., Richmond
  Information: To register and get directions, visit http://www.friendsassn.org or call (804) 644-2357.

Date: Sept. 17, 6 to 7 p.m., Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W. Main St., Richmond.
  Directors: Partnership between the Visual Arts Center, ART 180, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority and Friends Association for Children in Gilpin Court
  Funding: Requires $3,000 per girl
  Information: Sally Kemp, director of community outreach, Visual Arts Center of Richmond; (804) 353-0094, ext. 223 or .