Over $53,000 invested in central Ohio
REALTOR® Care Day – June 9, 2021
Despite the wet and rainy conditions, almost 500 local REALTORS®, family and friends cleaned, painted, pruned and planted this past Wednesday as part of the Columbus REALTORS®’ 17th annual REALTOR® Care Day, helping improve many homes and organizations all over central Ohio!
Started in 2005, REALTOR® Care Day is an annual day of service to the communities in which REALTORS® live, work and raise families. In the last 17 years, REALTOR® Care Day has contributed almost $625,000 in improvements and repairs and hundreds of hours of service to residents and communities around central Ohio.
“Although REALTORS® give back to our communities every day, this is a one-day event that we come together collectively to make a significant difference,” said Michael Jones, 2021 President of Columbus REALTORS®. “And it’s heartwarming to see the appreciation from the homeowners as well as the organizations.”
For the main project this year, led by co-chairs Matt Osowski and Amanda Roderick, 100 volunteers worked on four homes, a children’s safe space, a community garden and litter abatement in Columbus’ south side.
“We were focused on the Southern Orchards and Southside CAN neighborhoods last year as well, but the pandemic forced us to scale back and only complete part of the project,” said Roderick. “So, we were excited to be able to return to the area and do something special for these residents this year.”
“In addition to enhancing the community garden, we installed a gazebo and tables to provide shade and respite for neighbors working in the garden,” added Osowski. “It was a long, wet day, but worth it!”
Although the rain caused some projects which involved painting or staining to be postponed, there were 23 area realty associations involved with REALTOR® Care Day attacking service projects all over central Ohio.
Over $53,000 was invested to accomplish the 44 projects which included:
Bexley - Served lunch from local restaurants to their fire and police departments. Clintonville – Provided exterior yard work, storm door replacement, power washing and gutter repair for 5 residents. Columbus - Cleaned up the green space for The Jefferson Avenue Center. Columbus – Outdoor cleanup, landscaping and painting massive entry doors for Trinity Episcopal Church. Delaware - Repaired/painted and enhanced the large wrap-around porch, yard and shed for the Family Promise House which provides food, shelter, and support services for homeless families in Delaware County. Dublin – Assisted three elderly homeowners with both interior and exterior projects which included garage organization, pressure washing and landscaping. Gahanna – Front porch and garage improvements as well as landscaping for a resident homeowner in need – postponed until 9/16. Grove City - Purchased/packaged school supplies for Harmon and Richard Ave. Elementary schools for students in need. Hilliard - Worked with Meals on Wheels and Senior Pet Care for Hilliard residents. Lewis Center – Delivered lunch to three hospitals, two fire stations, EMS, and Sheriff’s office using local restaurants hit hard by COVID. Linden – Provided exterior landscaping and improvements for an elderly, long term homeowner in need. They’ll return later to stain her deck. London – Yard work, planting flowers, shrubs and mulch for the Madison County Historical Society. They also ordered a new sign. Marion – Weeded, picked up trash and planted vegetables, herbs, and flowers at the Edible Forest & Community Garden in Sawyer-Ludwig Park. Marysville - Repainted the entire inside of the Union County Humane Society as well as providing pest control and trash removal for a Magnetic Springs resident. New Albany - Outdoor enhancements to property and shed, gutter repair and landscaping maintenance for a resident. Pickaway County - Supplied dumpsters at several locations for people to be able to clean up their properties. Pickerington - cleanup and area beautification at Diley Road Softball Complex will occur next week due to the rain. Powell - Warehouse maintenance for People in Need Delaware and outdoor maintenance for Second Ward Community Initiative (SWCI). Reynoldsburg - Cleanup and area beautification for Reynoldsburg Senior Citizens Center. Sunbury – Made 50 blankets for My Very Own Blanket, an organization that supports children in Foster Care. Upper Arlington - Yard cleanup, landscaping, cleaning/organizing for two residents. Westerville – Landscaping and wheelchair ramp replacement for a resident. Worthington - Helped Camp Mary Orton prepare for their summer camps by providing interior & exterior cleaning, repairs, power washing, mulching at their lodge and activity centers.
For photos, detailed project descriptions, and pictures, visitwww.ColumbusRealtors.com/RCD.
