Monday, April 15, 2013

Colorado Springs, CO – Griffis/Blessing’s Multifamily Property Services group celebrated National Volunteer Month by participating in the company’s first ever “Multifamily Volunteer Day” this past Friday, April 12, 2013. Staff members from various sites spent their day working with non-profit organizations in lieu of their normal daily activities. Members of the Multifamily group donated their time and energy to one of four local organizations.

For Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, Griffis/Blessing apartment communities and employees held a food drive prior to the Volunteer Day event, allowing volunteers to provide nearly 200 pounds of food and a monetary donation in addition to helping sort and unpack food donations on the day of the event.

For Salvation Army Pikes Peak, volunteers spent their day at RJ Montgomery New Hope Center homeless shelter, working to help improve the child care center by building a new ramp into the playground area with supplies donated by Reconstruction Experts, Inc., helping with sanitizing toys and performing general maintenance work around the center.

For the Women’s Resource Agency, volunteers sorted donations, swapped spring and fall collections off the retail floor and organized the clothing supply for the organization’s “Suit Up for Success” program, which provides business and professional clothing to help women in need live with financial independence.

And finally, for Christmas Unlimited, volunteers put together “Imagination Kits” which the organization will distribute during Christmastime to help inspire local children’s imaginations.

“We’re very proud to support these organizations,” said Patricia A. Stanforth, CPM®, Senior Vice President of Griffis/Blessing Multifamily Property Services. “Working with them during our Volunteer Day was an incredibly rewarding experience. I would also like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to all of our employees who volunteered their time.”

In Denver, Griffis/Blessing will be volunteering with the Apartment Association of Metro Denver’s “Spring Clean” day on May 10th, 2013, performing maintenance and general upkeep for Family Homestead’s Transitional Housing program, which helps transition homeless families into apartment homes in the Denver area.

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