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Bringing volunteers and communities together
to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners.
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GREEN TIP OF THE
MONTH
Summer's coming. Can you feel it? Those glorious days of
sweltering heat and melting popsicles (and sticky hands). There
are few things more refreshing in the summertime than stepping into
your wonderfully cool home. Did you know that of the $2,200 the average
household spends on energy each year, half goes to heating and cooling?
Using a programmable thermostat can help keep these costs down.
Chances are, between parents at work and kids in school, your home sits
empty for a portion of the day...the hottest portion of the day.
Consider using your programmable thermostat to turn down the
air-conditioner while you are gone and kick back in an hour before you
come home. To learn more about saving energy with programmable
thermostats click here. If you don't have a
programmable thermostat, click here to find which one would work
best for you.
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Are
you interested in helping out on Spring Rebuilding Day but would prefer
not to lift a hammer? We have 30 sponsor groups devoting their Saturday
to the repair of 30 homes for low-income homeowners around the
county...and they tend to get hungry around noon. Consider preparing or
donating lunch for one group of volunteers. To learn more, please
call the RTMC office or contact Lane Van Buren.
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**Spring Rebuilding Day is 7 days away!**
See below for volunteer opportunities...
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Safeway Partnership
Launches with RTMC Project
Safeway Inc. and the Safeway Foundation launched a national
partnership with Rebuilding Together by renovating 10 homes and
nonprofit facilities to help people with disabilities across the
country live safely and independently.
Montgomery County was selected as one of the ten locations to host a
partnership launch project. On April 8, 2010, employees from Safeway
stores around the county came together to repair the home of a local
senior with Parkinson's disease. The volunteers installed 2
comfort-height toilets, cleaned and repaired plumbing leaks in 2
bathrooms, removed yard debris that caused a code violation, painted
trim around the roof, and removed torn carpeting that was a trip
hazard. Through the partnership with Safeway, Rebuilding Together Montgomery
County was also able to recruit Bartlett Roofing & Sheet Metal to
replace the homeowners failing roof.
The Rebuilding Together partnership is a perfect fit for Safeway and
The Safeway Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm, which focus
one of their major pillars of giving on helping people with
disabilities. Each April and August Safeway conducts companywide
fundraisers and awareness-raising campaigns to support organizations
that assist persons with physical and developmental disabilities.
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 RTMC Community Warehouse
A recent shipment from the Germantown Home Depot. They can donate up
to $40,000 worth of building materials and supplies each month and
they are certainly taking advantage of it! Thanks to Home Depot,
whose donations will allow us to do greater and more significant work
this Spring Rebuilding Day!
Learn more about the RTMC Community Warehouse.
If your non-profit organization is interested in finding out
everything the RTMC Community Warehouse has to offer, please contact Bill Kauffman.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Spring Rebuilding Day Community Volunteers - April 24
& 25, 2010
We've heard from a lot of you already but we still have
a few House Captains that could use a couple of extra hands next
weekend!
April 24th
- 7 volunteers to help with planting and yardwork in Rockville and
Silver Spring
- 2 volunteers to help with scraping/painting and yardwork in Silver
Spring
April 25th
- 3 volunteers to help with unpacking and organizing in Silver Spring
To volunteer for any of these opportunities, please call the office
or contact
Lane Van Buren.
RTMC Community Warehouse Workers - Ongoing
The RTMC Community Warehouse is looking for volunteers to use their
muscles (or tone them up) by unloading and organizing bi-weekly
donations from the Home Depot. Must be able to take inventory of new
shipments and lift 20-50 lbs. Please contact Bill Kauffmanif you
are interested in being a part of our newest community resource.
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