Every October, my Broker encourages participation in a Community Service day.  I have readily participated since joining Prudential Fox and Roach, and look forward to participating every year.  Each year we have a choice of where we would like to spend the day. I have happily joined the GoodWorks crew every year. This organization, after an application and interview process, helps families who’ve applied with much needed home repairs. While providing a service to the community we get to learn something in the process. In the past we’ve resided a mobile home, continued an ongoing process of rehabbing a house to resell as affordable housing. While they do get donations of some materials, and happily take financial donations, they also are in need of volunteer labor.

Why do I enjoy working with GoodWorks? For one, I like to work with tools. This year we went to Coatesville (they also have locations in West Chester and Phoenixville) and my group removed and replaced 12 drafty windows and screens with brand new double hung windows. After a lot of banging, painting, attaching and caulking we were able to get the job completed to the point where the family living there should have a much warmer winter. I wish my schedule allowed for more participation in these types of programs because it’s satisfying to drive away knowing that you were able to improve someone’s situation.

So after ripping, nailing, screwing and painting the windows ended up looking like the picture below. I think they came out pretty well.

What do you think?

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