Apartment Trends Magazine February 2019 | Page 23

We are Lincoln Charities. We are for people. Our goal is to try to add hope to an impossible situation and to reset things to zero financially to empower the next step after a catastrophe. @zocalocommunitydevelopment @revision_coop At Zócalo, it is a core value to rebuild and strengthen vibrant, inclusive, equitable communities. We created the Zócalo Partnership to extend our commitment beyond our daily operations and create a robust partnership that allows us to support causes and nonprofits through giving, volunteer efforts and engagement at our properties. In 2018, our staff selected Re:Vision, a Denver-based nonprofit working with people in the Westwood neighborhood to cultivate thriving, resilient communities, as our partner. Beginning in January 2019 and running through December 2020, Zócalo will partner with Re:Vision to strengthen the neighborhood by building an employee task force to direct our work together, scheduling annual volunteer days, providing a $10,000 financial contribution, and engaging residents in drives and volunteer efforts at each of our properties. Mission Rock is proud to provide volunteer support to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. They are an independent nonprofit organization that provides a home environment for families when they have a hospitalized child. The families are provided with home- cooked meals, private rooms, and playrooms for the siblings. This allows a family to focus on the health of their child, rather than cooking meals or cleaning. The Ronald McDonald House helps millions of families with sick children find comfort and support. www.aamdhq.org Our mission is to serve our employees and their families in times of need, distress, or tragedy. We are dedicated to the purpose of inspiring hope and restoring welfare through the generosity of our employees, residents, and business partners. B.R.I.D.G.E. In October 2018, RedPeak volunteered for 2 days with Extreme Community Makeover, on multiple projects throughout the Denver Urban neighborhoods. Extreme Community Makeover is a partnership with residents of specific Denver neighborhoods to complete home and neighborhood improvement projects. During our volunteer days, we clean up alley ways from debris and overgrowing weeds, as well as completed house projects for residents in the Westwood neighborhood, SE of downtown Denver. RedPeak was happy to devote a day helping out our neighbors and residents of these neighborhoods, since after all we are a Denver based and Denver focused company. Our employees participate in the B.R.I.D.G.E. program by volunteering at any institution, agency or community service program. CWS contributions to the chosen cause by rewarding each employee $20 per hour for each volunteer hour contributed up to 12 hours per year ($240). Half of the funds are given to employee to donate as they wish and the other half is pooled together for larger donations to be given out at the end of each year. As a company in 2017 through our team member’s hard work and dedication we raised $110,032, which was donated back the organizations we supported. Some of the non-profit events CWS employees’ participated in last year include; Stand Up Cancer, Code Red Heart.org, Safehouse Denver and Project Linus. The Colorado region received nation recognition for contributing over 300 hours of volunteering in 2018. You want to participate? Visit aamdhq.org/apartments-give-back or email [email protected] to tell us your story! Every October, Simpson Property Group hosts a Make a Difference Day event across the country. Employees select organizations to volunteer their time at, including Wellspring, Volunteers of America, Shiloh House, and Zuma’s Ranch. We choose to support organizations that align with our core beliefs and the services that we offer. We spent our day performing a variety of activities, including assisting adults with disabilities, feeding the homeless, sorting food at the food bank, painting and cleaning, spending time with children from low income families, and winterizing the ranch. We volunteered over 600 hours in Colorado with these organizations. Nationwide, we volunteered over 4,000 hours to over 20 organizations during Make a Difference Day 2018. FEBRUARY 2019 TRENDS | 21