The volunteers worked for 4 hours in the early morning sun to help brighten up the property of an older couple who needed volunteer help. The focus of this particular volunteer project was lawn care and property maintenance. Because the couple needed to attend to each other's serious health issues, a once beautiful garden had been sadly neglected.
At 8 AM on Friday morning the volunteers got to work. They painted a wheelchair ramp with its first coat of non-slip paint, trimmed back ivy and blue spruce branches that made a walkway inaccessible, removed a broken garden fountain and pulled the weeds from the curbside boxes.
Still full of energy and motivated to make the most of their volunteer time, the volunteers undertook a major trimming operation. They cleared a walkway between the quince bushes and the forsythia to reveal a garden gate that hadn’t been opened in years.
At the back of the house two large shrubs were transplanted to sunnier spots and a brick walkway was extended and widened to permit someone using a walker to access the path. The day was a great success.
One Roche Colorado employee said, “Roche Colorado has participated in this event for 13 years and it always turns into a great day. The employees all love it and we look forward to it every year. It feels so great to help such a deserving and kind couple.”
The homeowners were thrilled with the volunteers and grateful for the help. They'd missed their gardens and missed being able to get outside and enjoy the morning sunshine. “Fantastic job, fantastic work. You all had so much energy and everything was great! Thank you so much, everything looks terrific. It looks like the old days.” Thank you, they said as the volunteers headed off to a well earned picnic sponsored by Foothills United Way.
Many thanks to the Roche employees who participated in the Foothills United Way Day of Caring and to the 1,000 volunteers throughout Boulder County who participated in this powerful day. To see more photos, please visit: www.facebook.com/CareConnect.
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