Property Managers Come Together For School Supplies Drive

This post is from Great Forest consultant Christine McCoy in the D.C. region.

School donation
Great Forest helped to make a connection for this happy group. Joining Burroughs Principal Aqueelha James, students and staff are Sean Warfield, AOBA-President-elect, Manager, Tishman Speyer; Nicola Whiteman, AOBA; Burroughs Principal James; Glenda Walker, Senior Property Manager, William C. Smith + Co.; and Keith Gurley, Chairperson, AOBA’s Associates Coalition Team and Vice President of Corporate Development and Training, Daycon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Forest participated in a recent Apartment and Office Building Association’s (AOBA) school supplies drive by coordinating a donation from our friends at SCRAP DC, a local reuse organization.

SCRAP DC kindly donated 30 boxes of paper through Great Forest to AOBA, who in turn donated them to John Burroughs Education Campus Elementary School, along with donations of supplies and money from other 34 other AOBA members.

Inspired by the original SCRAP reuse organization located in Portland, Oregon, SCRAP DC started as a mobile operation focused on traveling to community events and schools to encourage creative reuse in the arts. Today, SCRAP DC has a brick and mortar reuse boutique, which is operated by volunteers, selling materials to the general public.

At Great Forest we are always trying to make that connection.  Recently, we made connections to bring furniture to the Duckworth school, supply a rescue mission with hotel amenities, and direct leftover renovation materials to a community reuse organization. Read the stories below.

If you have  useful, unwanted assets that can reused or recycled, check out our donation assistance page to see if there is an organization near you. We update this page regularly so let us know of reuse organizations we can add to the list.

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