KW RED Day Volunteers Converge on Southern Villas
ST. AUGUSTINE – RED Day is Keller Williams Atlantic Partners’ annual day of giving back. This year the local Realtor had a day of service at Southern Villas.
The non-profit St. Johns Housing Partnership (SJHP) owns Southern Villas, a USDA subsidized multifamily property in St. Augustine for the elderly and handicapped.
Every second Thursday of May, KW agents, leaders, and associates step away from their daily business routine and venture out into their communities to renew and donate.
“Our associates and staff are proud to give back by supporting the vital work of the St. Johns Housing Partnership. RED Day is just one example of how the Keller Williams culture lives and breathes service year-round,” said Trudy Padilla of Keller Williams Atlantic Partners.
Over 40 volunteers spent the day landscaping, performing yard cleanups and some needed cleaning in the apartment homes.
RED Day sponsors included Southern Horticulture, Lundspro Inspection, Pro-Spect Inspection and Scott Golmic with The Realestateographers. Live music was provided by New Guys on the Dock.
Claudia Marcus is Southern Villas’ Services Coordinator from the St Johns County Counsel on Aging.
“It was a wonderful day. The residents and property had numerous tasks completed by teams of volunteers. They arrived with a spirit of giving back and really made a difference to the delight of the residents,” added Marcus.
SJHP currently owns over 80 multi-family and single-family rental properties in Clay, Putnam and St. Johns County.
SJHP staff including Marlee Tompkins, Sherry Harrison and Gina Birmingham coordinated the day’s activities.
SJHP is committed to developing and preserving quality housing while providing support for residents with low and moderate incomes, the elderly, disabled and Veterans.
They work every day to redefine affordable, low-income housing by acquiring, repairing and renovating existing housing, as well as building new affordable rental and for sale properties.
RED Day was founded in 2009 to uphold KW’s philanthropic responsibilities to the communities they serve. It is also a celebration of the birthday of former CEO of Keller Williams and passionate builder and company culture champion, Mo Anderson. If you have a club, organization, church or civic group that would like to do a SJHP volunteer day visit https://www.sjhp.org/volunteers-needed/, call (904) 824-0902 or email [email protected].
