FLOYD COUNTY —
Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day typically gives bank tellers and government workers the day off, 25 volunteers from Home Depot stores in the area rolled up their sleeves and put in a day’s work.
The volunteers were painting the common room and main hallway of St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities transitional living center in New Albany Monday morning.
Along with 13 gallons of paint and volunteered hours, Home Depot also gave St. Elizabeth three coin-operated washers, three coin-operated dryers, a side-by-side refrigerator and a residential washer and dryer.
Mark Casper, agency director for St. Elizabeth, said it was the first time the common room and hallway had been updated in about 10 years.
“We just feel really blessed,” Casper said. “We want to have a clean, pleasant atmosphere for the ladies to live in.”
Casper said one of the coin-operated washers at the transitional living center was more or less completely broken and a refrigerator at the maternity center down the street was 19 years old.
MIchael Morgan, co-founder of Service for Peace in Louisville, said his organization was happy to get Home Depot involved in the day’s projects, which were conducted in Kentucky and New Albany.
“They’re volunteering their time,” Morgan said. “Some companies will pay their employees to get better turnout, but these people are strictly volunteering.”
Robbie Salemi, a district captain for the project and New Albany Home Depot manager, said most of the people who volunteered Monday had been doing so for a long time.
“Most of us have been doing this for at least five years,” said Salemi, who has been volunteering with the program for 10 years. “It’s an opportunity to give back to the community. The ones we help out are the people who help us out every day.”
Peggy Jewell, an employee at the Home Depot along Dixie Highway, said volunteering is a part of the culture of the company.“We’ve always had these great projects that we do all the time,” Jewell said. “You don’t think twice about it because you really do feel good about what you’re doing.”
Casper said he was glad St. Elizabeth was chosen for the service project this year and was very thankful for what was given.
“We were hopeful to get one or two appliances,” Casper said. “The nine we got was probably equivalent to what we would normally replace in five years.”
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