Community

Kurtz Bros., Inc.'s involvement throughout the community has included help to organizations such as:

St. Herman's  House of Hospitality

July 2006

Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated material for recent renovations of St. Herman's House of Hospitality. A beacon of faith and hospitality on Ohio's Northern Shore, since it was founded in 1977, St. Herman's has been honored to serve needy men, women, children, and elderly of Northern Ohio.

Children's Hunger Alliance

June 2006

A HUGE THANK YOU
To the Kurtz. Bros. Family for raising cash during the Lunch Money for a Day Campaign, held on national Hunger Awareness Day. We could not have done it without your help. It is because of people like you that Children’s Hunger Alliance can continue to do the work we do throughout the state of Ohio.

Thank you!

*95% of proceeds go directly to feeding hungry minds and bodies.

Sharon Roberson-Evans
Children's Hunger Alliance

Trayte-Fulton Childrens Memorial Garden

May 2006

Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated pea gravel for the Trayte-Fulton Memorial Garden.

Geauga County Habitat Homes

April 2005

Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated EarthPro™ Premium Compost through the Design Network for planting beds at the Geauga County Habitat Homes on Pierce St. in Middlefield, OH. The Design Network is a 20 year old, non-profit organization of northeastern Ohio women in horticulture, including those who do landscape design, installation and maintenance. Others are horticulturists, arborists, nursery owners, garden writers, lecturers, educators and sales executives. The Design Network designed and installed over 355 trees, shrubs and perennials donated from 26 area wholesale nurseries for this project and will stay with the 3 families for one year teaching them how to care for their landscapes. Also dontated were pruners, lumber for raised beds and TreeGator tree watering bags.  Design Network's Habitat Landscape Project Coordinator, Selene Loomis, has done research on the product which convinced her to use it. Since 1988, Geauga Habitat has provided 52 homes for families in need who are chosen based on need and the ability to qualify. The typical home built in Geauga County is 1,200 sq. ft. with 3 bedrooms.  Partner families are required to contribute 500 hours of "sweat equity" working alongside groups of volunteers using contributed materials and funds provided by local supporters of Habitat.  In return, families receive no-interest 30-year loans.  This program thus creates stake holders in the community who pay taxes and are productive members of the community.

American Cruisers' Car Show
July 2005

Kurtz Bros. donated gift certificates for a Chinese Raffle benefitting Shoes and Clothes for kids.

Bellwether Center

Bellwether is a non-profit children's center that offers activity based, before and after school programs, no-school day programs, and summer camp for inner city elementary school age kids. Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated equipment to grade school property and prepare for new a driveway and storage barn.

Rebuilding Together USA

Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest volunteer organization preserving and revitalizing low-income houses and communities. Throughout the year- and throughout America- Rebuilding Together affiliates help ease the lives of thousands of low income, elderly, and disabled homeowners. The most common home modifications include installing grab bars, railings, and ramps, and making improvements to lighting. The result? These homeowners can stay where they want to be - in their own homes.  When employees of a local company helped paint a two-story house and clean the yard of an elderly woman who recently underwent surgery for a brain tumor, Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated waste containers, equipment and an operator to help with the project.

Adopt-A-Highway (ODOT)

Volunteers have joined forces through ODOT’s Adopt-A-Highway Program to help beautify Ohio by picking up litter along state highways. When volunteers recently participated in the Adopt-A-Highway Program in Cleveland, Ohio at the Snow Road and I-71 Interchange, Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated equipment and mulch to help beautify the area thus helping to making Ohio a cleaner place to live and travel.

Santa's Hide-A-Way Hollow

Terminally-ill children have been coming to Santa´s Hide-A-Way for approximately 10 years. What started out as a desire to help terminally ill children and their families, has resulted in an ever popular retreat from the reality of their illness. The mission of Santa’s Hide–A-Way has succeeded as it brings families together during a very difficult time in their lives.

When buildings needed to be moved from Bainbridge to a Middlefield, Ohio location - Kurtz Bros., Inc. donated a flat bed trailer, trucks and operators to help with the move.