The ARA Foundation Completes Impact Project and Donates $20,000 to Sherbrooke Community Centre
The American Rental Association Foundation and The Toro Company Foundation donated equipment, volunteers and a $20,000 grant to install new fencing, sidewalk extensions, and landscape improvements to Sherbrooke Community Centre on Sept 10 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Collaborators from The Toro Co., Ditch Witch, The Rent It Store, Hub City Display, Rent Quip, Earthworks Equipment, Event Source, Core Rental Services, United Rentals, Sunbelt Rentals Saskatoon and Sunbelt Rentals Squamish joined forces to help revitalize the landscape and property.
Sherbrooke Community Centre is a long-term care facility recognized for its high standards in personal and nursing care. It offers a range of services, including physiotherapy and recreational programs, to support residents’ health and quality of life. The center is dedicated to creating a vibrant, supportive environment for those it serves.
“I think today, this project really fits our philosophy and our goal of achieving well-being,” said Kim Schmidt, CEO of Sherbrooke Community Centre. “We’re just so appreciative of the generous spirit of everyone who is here today and part of this.”
On the day of the project, more than 40 volunteers worked to transform the outdoor space at Sherbrooke Community Centre. They installed 240 linear feet of decorative iron fencing, removed trees, ground stumps, extended a sidewalk and spread more than 15 yards of mulch. The area was turned into a safe, inviting green space for residents to enjoy.
“We are really thrilled to welcome all the skilled workers and the heavy equipment the ARA members provided, and we are very thrilled to accept the ARA Foundation grant as well for our project,” said Joy-Ann Allin, donor relations manager at Sherbrooke Community Centre. “This project achieves our goal to create a green space where our elders can have visits and social time and enjoy entertainment and just spend time outdoors.”
For more information on Toro, visit thetorocompany.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.