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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
RED Day means giving back to local communities
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Keller Williams Central
Oregon reality associates
shut down their offices on
Thursday, May 11 for the
annual RED Day effort.
R E D D a y ( R e n e w,
Energize, Donate) is an initia-
tive dedicated to celebrating
Keller Williams Realty’s year-
round commitment to improv-
ing their local communities.
Each year, on the second
Thursday in May, tens of
thousands of associates from
across the country participate
in a wide range of projects
ranging from food and blood
drives to rebuilding homes
and schools for community
members in need.
Keller Williams Realty has
associates throughout Central
Oregon and divided up into
three groups to “Give Where
They Live” as part of RED
Day.
“We are excited to be clos-
ing our offices and serving
our community at Harmony
Farm Sanctuary in Sisters,
Equine Outreach in Bend,
and doing highway clean up
along (Highway) 97 between
Bend and Redmond,” said
Heidi Spiker, Keller Williams
broker in Bend who was part
of the Highway 97 cleanup
team.
“The projects are chosen
through our Keller Williams
culture committee,” said
Carol Zosel of Sisters. “We
meet and figure where would
we’d like to spend our volun-
teer time on RED Day.”
Zosel is a member of the
culture committee and sup-
ports the efforts of Harmony
Farm Sanctuary, and deter-
mined that helping the non-
profit would be a great volun-
teer effort for Keller Williams
for RED Day in Sisters.
Harmony Farm Sanctuary
(HFS) was built to create a
safe place for rescued and
adopted animals. They pro-
vide rehabilitation when
needed and a forever home.
Their animals include pot-
bellied pigs, horses, donkeys,
goats, chickens, ducks, sheep,
bunnies and one bouncy calf
named Norman.
On Thursday morning, 13
Keller Williams agents met at
Harmony Farm for a morning
of service.
The cool rainy weather
didn’t dampen anyone’s spirit
as they spent the morning
with the animals doing a vari-
ety of projects.
“It was an awesome day.
It poured on us in the morn-
ing but that didn’t deter any of
the volunteers from working
hard,” said Robine Bots, HFS
founder. “We started painting
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Keller Williams associates pitched in at Harmony Farm Sanctuary.
my therapy office, got tons
of poop removed from the
property and donated it to
Mahonia Gardens, set several
fence posts, dug a trench for a
new waterline and cleaned all
the animal enclosures and the
water troughs.
“The outpouring of love
and hard work and recogni-
tion for what we do at our lit-
tle farm moved me to tears.”
Lorraine Abney, market
center administrator at Keller
Williams Central Oregon,
headed up the Adopt-A-
Highway program that pro-
vides an opportunity for all
volunteers to clean up litter
and remove noxious weeds
along state highways. RED
Day volunteers contributed a
much-needed trash cleanup of
Highway 97.
“There were 40 volunteers
and it was a rewarding expe-
rience. It felt wonderful to
drive down the highway and
see our beautiful community
without litter and garbage,”
Abney said.
Jaynee Beck, a Bend
Keller Williams broker, orga-
nized the RED Day volun-
teers who helped with main-
tenance of stalls and grounds
for Equine Outreach Horse
Rescue in Bend, founded by
Joan Steelhammer.
“One thing our volunteers
did was scrape all the loafing
sheds and paint them. It was
hard work, but we did it and
all nine buildings look great,”
said Beck.
Equine Outreach facili-
tates the rescue, rehabilitation
and permanent placement
of abused, neglected and
unwanted equines, and pro-
motes equine awareness and
responsible guardianship.
At the end of the day the
80 Keller Williams volunteers
from all three teams enjoyed
a barbecue at Sam Johnson
Park in Redmond.
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