It was a sunny and mild November day in Temple, Texas. As the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Temple comes into view, bright yellow-and-green ?I Care? shirts stand out against the faded autumn leaves.
On November 8, four new The Grounds Guys? franchise owners took a break from their busy training week in Waco, forty miles to the north, to join The Grounds Guys corporate staff and Bell County franchise owner, William Johnson, for Monika Day, a day of giving back to the community. They spent the afternoon clearing flowerbeds, trimming trees, cleaning up the playground, and planting pansies and daffodil bulbs. They wrapped up the day by cooking dinner for the house residents and staff, all the time having fun in the process.
During training week, new The Grounds Guys owners joined local franchisees and the home office staff at RMHC of Temple to beautify the property and give back for Monika Day.
This was the second annual Monika Day in the U.S., established to honor the memory of Monika Woerlen, the late sister of the ten Van Stralen brothers who founded?The Grounds Guys in Canada. On a tragic day in 2004, she and her seven children died in a house fire in Canada.
The Grounds Guys wanted to dedicate the anniversary of her death as a day to give back to families. RMHC, of which The Grounds Guys is a national corporate sponsor, was a natural fit. RMHC has 290 houses in the U.S. that provide housing for families who are away from home to seek medical treatment for a sick child. Nationwide, RMHC supports 4.5 million families annually.
?Monika Day is a day for us to go out and share the Culture of Care on a grand scale, from coast to coast,? said Peter Van Stralen, founding member of?The Grounds Guys. ?The purpose of this day is to touch as many lives as possible, to turn a tragedy? a day of sadness, a day of mourning? into a day of
The Grounds Guys of Spokane, Washington volunteer at their local RMHC house for Monika Day.
happiness and giving, a day of turning lives around. When you put smiles on people?s faces, you take their mind off the troubles they?re going through, and you help them to heal. That?s really what this is all about.?
In 2012, The Grounds Guys franchisees hosted Monika Day events and donated labor to local RMHC houses all over the country, including Charlotte, N.C., Hartford, Conn., Sonoma, Calif., Virginia Beach, Va., and many others.
To learn more about RMHC?s services to families and volunteer opportunities, visit www.rmhc.com.
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Chrissy Ronje, The Grounds Guys? MarCom Specialist, plants flowers in the memory garden, with bricks commemorating children who have passed away.
Brianne Rechy, Strategic Accounts Manager for The Grounds Guys, starts the afternoon off with a smile at RMHC.
The Grounds Guys kick Monika Day off with a huddle in Temple, Texas.
Tags: landscaping business, landscaping franchise, monika day, peter van stralen, rmhc, rmhc of temple, The Grounds Guys, The Grounds Guys franchise
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