Companies who Care
Please help us thank our corporate sponsors & organizations by giving them your business whenever possible. Encourage your friends & neighbors to support our partners as well. Be sure to let the managers & owners of these establishments know that you shop with & speak highly of companies, both large and small, who show their heart for today's teenagers by supporting the community outreach ministry of Project: R.A.K.E. Thank them for giving teenagers the opportunity to make a difference in this community... one family at a time.
Companies who contributed to our last project:
World Changers ($5,000+)
- Delaware County Supply Company, Boothwyn PA, & their generous customers
- Oxford Grain & Hay, Oxford PA, has faithfully discounted & pulled lumber, shingles & material for the past four years
Event Partners ($1,000+)
- Avon Grove Lions Club, West Grove PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Chester County Community Foundation, West Chester PA, awarded RAKE a grant from the J.M. & Lois B. Herr Family Foundation
- General Rental & Sales Center, Avondale PA, has faithfully donated the use of tools & equipment for the past several years
- GZ Custom Design, New London PA, discounted t-shirt printing
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Andover MA, awarded RAKE a matching grant
- Mushroom Festival, Kennett PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Newark Wholesale, Newark DE, donated roofing materials
- Oxford Area Civic Association, Oxford PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Penn Container, Landenberg PA, donated the use of a 30 yard dumpster
- PSEG, Newark NJ, awarded RAKE a $1000 grant on behalf of employee Bob Henriksen's excellent volunteerism
- SECCRA Landfill, West Grove PA, has faithfully donated the cost of trash disposal since 2003
Sustainers ($300+)
- Bill's Park Deli, Newark DE, donated lunch meat
- Browns Trailer Supply, North East MD, discounted a new bathtub & assoc. hardware, and 4 mobile home door units
- FreCom Wireless Inc., West Grove PA, made a financial contribution
- Fulton Bank, Oxford, PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Herr Foods Inc, Nottingham, PA, discounted bags of chips for 600 lunches
- Jewels of Grace, West Grove PA, 10% of all sales benefit Project: R.A.K.E.
- Lowe's, Avondale, PA discounted material
- Todd's Landscape Design, New London PA, donated the use of equipment
- Wawa, Avondale PA, donated 200 juice boxes for lunches
- WL Building Maintenance, Cochranville PA, donated skilled labor
Supporters
- Anonymous Pennsylvania business donated a sump pump & plumbing supplies
- Ashland, awarded RAKE a grant
- Weinstein Supply, Kennett Square PA, donated plumbing supplies
- YMCA, Jennersville PA, donated after-hours use of their showers
Through these generous sponsors, Project: RAKE & our partners have equipped over 500 teenagers, to help 187 individual families live warmer, safer & dryer lives since October 2002.
Other's who have supported us in years past:
- All American Door, Oxford PA, Donated Custom Garage Door with opener
- Bank of America, Wilmington DE, made a contribution
- Bell Plumbing Supply Stanton DE, discounted a barrier free shower base
- BFI / Allied Waste, West Grove PA, donated the use of a 30 yard dumpster
- The Big Dipper, Kennett PA
- Brass Sales, Bear DE, donated a two peice toilet
- C & D Concrete, Quarryville PA
- Casbah Hair Studio, Oxford PA
- Cedar Knoll Builders, Cochranville PA
- Chelsea Heating & Air, Avondale PA
- Ciafre Electrical Services, Oxford PA
- Coastal Treated Products, Co., Oxford PA, donated material
- Contech Construction Supplies, Middletown DE
- Costco, Christiana DE
- Davis Lumber, West Chester PA
- Delaware Valley Concrete, Coatesville PA
- Denney Electric Supply, Kennett Square PA
- Eckerd Drug Store, Kennett Square PA
- Fastenal, Coatesville PA, donated 2 boxes of deck screws & lag bolts
- Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., West Chester PA, donated plumbing hardware and several hundred feet of pipe & discounted a water heater and two shower bases
- Filachecks Furniture, West Grove PA
- Foster Friess, Wilmington DE, 5-day work-camp underwriter, July 2005
- Foster Friess, Wilmington DE, weekend work-camp underwriter, October 2006
- Gates Distributing Co, Inc., Kennett Square PA
- Genesis HealthCare Corp., Kennett Square PA,
- Giant, West Grove PA
- Glen Willow Orchards, Avondale PA
- Habitat for Humanity Re-Store, Coatesville PA
- Happy Harry's, Newark DE
- Hillside Oil Co, Inc, Newark DE
- Home Depot, New Castle DE
- Home Depot, Parkesburg PA
- Home Depot
- Horizon Structures, Atglen PA
- IKO Production, Wilmington DE, donated 4 pallets of IKO Roof Fast
- J & L Building Materials Inc, discounted materials
- Kirk Plumbing & Heating Supply, New Castle DE
- Kmart, Newark DE
- Kozik's Home Medical Equipment, Kennett PA, discounted a stair climber, and donated the installation for it
- Lowe's, Downingtown, PA discounted material
- Lowe's, Wilmington DE
- Lyons Hardware, Newark DE
- MAB Paints, Kennett Square PA
- The McNeil Fund, Coatesville PA, 5-day work-camp underwriter
- Mike Medical Service Company, Marietta PA, donated medical supplies for our first aid kits
- Monterey Refuse, Nottingham PA
- Mr. Mulch, West Grove PA, donated stone
- Mr. Mulch, Toughkenamon PA
- Mushroom Festival, Kennett PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Nancy J's Swings & Lawn Furniture Toughkenamon PA
- New Garden Farmers Market, New Garden PA
- Oxford Area Civic Association, Oxford PA, awarded RAKE a grant
- Pace Supply Corp., West Chester PA
- Penco Corporation, Newark DE
- Peter's Lumber, Kennett Square PA
- Pyle's Home & Supply, Avondale PA
- Red Disposal, Wilmington DE, donated the use of a dumpster
- Rubinstein's Office Supplies, Kennett Square PA
- S C Shortlidge Inc, West Grove PA
- Scott True Value, Newark DE
- Sears Hardware, Kennett Square PA, donated a cordless drill & a pallet of grass seed
- Service Wholesale Inc, Downingtown PA
- Sherwin Williams, Kennett Square PA
- Sherwin-Williams Company, West Chester PA
- Shinn's Paints,Kennett Square PA
- Smoker Doors
- Solanco High School, Quarryville PA, donated after-hours use of their showers
- Staples, Kennett Square PA, donated 2 Chester County street atlases
- Stoltzfus Farm Service, Cochranville PA, has faithfully contributed for the past 5 RAKE's, including post hole diggers & ramp hardware
- Target Publishing, Kelton PA
- Tastykake, Oxford PA, discounted 600 snack cakes for lunches
- Tomm's Produce, Hockessin DE
- Tri-Supply & Equipment, Oxford PA, has faithfully donated the use of tools & equipment for the past few years
- Walmart, Kennett Square PA, donated a $25 gift card
- West Grove Mini Storage, West Grove PA
- W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., Newark DE, financial contribution
- William M. Young Lumber Company, New Castle DE, donated $1,000 in lumber & discounted ramp and flooring materials for our Feb '07 project
Contributors to the Eagle Scout Garage Expansion:
- Binkley and Ober, Cochranville PA, donated concrete block for the foundation
- Bob's Crane Service, Nottingham PA, donated the use of a crane
- CAB Excavating, West Grove PA, donated an operator and machine to spread 588 tons of stone
- G & A Clanton Excavating, Avondale PA, donated 60 tons of recycled concrete & discounted 290 tons more
- Delaware County Supply Company, Boothwyn PA, donated studs for framing
- Ewing Concrete, North East MD, discounted finishing of the 1500 sqft concrete floor.
- Foxbrook Renovations, New London PA, sent an opperator to escavate the footers
- Giffin Construction, Chadds Ford PA, donated 10 squares of shingles
- General Rental & Sales Center, Avondale PA, donated tools & the use of equipment
- Mar-John Masonry Inc., Kennett Square PA, sent skilled masons to build block walls
- Mr. Mulch, West Grove PA, donated 3 tons of stone for the garage door ramps
- Newark Concrete, Newark DE, donated concrete for the footers
- Pioneer Concrete, Avondale PA, discounted 29 yards of concrete for the floor.
- Pyle's Home & Supply, Avondale PA, donated tyvek house wrap
- Stock Building Supply, Paradise PA, discounted 22 trusses for the roof
- Stockton Trucking, West Grove PA, discounted hauling for 242 tons of stone
- Technivate, Landenberg PA, donated a machine & operator to escavate the site
- Tri*State Garage Door Co., Wilmington DE, Donated the installation of and several parts for the garage doors
- Tri-State Rentals, Oxford PA, donated the use of tools & equipment
- Tuel & Tingle's Nursery, Kennett PA, discounted 7 rolls of stabilizing filter fabric
- Wilkinson Builders, Landenberg PA, donated sheathing, tyvek, stairs, studs, garage doors & two 10' header boards
- William M. Young Lumber Company, Wilmington DE, donated 155 2x6's, an 18' garage door header board, & plywood sheathing
Through these generous sponsors, three Eagle Scout Candidates are completing their rank requirements by building three consecutive phrases of a 30x50 garage extension to accommodate Project: RAKE's continued growth.
Agencies who refer clients:
- Center on Hearing and Deafness, Inc., West Chester PA - William Lockard
- Chester County Cares, West Chester PA - Bridget
- Chester County Health Department, Kennett Square PA - Joan Holliday
- Chester County Department of Aging, West Chester PA
- Chester County Mental Health, West Chester PA - Gina Buxman
- Chester County Disablitly Services, West Chester PA - Linda Redding
- Community Volunteers in Medicine, West Chester PA - Helen Heidelbaugh & Marie F.
- Good Neighbors, Kennett Square PA - Jay Malthaner
- Good Works, Inc., Coatesville PA
- Housing Resource Specialists - Downingtown PA - Christine Zinszer
- Neighborhood Visiting Nurse Association - West Chester PA - Stephanie Kessler
- Oxford Area Senior Center, Oxford PA - Jim Mcleod