COMMUNITY IMPACT & ESG

Reynolda Equity Partners turned a team building activity into support for children in our community by doing a team bike build contest in our office then donating the 19 bikes (with helmets) we built to Toys for Tots. We are proud to support our local community and veterans.

Reynolda Equity Partners supports our community and various causes throughout the year and in many different ways. REP is participating as a sponsor for this year’s Winston-Salem Heart and Stroke Walk on Sunday, October 23. Specifically, REP is the sponsor of “Best Friend Friday.” During the “Week of Wellness” leading up to the walk, the American Heart Association will promote how owning a pet can benefit heart health. They will encourage participants to bring their dogs to the walk and on walk day, they will host a “Top Dog” contest for people to have photos taken of their dog (which they will post on social media), and the dog with the most “Likes” wins!

Our team enjoyed partnering with Habitat for Humanity again to work on 4 homes in our community. We refined our rebar, roofing, truss, flooring and fascia skills. The neighborhood that we have served in for the last two years is a new development of 74 planned homes, of which 6 have been completed. We worked on 3 of those homes in 2021 and have enjoyed seeing and being a part of the progress this Habitat neighborhood is making.

Reynolda Equity Partners sponsored the “Home Runs for Project Cornerstone” Young Samaritans event for Samaritan Ministries on Friday, May 6^th at the Dash game.

Samaritan Ministries focuses on homelessness within Winston-Salem (https://www.samaritanforsyth.org/about/). REP has supported their mission with charitable donations and in-person volunteering in the past, but this event was a way to activate and educate people who may not be as aware of what Samaritan is doing in our community. This event was through their “Young Samaritans” program, which serves to build awareness among a younger set of professionals in the area.

Project Cornerstone is a long-term residential recovery program serving men with a history of substance abuse who are also experiencing homelessness. Project Cornerstone focuses on addressing addiction as one of the core causes of homelessness and helping eliminate barriers to employment and permanent housing. The program has an 80% success rate.

Reynolda Equity Partners got back out in the community in 2021 to work on three homes as a team for our annual day of service.

Reynolda Equity Partners was proud to support the following organizations in 2020: First Tee, United Way, Crossnore School & Children’s Home, Second Harvest Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Samaritan Ministries, Junior Achievement, Victory Junction, Crayons Matter and NC Rural Center

Mary Lou, Administrative Manager, has been working diligently making masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has made over 300 masks for various recipients, including Project Mask WS, nursing homes, family, friends and her Reynolda team members. Reynolda also provided financial support to Project Mask WS.

During the 2019 holiday season, the Reynolda team purchased and built 14 children’s bicycles and donated them along with children’s bike helmets and sports equipment to our local Toys for Tots, a Marines organization.

In November 2019, the Reynolda team partnered with Habitat for Humanity again to spend a day in the community helping to build a house for a disabled veteran. We perfected our flooring, table saw and door installation skills!

Scott Snow, Partner, and his family traveled to the Philippines the Summer of 2019 to help setup an activity center for Mabuhay Deseret. They collected toys and hygiene kit items before leaving the U.S. and provided them to this non-profit that does free surgeries for cleft palate, club feet and other maladies.

Tom Westbrook, Managing Partner, put together hurricane relief kits with his Methodist church this 2019 hurricane season.

In November 2018, the Five Points team partnered with Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps team Delta 1 to spend a day in the community helping to build a house.

Dudley Commander’s 12 year old Maltese Poodle, Madison, is a member of Elite Canine’s Comfort Dogs team. She visits a local hospice house, various assisted living facilities and attends community events.

In October 2018, our team purchased and collected household items that filled six cars to donate to Hurricane Florence victims in partnership with Centenary United Methodist Church.

Brent Kulman, Director of Business Development, is very involved with the Greensboro Farmer’s Market. Among many of the ways the market assists the local community is through their SNAP/EBT program to provide affordable, fresh produce.

In October 2017, the Reynolda team painted rocks with grades K-3 then completed a landscape project to create a rock garden to provide a new learning area for the students.

The Reynolda team filled 20 buckets with much needed household supplies for hurricane victims in Houston.