Dennison's Paint Day A HUGE Success!

On July 3rd, Jeffco stadium had a fourth of July celebration including a fireworks display at dusk. It was then a Dennison mother noticed how weathered and run down the outside temp buildings looked. The buildings clearly needed fresh paint, doors and siding not to mention a lot of needed improvements.

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Porches, ramp ways, and shutters all in desperate need of repair. From this day on research began. Private contractors were called, but no one took interest in donating paint. Home Depot in Lakewood was contacted and from the start they wanted to be involved. One phone call lead into months of planning and constant communication about the paint project and a possible grant.

Home depot not only took the time to looked at pictures of the buildings, they personally brought contractors out to Dennison to review what needed to be done. John Cahill (Store Manager) put the project in the hands of Duane Schissler (Project Manager) Duane truly wanted to go the extra mile for our school. Duane amazingly was able to get Glidden to donate paint and informed us of a grant available.

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Dennison is also receiving a $5,000 grant that will repair doors come spring 2012. Dennison also had several other local companies donate food and drinks for this amazing event. Volunteers from the Home Depot came out to Dennison on October 22nd and did just what they said and more. These volunteers scheduled time off unpaid to help our school. In this economy one would think where do these people come from? They all had it there hearts to make our school a better work place, learning institute, and a place to be proud of. Duane, so driven, also brought a local contracting company, Roof'n The Rockies to help better this project. These wonderful people repaired the siding, installed 3 custom benches and are coming back to replace old gutters at the school. How grateful we all are. Lets not forgot our devoted parents, staff, and students who showed up early Saturday morning to scrap, paint, and be apart of making miracles happen. 

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Many parents showed up before their little ones went off to soccer, dance, football, etc... Families worked hard on re-painted old playground equipment and basketball court. It looks great! Thank you for taking time to make this possible. It truly couldn't of happen without everyone's support. Who says an hour of time doesn't count. Look at the difference, you all made. (WATCH SLIDE SHOW BELOW) Maureen Curtiss, principle at Dennison had no idea what was to come. Thank you for all the extra time with paper work and meetings. Thank you for your hard work on the 22nd. The local companies who provided food and drinks: Chipotle (Union Blvd), Jimmy Johns (Union Blvd), King Soopers, (Alameda Pkwy) Nestle Water, and Starbucks (Alameda Pkwy)  our volunteers greatly appreciated the  food and drinks. Home Depot we thank you for all the improvements and the opportunity to show our children that getting involved and volunteering leaves a mark to be proud of. Give an hour, you'll receive so much more.
Photos: by Michele Montoya
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