Keller Williams Volunteers Refurbish ALIVE Preschool

Old Town Alexandria-based Keller Williams rustled up eager employees to volunteer for its fifth annual RED Day, a community-giving event hosted by the realty firm’s offices across the county.

The Old Town office chose this year to work with Alexandria-based non-profit ALIVE (ALexandrians InVolved Ecumenically) to improve its child development center on King Street.

In order for Keller-Williams to host the community service project at ALIVE, realty associates had to raise more than $11,000.

“This event is an entrenched part of Keller Williams Realty’s culture and displays the extraordinary effect a company can have when individuals come together to work as a team for the greater good of everyone,” said team leader Shane McCullar. “We can’t tell you what an impact it made on each of us personally − it felt so great to give back to the community we know and love.”

The center is a full-day preschool program serving children of low-income working parents –and it’s included in the 8 percent of preschool programs nationwide to have earned National Association for Education of Young Children accreditation.

More than 30 volunteers worked throughout the RED (Renew, Energize, Donate) day May 9 to replace cots for nap time, eight window air conditioners, light bulbs and globes as well as installing carpets and molding through the center.

They also installed a custom bulletin board, replaced two bathroom floors, installed child-size toilets and lowered and moved two sinks and painted, among other activities.

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