Community Ties South and Home Depot building relationships to help consumers

CTS and the persons served by SCCMHA did some building at the Home Depot in Thomas Township on Thursday, April 18.

Amanda Silvernaile, who works for Home Depot and has a son served by CTS, helped to organize the event, giving an opportunity to consumers to do something fun and be able to take home with them. 

“Home Depot loves working in the community and this was a great chance for us to do that,” Amanda said.

Persons served took to the Build It center at the Home Depot to put together some bird feeders, as well as paint them in whatever colors they wanted. 

Service Coordinator Anne Midcalf remarked they were proud of the work they did. “They were so excited to put their feeders together and show them off to the staff here when they got back,” Anne said. “They were just on cloud nine.”

Amanda and Home Depot sent the consumers home with their finished bird feeders, a paper bag with birdseed and another building project to work on at home or at CTS during their craft hours. 

CTS plans to return to Home Depot for other Build It projects in the future. “It’s just something very different than what they typically do,” Amanda said. “And it’s something that can be done year-round.