By Nicole Warren

Homage Volunteer Manager

Are you a community group or corporate organization looking for a meaningful way to give back? Along with the nice weather comes lots of yardwork for most homeowners. When older adults and people with disabilities are unable to keep up with the physical demands of yard work, there is nowhere to turn, no services to help.

So Homage Senior Services is calling on the community to fill in the gap.

Homage Senior Services recently hosted a group of Wells Fargo employees for a day of service helping clean up the yard of an older adult with mobility issues. Before, the yard was an eyesore to the neighborhood with overgrown blackberry bushes, waist-high weeds and debris scattered across the lawn.

The Wells Fargo group immediately got their hands dirty and worked tirelessly mowing the lawn, pulling weeds, cutting down trees and trimming hedges.

After four hours of work (and a little fun), the yard was transformed and the results were astounding! Thanks to all their hard work, this older homeowner could easily walk around her property — able to get in and out of her home safely.

Her neighbors were so overjoyed with the transformation they came over and thanked the volunteers for their amazing efforts.

Homage Senior Services is currently seeking groups and individuals interested in helping with yard work and minor home repairs to help keep older adults and people with disabilities living in their homes longer.

If you are unable to give your time and would still like to help, consider donating gently used yard equipment and household tools, such as loppers, hammers, lawn mowers, shovels, drills, etc.

Contact Nicole Warren, volunteer manager, at 425-740-3787 or nwarren@homage.org for more information on how you can keep Snohomish County beautiful and a wonderful place for people to age.