TRPIL consumers receiving raised planter boxes
Courtesy of Hartman & Hartman Construction
Courtesy of Hartman & Hartman Construction
Employees of Hartman & Hartman Construction work on raised planter boxes that will be donated Wednesday to consumers of Traditional Paths to Independent Living in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties.
Employees of Hartman & Hartman Construction and others display some of the raised planter boxes they built and painted. (Photo courtesy of Harman & Hartman)
Courtesy of Hartman & Hartman Construction
Courtesy of Hartman & Hartman Construction
Hartman & Hartman Construction employees begin making the raised planter boxes that will be donated to consumers of Traditional Paths to Independent Living.
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Raised planter boxes have been delivered to some people with disabilities in Greene, Fayette and Washington.
The boxes are the result of efforts of employees from Hartman & Hartman Construction Inc. of Eighty Four. Construction and painting of 24 raised planter boxes took place last week at the company无毛视频檚 offices.
The raised boxes will be about three feet high to allow people who use wheelchairs to access them for garden work. There will be 28 inches of clearance underneath to provide room for a wheelchair to get under the boxes.
The recipients are consumers serviced through Traditional Paths to Independent Living (TRPIL). TRPIL, which is located at 42 W. Maiden St. in Washington, is a membership-based center for independent living operated by the local community of people with disabilities.
Christine Shepherd, information and referral specialist of TRPIL, said she was visiting one of the organization无毛视频檚 consumers at her Washington home last summer and noticed the elderly lady could not reach her tomato plants since they were on the ground. That spurred her to look into getting planter boxes for those who may face the same quandary.
That brought Hartman & Hartman into the equation.
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Alina White, who oversees Hartman Foundation, the company无毛视频檚 charitable arm, said money is set aside for such projects that are done through organizations in the Washington area.
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Recycled pallets were used to make the planter boxes, which will be filled with flowers and produce plants.
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At first there were nine consumers interested in receiving the boxes before it eventually grew to the current 24 recipients.
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The planter boxes were delivered last week with EQT donating the trucks to be used to help with the deliveries. There will be two going to homes in Fayette County, four in Greene County and the rest will be sent to Washington County residents. There also will be two placed at the entrance of TRPIL for consumers to use. Shepherd said there was so much interest she had to cut it off.
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