Crews in Las Vegas build a Friendship Garden as part of the Focus School Project
McCarthy recently completed construction on four new flower and vegetable garden planters for the pre-kinder and kindergarten classes at Paradise Professional Development Elementary School.
“Our goal is to continue to maintaining an ongoing relationship of support with Paradise Elementary students and faculty”, said Karie Lawson, McCarthy Heart Hats Committee Chair. “We hope the new garden serves as an outdoor classroom that allows the students the opportunity to experience the joy of planting and watching their garden grow.”
Paradise Elementary, located on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, is one of several schools participating in the Clark County Focus School Project, a program that partners local schools with business, organizations, agencies, and individuals to bring needed resources to students.
This garden project is just one opportunity where McCarthy has been able to lend their talents since forming the partnership with the at-risk elementary school in September 2007.
About McCarthy Heart Hats
The McCarthy “Heart Hats” community involvement program is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and recognizing McCarthy employees’ volunteer efforts in a variety of causes to ensure real needs are being met in communities where employees work, live and play. McCarthy employees are as passionate about building better communities as they are about construction.
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the oldest and largest commercial construction companies in the nation. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.
