June 2013 - 1000 New Homes coming to Buckeye, Arizona

Sienna Hills – Buckeye, Arizona

Over 1000 New Homes Coming to Buckeye!

Caretaker Landscape is at the Forefront of the Landscape Construction and Landscape Development at Sienna Hills

Phoenix just voted #1 rising home prices by Kiplinger! And one of those communities contributing to rising home prices is Sienna Hills. Sienna Hills is nestled along the base of Arizona’s White Tank Mountains. Located in Buckeye at McDowell Road and Verrado, this landscape of rocky ridgelines, russet earth, majestic Saguaros and open skies is nothing less than captivating. Its natural character has inspired Sienna Hills, which includes 1,108 homes on 444 acres with natural areas.

The Master Developer for Sienna Hills is Starwood Land Ventures. Copper Nail Construction has been hired by Starwood Land Ventures as the Construction Management Consultant for the project. Copper Nail is a full service construction management firm that specializes in streamlining the development cycle and creating additional value for developers. “I was excited to be hired by Starwood Land Ventures as the consultant responsible for building Sienna Hills for many reasons including the location of the community, the gorgeous views of the desert and because Vollmer and Associates incorporated the natural harmony of the desert landscape to enhance the native desert elements. I am very proud of the team of subcontractors assembled who partnered cohesively to build this high quality community and attribute the success of this project to the team autonomy,” said Shane Graser President of Copper Nail.

Sienna Hills is preparing to break ground so many can call this community, “Home.”

Sienna Hills landscape includes many native desert trees and shrubs, such as Palo Brea, Palo Verde, Desert Museum, Red Yucca, Deer Grass, Outback Cassia, Lantana, Valentine Bush, Creosote, Jojoba, Red Bird of Paradise, Brittle Bush, Saguaro, Agave and Ocotillo.

Caretaker Landscape is proud to be working side by side with the developers of Sienna Hills.

July 2013 - Grand Opening – Welcome David Weekley Homes to Acacia Estates

Grand Opening – Welcome David Weekley Homes to Acacia Estates

Grand Opening – Welcome David Weekley Homes to Acacia Estates

Acacia Estates Community Entrance

David Weekley Homes is known for having great people and innovative design with a variety of customer options. The partnership in the grand opening between the Acacia Estates development team, David Weekley Homes and Caretaker Landscape centered on a true partnership where the great team enhanced the community with their innovative solutions.
Caretaker Landscape started managing the landscape assets for the developer at Acacia Estates in November. The Caretaker team has been an integral part of preparing the community for the grand opening of the model homes by David Weekley. The ascetics and the appearance of the landscape was a huge priority for the developer and the homebuilder.
The Caretaker team strives to be all-inclusive landscape solution. The maintenance department, tree department and construction department at worked together to ensure that the landscape of the community would be in premium condition during the grand opening of the model. The team had their sharpest eyes bring back the Bermuda grass using proper watering and fertilization techniques and did a HUGE plant and tree installation the week of the Grand Opening.

Grand Opening Model Home by David Weekley Homes

“I want to thank you and Caretaker for the Acacia renovations last week. The improvements were really impactful! Your team really knocked it out right on schedule and it was much appreciated. What a change from Monday to Friday… unbelievable. Thanks for committing the resources and management to this project. Our Model Opening occurred on Friday and according to our Sales Associate, sales traffic was up 4 fold from the prior week. The community looks new again. Please keep up the great work in making this community look its best,” said Pat Adler the Consulting Land Manager for David Weekley Homes.
In addition to standard landscape management services, the Caretaker team also provided additional services for the landscape assets at Acacia Estates:

• Installation of 25’ Date Palm
• Removal of 342 Aloe, Agave and Ornamental Grass due to damage
• Installation of 760 Trees and Shrubs
• Arborist Consultation
• Tree Pruning
• Palm Tree and Tree Removal
• Irrigation Repairs
• Utility Easement Move
• Sign and Monument Installation
• Decomposed Granite Enhancement

Before – Date Palm Replacement

After – Palm Replacement

To learn more about Acacia Estates or obtain information about the homes offered visit
http://www.davidweekleyhomes.com/new-homes/az/phoenix/gilbert/acacia-estates
The Caretaker team is proud to be part of the Acacia Estates community and glad that our solutions helped drive more traffic to the model homes during the grand opening.

Before – Winter Damage to Agave’s

Before – Overgrown Mesquite

Before – Dead Date Palm

After – Community Inside Entrance

After – Entry to the Acacia Estates Community

Tacoma Stans – Yellow Bells

Burgundy Chilapsis

Bouganvillea La Jolla Bract

“Phoenix Rising” Is No Longer a Cliché

“Phoenix Rising” Is No Longer a Cliché

Caretaker Landscape is currently developing landscape construction and landscape development on more than 30 communities throughout the Valley.

Home starts in Phoenix are increasing. Job creation is improving. Phoenix was ranked 9th in the nation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for job creation and ranked 3rd in annualized permits for the 1st quarter of 2013.

The resale market is strong in Phoenix with the current home inventory market supply at 2.1 months. There are less distressed properties in the marketplace and single-family home prices are up. The basic economic law of supply and demand indicates that the stronger economy is bringing more players into the game. Construction is accelerating in Phoenix and home starts are up as the supply of available resale homes is down. And it’s no surprise Phoenix is facing a shortage of finished lots. Developers delivered 1500 lots in the 1st quarter of 2013.

The town of Gilbert has 1/5 of new home starts. Gilbert also led the Valley in the number of single family permits issued in 2012. Caretaker Landscape’s construction team is currently developing Gilbert’s master-planned community Adora Trails for Taylor Morrison. The community features a 10-acre neighborhood, 12 miles of walking trails, a lake with fresh water fishing, neighborhood clubhouse and features single and two-story homes. Builder Magazine just named Taylor Morrison as Builder of the year at the Builders annual Housing Leadership Summit recognized for excellence in successful business strategy, achievements and corporate leadership.

This summer our construction team will begin construction at The Bridges at Gilbert for Ashton Woods Homes. Ashton Woods was just ranked the 4th largest private builder in the country. Six home builders are working together to build this master-planned community. There are 569 home sites projected between the builders in this 293 acre community. Builder 100 and Next 100 lists are featured in Builder magazine and on BuilderOnline.com.

Peoria has the 2nd most new home starts followed by Goodyear. Caretaker Landscape’s construction team is building Terramar and Tierra Del Rio for Taylor Morrison and Silver Canyon for Shea Homes. All three communities are located in Peoria.

Expansion is happening for many of the Valley’s companies in 2013 as Phoenix recovers. Caretaker Landscape is fortunate to be involved in many of the expansions taking place in the Valley.

Developing Arizona’s Rocky Desert Responsibly

Developing Arizona’s Rocky Desert Responsibly

Did you know Caretaker Landscape is currently developing the single largest land development project in Arizona?

Digging in the Southwest can get rocky. In preparation for construction mobilization Caretaker Landscape ran into some rough terrain in the West Valley.

Taylor Morrison purchased 351 lots within the Tierra Del Rio community from Pulte Group in 2012. Caretaker is developing the landscape infrastructure and managing the landscape at Tierra Del Rio for Taylor Morrison. Currently, Tierra Del Rio is the single largest land development project in Arizona. In preparation for the development, a test dig was conducted where excavators were used to dig up several parts of this mountainous site. Caliche was found on the test dig in some of the soil at Tierra Del Rio.

What is Caliche? Pronounced (ka-lee’-chee) is a sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate according to Wikipedia. This calcium carbonate cements together other materials, including gravel, sand, clay, and silt. Caliche is made up of soil deposits that have become cemented and rock hard over time layered like lasagna. This concrete-like material can be several feet thick.

Caliche runs in veins that can be up to 15 feet deep. Breaking apart or removing Caliche from the soil is the most practical way to handle the physical problems associated with it when it comes to landscape construction and planting. Caretaker Landscape’s Development team recommends digging holes three times the size of the root ball if you run into caliche while planting. Solid chunks of caliche should be removed from the soil. If good drainage can’t be attained then the soil can be added to increase the depth of soil available. Clean backfill and good drainage are also key components to planting in soil that has caliche.
Caliche can cause plant growth issues for 3 reasons:

1. Caliche restricts root development
2. Caliche restricts water drainage
3. Caliche has a high pH balance and creates iron deficiencies in other plants. This most likely impacts non-native plants.

Caliche can be problematic landscape maintenance, “because it is soil that had been cemented together by lime resulting in a lack of soil nutrient mobility or root anchorage by plants. It also limits the percolation of available water between soil profiles often resulting in sub-soil rotting of the existing root systems of plants or trees.”

It seems that the metro Phoenix market is recovering and buyers are searching for the right home. Caretaker Landscape is at the forefront of the development of many of the Valley’s premier up and coming communities developing responsibly and sifting through some rocky soil.

Jam for Kids 2013

Caretaker Landscape to Sponsor “Jam For Kids” Event as Part of Brokers For Kids

Check out the article written in AZRE Magazine about Caretaker Landscape and Tree Mangement sponsoring the first annual Jam for Kids Event February 7, 2013. We are so excited to be part of this amazing event, Tickets to “Jam for Kids” may be purchased at scottsdale2030.org/caretakers.html or you can contact one of our Caretaker Team Members.

Brokers for Kids 2013- Thank you for all your support!

Brokers for Kids- Thank you for all your support!

Caretaker Landscape is so excited that we just wrapped up our inaugural year participating in Brokers for Kids!!! Brokers for Kids is a year-long fundraising event amongst 40 other companies in the commercial real estate industry. Most of the funds raised was donated to Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona.
In order to help raise funds for our team goal, Caretaker Landscape held its first annual Jam for Kids – Rock for a Cause Event. We knew our families and friends (clients, included) would support us and have a blast listening to live music. The show kicked off with the jam, “Please come to Boston” by Todd Schneider, Mike Reinbold and Steve Collins. Tami Bohanan, Executive Director from Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona, spoke about the impact our fundraising efforts would have. Our corporate sponsors donated great items, which enabled us to hold a silent auction to raise money for our team fundraising goal. After two (2) hours of rocking out, the band closed the show with, “Margaritaville”. This was truly a night to remember and we are already coming up with bigger and better ideas for next year! Thank you Team Captains, Dena Jones and Mischelle Arreca for all the hard work and planning you put into the evening. Click on Jam for Kids – Rock for A Cause link below to view a short video from that rocking evening.

Jam for Kids- Rock for a Cause

 

Jam for Kids

In an effort to make this a team building/bonding event Matt White, incentivized the top 3 fundraising individuals by awarding them with paid time off. Also, anyone that wanted to participate in our Olympiad Try-Outs and compete in the final Olympiad Event, he gave them the time off. The Olympiad is the final event where the fundraising teams get together and compete in volleyball, basketball, football toss, bocce, and baggo. The top four (4) teams ended the Olympiad with a fierce dodge ball competition. The winning dodge ball team was awarded Olympiad Team and was handed the coveted trophy, which they’ll get to keep until 2014. In the end, Caretaker Landscape won three (3) out of five (5) events (not too shabby for a rookie team)! Practice starts next week for next year…watch out!

The Caretaker Olympiad Team

Brokers for Kids 2013 – Olympiad Competition

Click on the link above to view a short video from the Olympiad.

Thank you to Scottsdale 20-30 Club for embracing us to be a part of Brokers for Kids 2013. And a huge thank you to Ben Hawkins and Fred Bueler for all your help and making our first year so much fun!
Brokers for Kids 2013 Stats:

• 40 Competing Teams
• Total Funds raised = $345,166
• Fundraising team winner, Cole Companies at $62,000
• Top Sponsors for Brokers for Kids; Social Mine, Fidelity Title, Toyota and Pride

Also, thank you to all that helped make this possible by purchasing raffle tickets. We had over 90 people who bought raffle tickets to help support our team! We appreciate each and every one of you.
Lastly, a huge shout and thank you to our corporate sponsors who donated silent auction items for Jam for Kids:

● Adeo Images ● Ann Reed Waxing & Skin Care ● Caretaker Fleet Management ● Latitude 8 ● Lifetime Fitness ● The Mission Restaurant ● Neova Skin Care ● Western Tree ● Shirtail Embroidery and Screen Printing ● Signatures Salon ● Red Revolver Hair Studio ● CCMC ● Ewing Irrigation ● AZRE Magazine ● Red Revolver Lounge ● Paving Solutions ● Integrity All Star Realty ● Social Tap ● Arizona State Masonry ● Mountain States Wholesale Nursery ● Ivy Trucking & Grading ● Re-Create Companies ● G & K Services ● Phoenix Travel Services ● Waste Management ● T. Williams Blues Attitude ● Hotfoot Recruiters

Thank you for your support!!!

“We wanted to align ourselves with a charity recipient that mirrored our company’s core values. When I started to learn more about Boys Hope Girls Hope, I knew this would be a great charity partner. The core values of Boys Hope Girls hope are that education is critical to reaching everyone’s potential and they have built their charity on principles of integrity, responsibility and dignity. Caretaker Landscape’s company mission and values believes that education promotes passion and our passionate team is what differentiates us.” Dena Jones, Team Captain
Dena was awarded the SPIRIT AWARD by Brokers for Kids for her commitment, passion, and excitement for this event!
“I am involved with Brokers for Kids because it offers the commercial real estate community an opportunity to come together to raise more money than could be done individually. Raising $350,000 for children’s charity in our own backyard ensures that we are making a difference in the future of our community.” Ben Hawkins, Broker For Kids Chairman
“When I first heard about Brokers for Kids last year, Dena and I went to Olympiad to check it out. After spending the day at the Olympiad, I had no doubt that I wanted the Caretaker Family to be a part of it moving forward. Brokers for Kids fosters the same culture that Caretaker Landscape believes in and that’s working hard, playing hard and giving back to the community. For our inaugural year for Brokers for Kids, the goal was to have fun and reach our fundraising goal of $5000. The Caretaker Family definitely had fun from start to finish and we exceeded our fundraising goal for this great cause! Thanks to all that supported our fundraising efforts. We wouldn’t have been able to exceed our goal if it wasn’t for the tremendous support that we received from families and friends (clients included). Also, thank you to the Caretaker Family that participated in helping us reach our goals. I couldn’t be more proud of such an awesome group of people to work with and honored to call my friends. Lastly, a huge thank you to my Co-Captain, Dena Jones for thinking big and putting all your heart and spirit into making Brokers for Kids so memorable. You truly are Caretaker’s ROCK STAR!” Mischelle Arreca, Team Captain

Dena accepting the Spirit Award with Mischelle!

Thank you to all who supported our team and helped us raise money for our local children. We are humbled by your generosity…The Caretaker Family

Brokers For Kids Olympiad

Brokers For Kids Olympiad

All for the Family – We CARE about Community Service

All for the Family – We CARE about Community Service

Caretaker Landscape is proud to sponsor the 26th annual community service project for Valley Partnership. Valley Partnership has a strong reputation for behind a visionary group that advocates for responsible development in Arizona. Caretaker Landscape joined the partnership in 2012, in conjunction with the expansion of their services into land development and construction. One of Valley Partnership’s cornerstones is community service. Each year they select a non-profit organization that can benefit from partners working together to renovate or enhance facilities for children or those in need.

The board of directors voted unanimously to select Save the Family Foundation’s Escobedo at Verde Vista Affordable Housing Development as their community service charity recipient for 2013. Together, the two organizations will build a stronger Valley by giving children in homeless and vulnerable families a safe place to build stronger bodies and minds. Over the past 25 years, Valley Partnership has contributed over $3.5 million to the community through these Projects. CLICK HERE for a video of the artist rendering of the Project. To view an article about the new development click here. Click on Project Plan to view the plans.

“If there is one thing we have learned over the last 40 years, is that people want to belong… that they value that “neighborhood” feeling. Our ultimate goal is ensure that people get to know and help each other, that they go from being merely residents of a community to becoming neighbors and friends. This project marries beautifully and perfectly to our vision, our passion and our mission,” said CCMC Division President, Delores Ferguson – Valley Partnership Project Committee Member.

 

Event day – Saturday, November 2nd, 2013.

 

Save the Family Foundation of Arizona is a 501(c) (3) non-profit agency based in Mesa that has been serving the greater Phoenix metropolitan area for more than two decades. For information, visit www.savethefamily.org. Escobedo at Verde Vista is a $29 million public-private partnership project with the purpose of providing quality affordable housing to vulnerable families.

The Community Service Project Committee meets throughout the year to plan for event day and raise funds to support the project. This project includes landscape, irrigation, hardscape, shade structure, playground equipment, painting, concrete work, game court, masonry walls, painting, and hand painted tiles, rubber playground surface and engineering. The families of Save the Family hand painted tiles that will be installed into the entry walls of the project. The funds raised for this project are budget relieving and will put more than $100,000 back into Save the Family. The funds can go towards programs, service and furniture for Escobedo at Verde Vista.

“Valley Partnership is an association full of leaders who are solution minded, who make things happen and who impact the community on a global level by partnering together to pay it forward. I am extremely proud to chair the community service project committee because it gives me the opportunity to be a part of something that is much bigger than me and the impact that we can make as a team of partners working together to give back to the community is tremendous. I have had the opportunity to work side by side with many of the leaders within the development community. Together, we have aligned our skills in a way that will impact the community for generations,” said Dena Jones, Co-Chair for the 2013 Community Service Project.

The Caretaker Landscape Family Painted with the families from Save the Family

Some of the children who painted tiles had never painted before because they don’t have art in their schools and art is not something that their families have the resources for.

“Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz was absolutely right when she said, “There’s no place like home.” We are honored to be able to partner with Save the Family and help families in need have a place that they can call home and bring their kids together to get additional training or learning skills. Our goal in working with Save the Family was to play a small part in the creation of these memories for both this generation and the generation that follows them,” said Ferguson.

Community Service Project Sponsors include:

Empowerment Sponsors

• Ryan Companies • Sunbelt Holdings • Logan Simpson Design • Stone Cold Masonry • Suntec Concrete

• Blount Contracting • Walters and Wolf • JTD’s Masonry • Caretaker Landscape

Legacy Sponsors

• Superlite • Stone Cold Masonry • International Tensile Structures • Duke Realty

Community Sponsors

• DMB • NAI Horizon • Adolfson & Peterson Construction • 1st Bank • PRI Graphics SiteWorks

• Tempe DZign Center • West Coast Turf • Mountain States Nursery • Dibble Engineering • JE Dunn

Career Sponsors

• CCMC • Sloan Lyon Public Affairs • Suddath Relocation • DP Electric • Thomas Reprographics

• Ewing Irrigation • Rick Engineering • Schick Design • Cutting Edge Curbing Sand & Rock

Educational Sponsors

• Champion • Premier Engineering • Paradigm Tax Group • Visions in Photography • Burch Cracchiolo

• KPFFF • Dunn Edwards • Boompromo • Ivy Trucking & Grading • Treeland

Special Sponsorship

• Phoenix Suns • Morgan Realty Advisors • Indigo Painting and Contracting • Marc Taylor Inc.

Special Thanks for Coordination

• City of Mesa • Tofel Construction • Gorman and Company Inc.

Escobedo at Verde Vista Grand Opening

Escobedo at Verde Vista Grand Opening

The Valley Partnership Board of Directors voted unanimously to select Save the Family Foundation’s Escobedo at Verde Vista Affordable Housing Development as their community service charity recipient for 2013. Together, the two organizations will build a stronger Valley by giving children in homeless and vulnerable families a safe place to build stronger bodies and minds. Over the past 25 years, Valley Partnership has contributed over $3.5 million to the community through these Projects.
Thank You to all of the 2013 Valley Partnership Community Service Project Sponsors!


Save the Family held a grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 for Escobedo at Verde Vista, a new mixed-use development that will include apartments, on-site resident services and features for the disabled as well as the new headquarters for Save the Family Foundation of Arizona. The City of Mesa, Gorman & Company, Affordable Rental Movement (A.R.M. of Save the Family Foundation) and the West Mesa Community Development Corporation have partnered on the development. More than 200 supporters came to the grand opening of the NEW Save the Family Headquarters at Escobedo at Verde Vista to celebrate.
For more information on the grand opening of Escobedo at Verde Vista please click the link below.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130429save-family-selected-project.html

Caretaker Landscape Team – 2013 Community Service Project Event Day

Going “All In” for Kids Charity Poker Tournament

Going “All In” for Kids Charity Poker Tournament

Caretaker Landscape loves giving back to the community by supporting local charities.

On January 17th, we held our inaugural “All In” for Kids Charity Poker Tournament for Brokers for Kids. Brokers for Kids is a year-long contest involving valley commercial real estate teams in a fundraising drive that culminates with the Brokers for Kids Olympiad. The main recipient for this fundraising drive is Boys Hope Girls Hope.

The VIP Poker Tournament was ran by Valentino Luna, along with a couple of other team members from Pioneer Poker League. The charity poker tournament was held at Caretaker Landscape’s corporate office in Gilbert.

“All In” for Kids Poker Tournament Winners:

“All In” for Kids Poker Tournament 2014 Champion, Brandon!

1st Place winner was Brandon Francione from Ivy Trucking. Brandon won cash, a $1000 gift certificate to Christopher Diamonds, golf bag and coffee mug from Hunter/FX, polos from Shirtail, pullover from Ewing, $50 Cork gift certificate, VIP Suns Experience Package for two (2), a bottle of Cruz Tequila, movie passes from Granite Express, Waste Management Phoenix Open Tickets, cigars and gift card from Fox Cigar Bar, Lifetime Fitness Membership, Cross Fit Membership, Discount Cab gift certificate, Antigua gym bag and more!

The other 9 winners also walked away with prizes.

2^nd Place – Sam Pitassi, VP of Searer, Robbins & Stephens Inc.

3^rd Place – Greg Winget, Waste Management

4^th Place – Jake Ray, Ewing Irrigation

5^th Place – Hayden Park, HotFoot Recruiters

6^th Place – Tammy Emrick

7^th Place – Adrian Evarkiou, Helio Real Estate

8^th Place – Marc Vasquez, Trestle Management

9^th Place – Christopher McGuire, Lighthouse Management

Biggest Loser’s Table Winner – Jim Baska, Trestle Management

For the Biggest Loser’s Table, the first 10 people to go “All In” and be taken out were given the opportunity to either re-buy or take a spot at the loser’s table.

Thank you to Brandon Ivy and Greg Winget for donating $100 each back to our fundraising efforts.

Thank you to all our sponsors, Ewing Irrigation, HotFoot Recruiters, the Caretaker Landscape Team, friends and families for making “All In” for Kids such a HUGE success! We could not have done this without your support!!!

• A-Z Rental Equipment for donating the tables, chairs, heaters and bar

• “Stay Hot” S’more’s station & 4 pairs of Suns tickets for the tournament winners courtesy of HotFoot Recruiters

• Stocked bar full of cocktails, beer and wine courtesy of David Fliger with Chao

• Paloma’s courtesy of Pep Katcher with Cruz Tequila

• La Flor Dominicana Cigars blended exclusively for Fox Cigar Bar

• HefeWeizen and Devil’s Ale courtesy of San Tan Brewing Company

• Promotional items and Biggest Loser Winner bag courtesy of Jake Phelps with shirtail

• Water bottles, landscape event lighting, fire pit stations courtesy of Ewing

• Tom Mandarino with DKC Electric low voltage lights

• Specialty coffee courtesy of It’s a Grind Coffee House

• Gourmet Grilled Cheese from The Grilled Cheese Truck

• Professional photography courtesy of Tiffany Allen and Phileo Photography

• 3 pairs of VIP Suns Experience tickets courtesy of Chris Fraterrigo witth The Phoenix Suns

• $1000 gift certificate courtesy of Christopher Diamonds

• Waste Management Open Tickets courtesy of Paul Kerr with Granite Express & Mike Gary with Waste Management

In addition, thank you to all our partners, friends, families, HotFoot Recruiters, Caretaker Landscape and Ewing Irrigation who did SO much to help us host our first charity poker event.

• Hayden Park with HotFoot Recruiters for inspiring the poker night
• Matt White with Caretaker Landscape for giving us free reign to have the event at our corporate office
• Dan Trudeau, Juan Gomez, Pat Lynch, Eric Watson, Chris Howell, Andy Scaletta, Jack Nesteruck and David McQuillan with Caretaker Landscape, JJ Markell, Donnie Caldwell, Roger Ramsey and Dennis Kinton with Ewing Irrigation for overseeing and transforming our backyard into a casino for a poker tournament and assisting with the tear down
• Roy Palomo, Steve Nelson and Steven Lindsey with HotFoot Recruiters for Stay Hot” S’more’s station
• Andrea Neece with Starwood Hotels & Resorts for manning the “Stay Hot” S’mores station
• Chris Sinacori, JJ Markell and Donnie Caldwell with Ewing Irrigation for assisting with donations and planning the event
• Tyler Freeman for bartending
• Linda Lesterson with HotFoot Recruiters, Tara Trainor, Nicholle Kramer and Jordann Farinella with Caretaker Landscape for preparing an appetizer or dessert tray
• Todd Schneider with Caretaker Landscape for music set up
• Tara Trainor, Jana Baldwin and Michelle Phelps with Caretaker Landscape for selling raflle tickets
• Tina Rehberg and Nicholle Kramer with Caretaker Landscape for manning the coffee and cigar bar station
• Jordann Farinella, Cherie Koester and Michelle Phelps with Caretaker Landscape for event preparation, donation gathering and inspirational tournament ideas
• Jordann Farinella, Tara Trainor and Cindy Davis for assisting with items needed for the event
• Lori Stewart with Caretaker Landscape for donation collection assistance
• Jordann Farinella for being the last woman standing with Dena Jones at the end of the night, assisted with clean up and made sure our guests got home safely in a cab
• All of our partners, friends and family who played in the tournament, attended the event and/or purchased raffle tickets

Also, a HUGE thank you to our guest speakers, Mia and Brianda with Boys Hope Girls Hope, for sharing with us the impact that Boys Hope Girls Hope has made in their lives. “Without Boys Hope Girls Hope, college would not have been an option,” said Brianda. Brianda recently received acceptance and scholarships to four (4) universities.

Last but certainly not least, thank you Mike Coy, 2014 Brokers for Kids Chairman for speaking on behalf of the Scottsdale Active 20-30 Club. “The clubs foundation has one objective and that is to support children’s charities,” said Coy. By hosting special events, this non-profit club draws the community together to raise funds for and to educate our citizens about the financial, medical, and emotional needs of Arizona’s children. The Club provides young adults with an opportunity to impact the community by improving the quality of life for special needs children while fostering personal growth, friendships, networking skills and leadership development.

Thank You to the Scottsdale 20-30 Club for going “All In” for Kids!

If you want to make a difference and support Caretaker Landscape’s fundraising efforts, you can purchase raffle tickets for the chance to win one (1) of three (3) Toyota Vehicles or opt out for $15,000 cash.

Tickets are one (1) for $25 or six (6) for $100. You do not need to be present to win. The drawing will be held on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Tempe Beach Park.

You can purchase tickets by clicking on Scottsdale Active 20-30 Club. In the Referrer section, please be sure to select Caretaker Landscape, so we can personally thank you for your donation.

“One never stands so tall as when kneeling to help a child.”
With much, much appreciation,
Dena Jones & Mischelle (Arreca) White, Brokers for Kids Team Captains