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Today we’re looking at City Electric Supply (CES):
Martinsburg, West Virginia — When someone is in need, there’s nothing the power of teamwork cannot accomplish. That was the case when two City Electric Supply (CES) branches joined efforts with a local contractor and other companies to prepare a young man’s home for arrival after a long stint in the hospital.
It started when Chad Haines, owner of Dunrite Home Remodeling and Repair, learned about a local young man named Robbie. Chad’s wife heard a feature on the local news about Robbie’s challenge. Robbie, who is on a ventilator, had been in the hospital since October, and the hospital couldn’t release him until his house had a backup generator and a wheelchair lift due to those frequent power outages. At the time, Jamie’s Dream Team, a Pittsburgh-based non-profit organization that helps people dealing with serious illness, injury, disability, or trauma, had only raised $2,000 out of the $12,000 needed to prepare the house for his return.
“When my wife handed me the phone, I wanted to help,” said Haines. “I’m blessed enough to have these skills that can support people who need it.”
After visiting CES Hagerstown in Maryland to get control wire and other parts, Haines ended up at CES Martinsburg in search of a generator pad. Haines asked CES Martinsburg Branch Manager Jason Moser if there was any chance he could get a deal on the generator pad for a good cause.
“Chad started telling me that he planned to cover the generator expenses personally in support of Jamie’s Dream Team. We try to help our customers every day by providing the best pricing we can. But this was the first time we were able to help someone in need, and it felt great,” Moser said.
Moved by Robbie’s story and community efforts, Moser donated the generator pad entirely on behalf of the branch- he picked up the generator pad, walked it out to the customer’s truck, and said it was on the branch.
After the parts were donated, Haines and his brother – Walter Kirby of Walt’s Precision Concrete, and other local contractors worked diligently to install the generator and wheelchair lift in Robbie’s home.
With a couple of minor setbacks, Robbie was able to happily make it home, where he is doing well, thanks to the team effort from the community.
“It was very heartwarming. Acts like this help gain trust in humanity again to see people pull together in the community,” said a representative from Jamie’s Dream Team.
“A lot of people in the community had to come together to make it happen for Robbie,” Haines said. “It was nice to see people come together for a young man who needed help.”
About Jamie’s Dream Team Jamie’s Dream Team is a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The corporation was organized on November 21, 2005.The mission of Jamie’s Dream Team is to lift the spirits of those suffering from, and ease the burden caused by, serious illness, injury, disability or trauma. The purpose of Jamie’s Dream Team is to provide assistance and/or make distributions to or on behalf of qualifying individuals who are handicapped, disabled, terminally ill, severely injured or suffering from a serious medical condition, disease, or trauma.
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