Potholes For Poverty . . . Local Company Paving it Forward

Potholes for Poverty

Potholes . . . . we all have them, we all hate them.  We can't repair them ourselves, even though it's our vehicle that gets mud splashed into the undercarriage, and if not careful knock the alignment out of whack (I can't stand when alingments are kinked up). 

We drive around them, we drive over them . . . and yet . . .

We can't fix them ourselves. 

Enter Potholes for Poverty.  A local business owner,  Ken VanDomelen, came up with the idea.  After reading about potholes which can plague us, combined with the grips from people about how long it takes to remedy them (if at all) -- Ken came up with Potholes for Poverty.

Potholes for Poverty works like this:  Ken's crew will come out FOR FREE and repair a pothole/s in your neighborhood.  FOR FREE!!  All they ask is that you DONATE or VOLUNTEER to a charity.

• Go to Potholes For Poverty website
• READ "Do What You Can Do"
• Complete the application
• Select the charity you want to donate to -- you can select YOUR OWN "cause" or select from the agencies listed at Potholes for Poverty
• They will come out and fill in the pothole/s . . .

The option to volunteer 10 hours to a charity is available too.

To read about the Potholes for Property program, please read this news article KATU "covers" Potholes for Poverty  A few of the comments are kinda lame . . . and it's always so nice to read about how "negative" some people feel about a business owner thinking outside the pothole the box.  GEEZ.   And for any negative spew, here's something to think about . . . Ken's idea for Potholes for Poverty combines doing a GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE for our CITY and for CHARITIES.  If potholes aren't patched, they get bigger, and cost more to repair.  By asking the public to DONATE . . . the citizens are called upon in a way that goes to serve some good!

Ken VanDomelen is the owner of Coast Pavement Services in Tigard, OR. 

Charities that are listed on Potholes for Poverty are all worthy:

• Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp
• Shelter Box USA
• Loaves and Fishes
• Good Neighbor Center
• Mercy Corp
• Medical Teams International
• Neighborhood House
• SMART
• Depave
• Maybelle Clark Macdonald Center

In a day and age where charities are hurting for donations and volunteers . . .

In a day and age where cities are strapped to the bare bones of their budgets . . .  here's a way to:

"PAVE it forward!!"

POTHOLES FOR POVERTY

(I didn't think of that pun, a newscaster mentioned it, but it's good so I'll use it!)