A group of GMAC Financial employees put on their work clothes April 18 to renovate the facilities of the Girls’ After-School Partial Hospitalization program. More than 20 employees got busy cleaning up a basketball court, painting rooms and gardening. In the past, Ft. Washington employees have donated clothes, books and school supplies as well as held a bowl-a-thon for the organization.

E'vette Arrington, a bankruptcy specialist in Ft. Washington who runs the local Volunteer Action Network, attended the event with her daughter Imani. “It was a great experience for the both of us,” she said. “Volunteering is something that everyone should become involved with because it benefits not only the recipients but your community as well. This event touched me very much because it deals with children. I will definitely return to volunteer again!”