HOPKINS & PORTER ROAD CLEAN UP
Hopkins & Porter staff Joe Leonard, Sharon Weir, Jimmy
Jackson, and Mike Wilkinson after a day of work keeping the roads
clean.
(3/7/2008) Hopkins & Porter is part of the MC Adopt-a-road
program. We maintain the section of Democracy between 7-Locks
& Kentsdale. This is a volunteer commitment with the county
to schedule 4 clean ups of your section of the road each year,
and to notify them of any major trash violations or dumping. We
usually take care of these interim problems ourselves.
Our project expediter Jimmy Jackson proudly treats the road as
his own and cleans up messes when he finds them. On the scheduled
days we rotate the responsibility for clean up between the office,
the Handyman technicians , and the Remodeling Carpenters.
Visit Montgomery
County adopt-a-road program to learn more. |
POTOMAC DAY RAFFLE A CHARITABLE SUCCESS
Left to right: Guy Hopkins Semmes (co-owner of Hopkins &
Porter Construction, Inc., Grace Rood (owner of Flaps, recently
closed), John Paukstis (Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity
of Montgomery County), and Melissa Lankler (Dickerson, MD)
11-26-07 - Last month’s Potomac Day was a success
for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, Bob and Grace Rood
of Potomac and Melissa Lankler of Dickerson, Maryland. In their
annual raffle to raise money for and public awareness of Habitat
of Montgomery County, Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc.
of Potomac, Maryland donated 2 free hours of their Handyman Service
along with a tool bag. The Roods were the lucky winners. Ms. Lankler
won 2 gift certificates, one at Target and the other at Fashion
Craft Cleaners . The more than $300 proceeds from the raffle ticket
sales were donated to Habitat.
Established in 1982, Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County
(HFH-MC) describes itself as working in partnership with God and
Habitat volunteers to build and renovate homes to help families
in need realize the dream of home ownership here in Montgomery
County, Maryland. Countywide, it is estimated that 1600 families
must endure substandard housing, living without even such basics
as indoor plumbing. An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International,
HFH-MC has constructed 19 homes, all with volunteer help, Currently
HfH-MC is focused on the completion of a 24 townhome community
in Burtonsville, MD. . This community will be the first of its
kind for HfH-MC and mark a new beginning for 24 deserving families.
The town home community will consist of 24, 3-level, 3-bedroom
town homes and will be built almost entirely by volunteers. The
average cost of a Linganore Woods home is approximately $150,000.
Construction on this $3.8 million project began in July of 2006
and will continue through 2008. Habitat homeowners must themselves
invest 500 hours of their own sweat equity into their own and
into others’ homes. Their no-interest mortgage payments
are recycled by the Fund for Humanity to build more Habitat houses.
Hopkins & Porter Supports Habitat for Humanity
Guy Semmes presents a check to to John Paukstis, Executive
Director of HfH-MD, during the opening ceremonies of the Big Train
Baseball
(June 2, 2007) Hopkins & Porter, with the help of its associates,
sub-contractor, and suppliers along with the Rotary Club of Potomac,
made a contribution to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County
(HFH-MC). On Saturday evening, June 2, Guy Hopkins Semmes, company
with Greg Wood of Custom Carpentry and Renovation and Nancy Nuell
President of the Rotary Club of Potomac presented a check for
$8,000 to John Paukstis, Executive Director of HfH-MD, during
the opening ceremonies of the Big Train Baseball game at Shirley
Povich Field in Cabin John Park, Rockville, Maryland.
The Bethesda Big Train, a college summer wooden-bat team that
was created in 1999 and competes in the Cal Ripken, Sr.Information
can be found at bigtrain.org.
In previous years, Hopkins & Porter Construction has volunteered
for Big Train in designing, building, and maintaining the hand-operated
score board, bat and helmet storage, the dugout benches, and more.
In 2007 they built an on-site radio and TV studio to broadcast
the Big Train games via internet and cable.
Habitat for Humanity seeks to reduce substandard housing by providing
a hand-up rather than a handout to help families to realize the
dream of home ownership. An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity
International, HFH-MC has finished 19 houses, all with volunteer
help. Their newest project is building 24 town homes in Burtonsville,
Maryland. |
Advice
from an Expert: 
Guy
Hopkins Semmes, CR, a founder and owner of Hopkins & Porter,
receives the Sam Eammelli "Service Above Self" award at the Rotary
Club of Potomac's Charter Night in July 2006. This award is not
given annually as other awards but only when deemed appropriate
by the Club President. It is intended to honor a member who has
given generously of his/her time and talents over a period of
time supporting a project or projects of great value to Rotary.
The award reads, "May it be know that Guy H. Semmes is awarded
this honor by the Rotary Club of Potomac for devoted and unselfish
"SERVICE ABOVE SELF" to this club and to the community. The last
time this award was given was in 2002.