The Construction Source

JUNE 2020 In addition to building strong relationships with clients, RFG also forms strong bonds with their employees, and also with their community at large. Every year in the summer, for instance, the company hosts a ‘Farm Bash’ on the Giles family farm. There, over the course of a weekend, they host games and activities for all ages, they have live entertainment, they have a potluck and pig roast, and they raise money for charity. In 2019, for example, they raised $15,000 for ‘Unit #7 Street Help’, a homeless centre in Windsor. The Giles’ family relationship with ‘Unit #7’ actually goes back to before the creation of RFG, when they were first recruited to install showers there. Since then, that relationship has con- tinued to grow and RFG has continued to give back when- ever possible. For example, the centre recently took over the whole building they operated in, which had an old restaurant with a kitchen. In collaboration with their suppliers, RFG was able to restore that kitchen us- ing donated materials, or mate- rials purchased for cost. “That’s extremely rewarding,” Ryan says. “It’s always reward- ing when we can take the work that we do, and take the rela- tionships we’ve built with sup- pliers, and use them to benefit the community.” Rewarding relationships

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