HOUSTON—More than 1,370 employees of Camden Property Trust devoted time during the last three months to participate in the annual volunteer campaign. The campaign, Camden Cares, encourages employees to help improve their local communities.

Volunteers in seven states took part in nearly two dozen separate events involving projects such as landscaping, painting, house maintenance and construction of new homes for veterans and low income families. The group also helped in local food banks.

“As a company, part of our corporate philosophy has always been to give back to every community that we serve across the US, and over the last four years our Camden Cares initiatives have helped veterans, the elderly and others in need from Houston to Washington, DC and Tampa to Orange County, CA,” Kristy Simonette, Camden's senior vice president of strategic services tells GlobeSt.com. “But what really makes Camden Cares successful in our eyes is the enthusiasm and commitment of our employees who volunteer their time and the positive way they feel after they've been involved in a Camden Cares project.”

Projects in Texas as well as North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California and Arizona were tackled during the three-month effort. The Rebuilding Together Houston project had 400 volunteers from 19 local Camden communities to repair 14 homes in two Houston neighborhoods. Camden also has an ongoing relationship with New Hope Housing in Houston that provides life-stabilizing, affordable and permanent housing with support services for people who live on very limited incomes. Rebuilding Together Greater Dallas put 130 Camden volunteers from five local communities to work in a neighborhood revitalization project with maintenance on seven homes owned by veterans or widows of veterans. At The Food Bank of Corpus Christi, 23 Camden volunteers sorted and packed more than 500 boxes of food.

In Charlotte, NC, 80 volunteers from Camden Property Trust's 12 local communities worked with Charlotte Family Housing on landscaping and maintenance of the facility. In Raleigh, NC, approximately 50 volunteers from Camden worked with Rebuilding Together of the Triangle to repair two homes belonging to needy senior citizens.

In South Florida, 60 Camden volunteers worked with Feeding South Florida to inspect, sort and box more than 34,000 pounds of food. Gateway Center in Atlanta had more than 100 Camden volunteers paint, do yard work and pick up trash at this shelter for veterans.

At American Family Housing Long Beach Project in Long Beach, CA, 12 Camden volunteers assisted with the turning of several units. Habitat for Humanity in Arizona utilized more than 50 Camden volunteers to build a habitat home. Extreme Community Makeover in Denver put 58 Camden volunteers to work in a neighborhood makeover project that involved several houses.

“We want to thank all the wonderful employees who gave up their time and energy to come out and pack food containers, pound nails, pitch roofs and paint walls during Camden Cares 2016,” said Malcolm Stewart, Camden's chief operating officer. “We also want to thank all the fantastic veteran and housing organizations we worked with this year for letting us participate and give back to our communities.”

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