Making A Difference | Ambassador Service Project

Wrapping up two days of hard work! (top row, left to right) Matthew Walden, Misty Hoyt, Kevin Giles, Bob Kehr, Rob Hacker, Dmitri Maglalang, Ron Schoof, Ven Kurvari (bottom row, left to right) Mavis Everett, Christine Wunderlich, Shanette Eaden, Tracy Bartholomew

The Plano Chamber Ambassadors recently embraced a service project to assist one of our Chamber nonprofit members in need. Heritage Farmstead Museum, the premiere living history site interpreting the Texas Blackland Prairie region in North Texas, submitted a service project to Leadership Plano (LP) Class 35 requesting assistance with updates to their property. LP ultimately selected a different class project, so our Ambassador leadership team willingly stepped up to the plate to lend a helping hand.

Thank you for sharing your time with us! (left to right) JB Owen, Mo Nilforoushan, Krishna Murthy, Kalpana Murthy, and Kelly Walton!

Over 25 Ambassadors and LP class members arrived to complete the updates, which included sanding, painting, landscaping, and other organizational tasks. We even had some future Ambassadors join us to contribute their helping hands!

Big thanks to Rob Hacker, Hacker’s Painting, for donating your time, expertise and tools!

We would like to give special recognition to Rob Hacker with Hacker’s Painting as our true MVP of the Day. Most of our volunteers were self-proclaimed DIY novices, so Rob stepped up by not only spearheading the project details, but by also donating his time and personal business supplies for both project days. With his leadership and expertise, we were able to go above and beyond our original plan, paving the way for the Farmstead to host an incredible Community Egg Hunt the following weekend – where they hid over 2,000 eggs for Plano children to hunt!

We are so grateful for the Ambassadors who generously donated their time to support this project, which was made possible in partnership with Heritage Farmstead Museum and Leadership Plano. A special thank you to all of the representatives below, who helped make a difference in our community and bring the Chamber’s vision of “One Vision. One Voice.” to life. Scroll down to see more images from the project!