REALTOR® Scott Darling, of Royal LePage Atlantic, has helped made life a lot more pleasant for students at a Saint John, New Brunswick elementary school.
Darling has played a key role in renovating the school’s fields, which have been uneven dirt and gravel for the last three years, since the grass was stripped away in an unsuccessful attempt to lay turf.
When Darling, whose son is a student at the school and who owns the subdivision in which the school is situated, discovered that kids were being injured on the fields, he was moved to action.
“This seemed like a very important need for the community,” he says.
Darling is not just providing materials and funding, either; during the hottest part of summer, he personally rolled up his sleeves and spent a full day laying sod himself.
His contributions to the field include grading the field, adding topsoils and sod, and installing a fence, tubes and cement. Partners in the project include building supplies company Kent, and Strescon, a cement company.
Darling, who hopes to have the field completed by fall, says he was very proud to be part of the renovation. “You’ve got to take care of your neighbours,” he says.
