Paint Philadelphia is offering a free home paint job giveaway; the company is seeking nominations of a family in Philadelphia or the surrounding counties that might need a helping hand when it comes to painting the interior or exterior of their home.
The local, veteran-owned, residential painting company will be giving away an interior or exterior painting project to a deserving family through Paint It Forward, a local community charity program.
“Paint It Forward is an amazing program that lets us offer our services to a family that needs painting services but may not have the means to do so. The best part is it was our team’s idea,” explained founder Andrew Tomasetti, 27-year-old Temple graduate who grew up in Holland, Bucks County, and served in the Marine Corps Reserve for more than seven years. “We started our business (in 2020) during a very unstable time and our team felt compelled to give back to our community that gave us so much.”
Last year, Paint Philadelphia donated its services to a single mom and her 9-year-old daughter, who is a three-time cancer survivor. Tomasetti said his team painted the entire interior of their Hatboro home, which the family never had a chance to do because it was cost prohibitive. The average cost of a professional home painting project ranges from $5,000 to $7,000. The “Paint team” donated their time, and vendors donated all of the materials.
This year, if the recipient of the giveaway opts for an interior paint job, Tomasetti has also engaged the services of designer Rachel Zimmerman of InLiquid to help the winner select paint colors and add a few pieces of art to go in the home.
To nominate a deserving person who has painting needs, send a brief description of why you believe they should be nominated and how Paint Philadelphia can help to: https://paintphilly.com/charity-events/. The deadline is Feb. 29. All submissions will be kept confidential. The winner will be announced in March.
To learn more about Paint Philadelphia, please visit https://paintphilly.com.
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