The various offices of North Haven-based H. Pearce Real Estate Co. closed for a day in September to spend their "Day of Caring" volunteering at various sites throughout the Greater New Haven and Shoreline areas.

H. Pearce's Madison agents spent a morning learning how to prepare for emergencies with the Madison Emergency Preparedness Response Program. Guilford agents manned various drop-off sites and collected canned foods and donations for the Guilford Food Bank and landscaped that organizations's property. The Branford office collected books, as well as read to students at various elementary schools in the Branford area in conjunction with the Read to Grow Program. The New Haven agents went to two different sites: They were landscaping and painting at The Park Street Residence, and painting at the ALSO-Cornerstone Pendleton House.

The H. Pearce Commercial Division did yard work and painted at the Columbus House Program's Sojourners Place. The Corporate Services Division unpacked boots and stacked shelves at the New Haven Reads Book Bank. The company's Orange regional office painted the Orange Senior Center. The Wallingford agents worked hand in hand with the Wallingford American Red Cross Blood Drive.

Barbara Pearce, president and chief executive officer of the company, visited the H. Pearce sites where the agents were volunteering.

"The spirit of giving and giving back that I saw in every location was heartwarming, and it made me feel even prouder to be both a volunteer for The United Way and president and CEO of the H. Pearce Co.," she said.

H. Pearce Real Estate Co. has been actively involved in its local communities since 1958. As a companywide effort and in honor of those who help others, all of the branch offices worked in their own local communities.

H. Pearce Commercial Real Estate specializes in Connecticut’s central, south-central, and Shoreline markets, with offices in North Haven and Rocky Hill. Commercial property offerings can be found in color on the web at www.HPearceCommercial.com.