R.D. OLSON CONSTRUCTION’S CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES MORE THAN $80,000 FOR OLIVE CREST

IRVINE, CA — R.D. Olson Construction (RDOC), a general contracting firm in Irvine, California, recently hosted its 11th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, raising more than $80,000 for charity.

All proceeds from the event benefit Olive Crest, an Orange County-based nonprofit organization committed to preventing child abuse, treating and educating at-risk children, and preserving the family.

The tournament was hosted at Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, and included industry leaders and professionals including Bill Wilhelm, President of R.D. Olson Construction. The morning started with a continental breakfast and putting contest followed by an 8 a.m. shotgun start. After a helicopter ball drop (winner received a $2,500 grand prize), guests were treated to a catered lunch and cocktail reception while the winners from the golf tournament were announced.

“Our annual Charity Golf Tournament brings the commercial real estate industry together for a fun-filled day of golfing and networking while also raising funds for a local charity,” Wilhelm said.

“This year, we’re honored to support Olive Crest in their pursuit to end the cycle of child abuse by putting children in the care of strong families and a supportive community.”

Since its inception in 1973, Olive Crest has continued to transform the lives of children through its fostering, foster to adopt, and safe families programs. Olive Crest’s model helps prevent abuse and neglect, stops the cycle of child abuse, and enables children and families to become healthy, productive citizens.

This year’s CANstruction was the biggest one yet!!

11,600 cans of food, forty people, six months of planning and a lot of fun: R.D. Olson Construction in collaboration with WATG Designs has raised over $16,300 for the OC Food Bank!!

March 21st, 2019 – Our team had such a great time working together prepping and cooking meals and making new friends. We’re grateful for the wonderful opportunity and everyone’s already said they want to come back and do it again!

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Project Angel Food cooks and delivers over 600,000 nutritious meals each year, free of charge, to the homes of men, women, and children affected by life-threatening illnesses, bringing comfort and hope every day. Every week, they deliver 12,000 meals to 1,400 people in need from Metro, South and East LA, to Pomona, La Mirada and Long Beach, and to the remote town of Antelope Valley. Since 1989, they’ve served over 11.5 million meals to more than 20,000 people.

On November 30th, 2018, our Community Outreach team of volunteers came together for a productive day of hard work for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. The R.D. Olson volunteer team helped put finishing touches on the interior of the two homes located in Tustin, CA, as well as built the fencing along the entire lot line.

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R.D. Olson Construction partnered up with TCA Architects and local subcontractors on September 1st, 2018, to renovate nonprofit Olive Crest’s short-term residential therapeutic home in Santa Ana.  Improvements will include new flooring, appliances, water heater, AC and other amenities to provide a more comfortable environment for the six young women living in the house.

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R.D. Olson took part in a home build in Placentia, CA today. The team worked on siding and waterproofing the homes for the very deserving families who will ultimately live there. This is the third year that R.D. Olson Construction participates to help this worthy cause and are excited to help out again very soon!

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On June1 7th, a group from R.D. Olson went out to the Boys and Girls Club of Garden Grove and helped build a playground in the backyard of the club. It was a fun day that had the team shoveling mulch and putting together pieces of playground equipment that the kids will get to enjoy during their summer camps and after-school stays at the Boys and Girls Club.

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R.D. Olson Construction once again showed their humorous and charitable hearts by taking part in the Red Nose Day Campaign to end childhood poverty worldwide.  Just some of the team clowning around after donating to the worthy cause.

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As seen in Lodging Magazine, November 16, 2016

POMONA, Calif.—Industry partners are making certain that Cal Poly Pomona’s hospitality management students are at the forefront of the profession by supporting a half-million dollar renovation at The Collins College of Hospitality Management.

The project included a total transformation of the dining room of The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch (RKR) and the upgrade of the college’s demonstration kitchen, allowing future hospitality leaders to access professional-quality facilities and equipment.

“These renovations help keep us updated in times when technology is changing so quickly. As the future comes at light speed, the ability to work with new equipment places us in front of our competition,” says hospitality management student Melissa Huang.

The renovations at the RKR were provided primarily by The Gettys Group, an international hotel architect firm, and R.D. Olson Development, a general contractor and construction management firm, specializing in hospitality, retail, and office building.

The Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation, a longtime supporter of the college, generously funded the $240,000 demonstration auditorium project, which was executed by Cal Poly Pomona’s Facilities Planning and Management Department. The foundation also provided the new flooring throughout the RKR.

Hospitality management student Rachel Watts adds, “Having state-of-the-art classrooms prepares us for professional jobs as we enter the industry after graduation. It means so much to know that our donors are really invested in our futures.”

R.D. Olson Construction took part in a Habitat for Humanity Build Day on October 21st at 2238 S. Flower St. in Santa Ana to contribute to an in-progress construction job. R.D. Olson team members got to put the finishing touches on a couple of homes that had been built for a couple of very deserving families.

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R.D. Olson Construction was proud to help out Merlin’s Magic Wand Foundation and be a part of this beautifully LEGO^®-themed renovation at Rady’s Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA. We know this will help make many children’s stays a little brighter on their road to recovery. Read more on this story here.

R.D. Olson Construction took part in the inaugural WipeOut Run on Nov. 7th which took place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA. This 5K run challenged runners in all types of inflatable obstacles and a percentage of the proceeds went to the Challenged Athletes Foundation.  

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Sept 5th – R.D. Olson Construction along with WATG Architects took part in the CANstruction competition which pitted design and construction firms against each other to build the best sculpture made entirely of canned foods. All the canned foods are then donated to the OC Food Bank after the sculptures remain on display from Sept 5th – Sept 26th at the South Coast Plaza and Artic locations. R.D. Olson has a prime spot outside of the Macy’s store at South Coast Plaza and hopes to win top honors. R.D. Olson Construction also wants to thank all of our subcontractors who generously donated funds to acquiring cans and monetary donations directly to the OC Food Bank…together we can help our community fight hunger!

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  You can also view a time-lapse of the entire structure being built here.

R.D. Olson Construction built its first Habitat for Humanity home on August 28th, 2015 on McFadden Avenue in Santa Ana, CA. R.D. Olson was drawn to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County as a natural fit in supporting our own community in a project that was so relevant to our expertise.

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May 21, 2015 – R.D. Olson Takes Part in Inaugural Red Nose Day Campaign to Fight Childhood Poverty.

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R.D. Olson supports the Chapman University Scholarship Fund!

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R.D. Olson bringing Awareness to the ALS Campaign & challenging those in the construction industry to do the same!