Community Involvement
Yes, the 80s were totally tubular, but we don’t dress like this every day! Our team took this photo in 2021 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of serving our Delmarvelous community.
Operation Donation
In 2021, Custom Mechanical celebrated 40 years in business! With the pandemic still top-of-mind, we decided to celebrate by giving back to 40 local groups doing awesome things for our environment, our community, and our neighbors.
Below is a list of the organizations supported during OPERATION DONATION:
- Algonquin Ultras Inc
- Autism Delaware
- Ball 4 All Foundation
- Believe in Tomorrow
- Camp Abilities
- Camp Barnes
- Camp Rehoboth
- Code Purple (Love I.N.C.)
- Contractors for a Cause
- Delaware Center For The Inland Bays
- Delaware Hospice
- Delaware SPCA
- The Delaware Symphony Orchestra
- Easterseals
- Food Bank of Delaware
- Food Bank of Maryland
- Freeman Stage
- Frets4vets
- Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club
- Girls On The Run
- Grass Roots Rescue
- Harry K Foundation
- Home Of Hope
- Home Of The Brave
- Justin W. Jennings Foundation
- Santa's Letters
- Leukemia And Lymphoma Society, Delaware Chapter
- Lord Baltimore Lions Clubs
- Love Inc.
- Mariners Bethel United Methodist
- Millsboro Lions Club
- Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy
- Operation Seas The Day
- People's Place
- Ronald McDonald House of Delaware
- Selbyville Library
- Southern Sussex Rotary
- Special Olympics Delaware
- Sussex County Habitat For Humanity
- The Way Home
- Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
- What Is Your Voice
- Worcester County Humane Society
- X Squad Dancers Scholarship Fund
Flags for Heroes
May 31, 2021 – Memorial Day Lord Baltimore Elementary School - Ocean View, DEOver $12,000 was raised for Southern Sussex Rotary’s 7th annual Flags for Heroes, the culmination of months of fundraising leading up to Memorial Day. 133 locally sponsored heroes were named by 38th District Representative Ron Gray and Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis during the Presentation of Heroes. In addition, during the event, attendees enjoyed patriotic music from the IRHS Brass Ensemble and a speech by special guest Lieutenant Colonel John Fisher. The ceremony was also supported by Cub Scout Pack 280 and Boy Scout Troop 281. Southern Sussex Rotary will raise flags again for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. More information about Southern Sussex Rotary and the donations made from this event can be found online: SouthernSussexRotary.org and Facebook.com/SouthernSussexRotary
Flags For Heroes Regan Deck
IRHS Brass Ensemble from left to right: Kassidy Franklin, Anthony DiGirolamo, Joseph Lear, (tuba) Daniel Clark, Augustus Fadden
LTC John Fisher during his speech
From left to right: Southern Sussex Rotary’s Jean Schmidt, Brad Connor, and Brendan Crotty; Scout Torin Crotty; Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis; LTC John Fisher; Southern Sussex Rotary’s Scott Smith, Steve Cropper, and Regan Roberts Deck; Troop 281 Leaders Laf Erickson and Brandon Lewis; 38th District Representative Ron Gray
Coastal Delaware Community Cleanup | Delaware Center for the Inland Bays
The weather wasn’t quite as good as last year, but we did avoid the rain this year. We’re still waiting to hear the final weight of the trash we pickup up on the 20th, but it sure felt like a lot!
Flags For Heroes Regan Deck
IRHS Brass Ensemble from left to right: Kassidy Franklin, Anthony DiGirolamo, Joseph Lear, (tuba) Daniel Clark, Augustus Fadden
Mark Etter Controller
LTC John Fisher during his speech
From left to right: Southern Sussex Rotary’s Jean Schmidt, Brad Connor, and Brendan Crotty; Scout Torin Crotty; Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis; LTC John Fisher; Southern Sussex Rotary’s Scott Smith, Steve Cropper, and Regan Roberts Deck; Troop 281 Leaders Laf Erickson and Brandon Lewis; 38th District Representative Ron Gray
Don’t Chuck Your Shucks 2019
15 members of the Custom Mechanical team volunteered for the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, bagging oyster shells from their “Don’t Chuck Your Shucks” program! We filled 500 bags that will be used in living reef, bulkhead, and other projects this spring.
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Little Free Library
Custom Mechanical supports “Little Free Library”, whose mission is to promote a sense of community, reading for children, literacy for adults and libraries around the world. Little Free Libraries are structures that contain constantly changing collections of books donated and shared by people of all ages and backgrounds. You can find them in front yards, parks, and gardens among other places. Each ‘library’ holds 20 -100 books. It is a free book exchange in the spirit of “Take a book, Return a book”. There can be a wide variety of subject matter available at any given time such as kids’ books, cook books, young adult, travel, adult best sellers and more. We have a Little Free Library in our office, so feel free to stop by any time to drop off a book and pick up a new one to read!
To learn more about Little Free Library, please click here.
Local Community Events and Organizations
- ALS Association, Fighting Lou Gehrig's Disease
- American Cancer Society
- Lower Delaware Autism Foundation
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Stephanie Callaway's 1st Annual 5K "Giggle Medic" Run
- Delaware Hospice
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Children's Beach House
- Justin's Beach House
- Delaware Special Olympics
- Sea Witch Halloween Festival
- Sussex County Habitat for Humanity
- Worcester County Humane Society
- SouthernSussexRotary.org
More Local Community Events and Organizations
- Help Lisa Crush Cancer
- Delaware Diamonds Softball
- Delaware Special Olympics
- Willards Little League
- Worcester County Humane Society
- Delaware Special Olympics
- American Cancer Society
- Delaware Hospice
- Camp Barnes
- National Child Safety
- ALS
- The Worcester County Humane Society
- Believe in Tomorrow – Children’s Foundation
- Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation
- American Heart Association
- Delaware Diamonds Softball
- Delaware Hospice
- IRHS (Indian River High School) Band
- Turkey Trot to benefit Special Olympics
- Beachcombers Corvette Club for “Veterans, Friends of the Fallen”
- Beebe Medical Foundation, Progress for Prostate
- Del Tech Continuing Education Scholarship Fund