Jan 12, 2026
Power Home Remodeling Turns Discarded Exterior Materials into Community Art
Across Power Home Remodeling’s territories, nearly 100,000 homes will be serviced in a calendar year. That’s a lot of transformation happening in a short period of time. It also means POWER deals with tons of discarded exterior materials — window sashes, doors, roofing shingles, siding, and gutters that could serve a second purpose — one that uplifts, inspires, and renews our connection with our communities.
Sensing an opportunity to make an impact through upcycling, POWER partnered with talented artists in two of our local markets to breathe new life into discarded materials from job sites. This is the story of that transformation, and the collective impact they made.
A Labor of Love
Both artists were given the same opportunity: to reimagine our discarded materials into something that rebuilds inspiration in our communities. The finished artwork would be shown in two facilities belonging to POWER’s local nonprofit partners: The Boys & Girls Club of Chester (PA), and The Rise School of Denver (CO). Both nonprofits are beacons of hope and community, serving to inspire and educate the future leaders of tomorrow with inclusive foundations for children from all walks of life.
These art installations will serve as an element of the POWER For Good program — a set of initiatives that place POWER people at the center of philanthropy, giving employees a voice and choice in where the entirety of our philanthropic funding goes to impact causes they care about.
An Artist’s Calling in Philadelphia
Philadelphia-based street artist Amberella has always marched to the beat of her own drum. “My parents really let me experiment, from what I was wearing to school, to the materials I was playing with…so I’ve really always felt like an artist.” But it wasn’t until college art classes that she found her true calling: street art. Today, you can’t walk around urban Philadelphia without seeing one of her pop-up installations: graphical hearts that offer words of encouragement to anyone who passes them by. And while her art has been recognized in cities around the world, her piece titled “Be You” will continuously inspire hundreds of kids who belong to The Boys & Girls Club of Chester, right in POWER’s backyard. Part mural and part mosaic, “Be You” encompasses repurposed exterior materials from homes across Delaware County.
Amberella’s mural will live on an outer wall at The Boys & Girls Club of Chester — a local branch of the nationwide nonprofit that provides programming, education and opportunity to over 600 young members annually. POWER’s relationship with B&GCC began in early 2025, with sponsorship for their summer golf tournament, funding for a summer camp program, and exposure to career opportunities within each department at POWER HQ. POWER employees also volunteered to install planter boxes in their community garden, and are currently in the process of building a shed to allow safe storage of supplies.
On the Rise in Denver
For Nataly Parson of Castle Rock, Colorado, art became a necessary escape during a time of transition. An immigrant from Moscow, Russia, Nataly’s family struggled financially in their adopted country. To calm her soul amidst all the unknown, she turned to mosaic. “I was amazed by the possibilities of working with three different layers. They will combine and give you something you rarely get with other materials.” Her ocean-themed mosaic made from the glass of discarded windows will adorn the foyer of The Rise School of Denver, an early childhood center serving children with and without disabilities.
POWER’s relationship with The Rise School of Denver started as a routine sales call between Remodeling Consultant, Wesley Roe, and Laura Ganguli, a Music Therapist with the school. Between custom window measurements, paperwork, and a style consultation, Ganguli mentioned her connection with the school, and, being a proponent of inclusion efforts himself, Roe immediately knew the Rise School of Denver would be a great candidate for Denver’s Circle for Good partner. One small conversation blossomed into a contribution that will help keep education and therapy services affordable and accessible to all families, including Roe’s, whose son is now enrolled in the school.
Lifting our Communities Through Art
“I think the mosaic is going to have an awesome impact,” said Boys & Girls Club of Chester CEO Derrick T. Phillips Sr., adding “anyone who sees anything like ‘Be You’, it has to impact you”.
For Megan Richards, the Director of Development at The Rise School of Denver, Nataly’s mosaic will offer a fresh perspective for anyone who walks in their building. “We are a preschool, so a lot of our things are child-made, or pictures of kiddos, so this is a really beautiful focal point when you walk into the school.”
From remodeling homes, to reimagining what’s possible, this project was born from the belief that transformation can reach beyond the homes we renew. POWER extends a special thank you to both Amberella and Nataly Parson for turning our discarded materials into works of art.
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