Ryland Homes Team Takes up Kitchen Duties at Trinity Café to Help Feed Tampa Bay’s Homeless

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ryland Homes in the Tampa Bay area set aside their business suits and their work boots recently to pitch in and help Trinity Café in downtown Tampa feed some of the area’s homeless. Mike Finley, vice president of sales and marketing for the Tampa Bay division of Ryland Homes, said the experience proved personally rewarding for all involved but also makes for good business. “It was a privilege to help in any way we can for such a meaningful cause,” Finley explained. “In addition, the experience was a good team-building exercise. Taking a break from our normal workday to help others is a great way to spend time together as a team,” Finley said. Six Ryland Tampa professionals worked diligently four hours at Trinity Café. Sales professionals, department managers, clerical staff, accountants and construction team worked side by side through the day. “This is what a community is all about,” Finley said. “We work together, we help each other, and we make our community better one meal at a time,” he said. Finley, who joined Ryland Homes in Tampa this year, serves as the Treasurer of the Sales and Marketing Council of the Tampa Bay Builders Association. Ryland Homes builds single-family homes and town homes in 18 Tampa Bay communities priced starting from the low $100s to the mid-$300s.