Al Woods from A & J Painting recently completed a wood garage door refinishing job for a Powell home.

He said he was pleased with how the opportunity turned out.

"I finished my first contract bid from NeedNexus and I have now extended my membership,” Woods said. “Thank you NeedNexus!"

The homeowner was pleased as well, giving Woods a positive rating on the web site.

You can put your own projects on http://neednexus.com/ for free.

We’ll find quality bids for you from our service providers.

For more information, call 614-888-8801.

Representatives from NeedNexus took part in a meeting Thursday morning at the Griswald Center for Seniors in Worthington.

The meeting was designed to launch the city’s new S.A.L.T. program, which is designed to have the community work with local police and fire agencies to help promote health and safety for its senior citizens.

“We were able to explain how we could be a helpful service to the community and relayed our mission to keep work within the Worthington area,” Business Development Manager Julie Fuller said. “The seniors asked lots of questions about our screening process for our vendors. We assured our audience that we speak with each vendor directly through our screening process to identify their credentials.”

After the meeting, the seniors left with bags provided by NeedNexus and a goal to find Needs.

It’s not easy to clean your room, let alone an apartment.

In this ad, a child was promised a trip to Chuck E Cheese’s if they cleaned their room, but life isn’t always that easy.

You can sign up to have your home or apartment cleaned at http://www.neednexus.com

If you post your Need today, we’ll also give you a $5 Starbucks gift card.

What would you pay to get your home or apartment cleaned?

Man! It’s hot outside.

Wednesday’s Columbus Dispatch featured an article saying today’s heat index is expected to reach 107 degrees.

It’s hard to make headway on home projects when it’s really warm.

This is where NeedNexus comes in to help.

Post your Need on http://www.neednexus.com for free and we’ll help you find a Central Ohio service provider to bid on your project.

And if you post your Need today, we’ll give you a $5 Starbucks gift card.

Everyone has a Need. What’s yours?

I’m not a big fan of moving.

Last Friday’s series finale of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” ended up with Coach Eric Taylor and his wife, Tami , moving to Philadelphia for her new job as Dean of Admissions at Braemore University.

Although I thought it was commendable that Taylor left his job to follow his wife, moving can be expensive.

Which moving company do you hire? Are there last-second cleaning or repair items that need done before moving day?

If you find yourself in the Taylor family’s shoes, try http://www.NeedNexus.com

You can post a Need for free and we’ll find service providers to bid on your project.

It’s up to you to pick your favorite bid.

And just for trying out our service and posting a Need, we’ll give you a $5 Starbucks gift card.

It’s a winning combination any football coach would like.

You don't have to call around to get quotes, you can get the best combination of price and quality by just posting a Need on http://www.NeedNexus.com

Want to earn extra money?

NeedNexus offers a great referral program to all buyers who sign up on our web site.

Here’s how it works:

· Sign up as a buyer on our site

· Share your registration number with others

· We’ll pay $1 for each qualified need posted on our web site using your code.

E-mail info@neednexus.com with any questions.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: NeedNexus is committed to giving back to the community. Part of our efforts is to recognize the work of a non-profit organization each week in our blog. This week, we’re recognizing the Westerville Area Resource Ministry’s “Westerville Area Kids Lunch Club”)

Westerville resident Elsie Hunt has a regular lunch date with her four children and 100 others in the city.

Hunt and her children are among those who attend Westerville Area Resource Ministry’s “Westerville Area Kids Lunch Club” each weekday through the summer at Ridgewood Park.

Staff members and volunteers serve lunches each day at 11:45 a.m. to all who attend and organize educational and recreational activities after the meal.

“They have been wonderful,” Hunt said. “They provide food and activities for my children and promote getting along. I also get to meet new people.”

WARM Project Coordinator Deb Wallace said the program looks to expand to more sites through the area next year.

"This program has a nice neighborhood feel to it,” she said. “The parents stick around with their kids. This has been meaningful to the families.”

The games and educational activities have been a hit with participants.

“A lot of these kids usually play video games during the summer,” said Jason Longanbach, a Lewis Center volunteer who helps organize the activities. "It's nice to see them break a sweat and be active."

To volunteer for the program, call Wallace at 614-899-0196.

(CAPTIONS: Top, volunteer Jason Longanbach tries to avoid a dodge ball from a program participant. Right, volunteer LauraKate Bayman serves a young program participant).

Over the past few days, we’ve posted a variety of ways to connect with us and ways you can get involved with how we're connecting with the community.

Here’s a roundup.

We currently have two separate drawings.

One drawing is a weekly contest in which we give a $50 VISA gift card to the highest value qualified need posted that week. The other drawing is a monthly

contest that involves all buyers who posted a qualified need within that month. We aill pick one person at random who will also win a $50 VISA gift card.

We also have smaller incentive-based ways the community can continue to get involved with NeedNexus. If you register with us, we’ll pay $1 for each need you

refer to our web site. In addition to that, we have a fund-raising program where we pay non-profits $3 for each need they refer to us.

Furthermore, we are giving away a $25 VISA gift card at random each month to a social media follower on our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.

For more information on any of these opportunities, contact Business Development Executive Chris Pugh at (614) 888-8801 or e-mail at cpugh@neednexus.com.

We want to connect with the community by giving an opportunity for non-profit organizations to raise funds through NeedNexus.

We’ll pay $3 to your organization for every verified need that is posted through our web site at http://www.neednexus.com. There is no cost to take part in the fund-raiser.

To register, contact Business Development Executive Chris Pugh at (614) 888-8801 or e-mail him at cpugh@neednexus.com.