Earning through elbow grease

So the staff there is fighting back. Several are riding in Pelotonia and just about all are contributing to the fundraising effort.

Shannon Ison, director of facilities Operations at South Campus Gateway, checks the air, brakes and chain on a bicycle brought to the Campus Partners’ bike-wellness fundraiser.

Jim Heinen, general manager of the South Campus Gateway division of Campus Partners, Heinen’s sons Alex and Zach, Gateway Director of Facilities Operations Shannon Ison, Campus Partners President Doug Aschenbach and David Gaiser, whose wife Connie is Campus Partners’ senior accountant, have formed an informal sub-team of the OSU Administration and Planning Department’s Peloton.

“We are all really driven to make a difference,” Heinen said. “The James saved David Gaiser’s life, and all of us at least know someone who has been affected.”

The Campus Partners team has gotten creative in raising money. They’re making use of the space at South Campus Gateway — including the parking garage — for various fundraisers.

Every Friday through Aug. 20, staffers will be available from noon-2 p.m. offering to take care of the ABCs of bike wellness (air, brakes and chain) for anyone who stops by with their bike and a donation. The station will be set up in the alley on High Street between 9th and 11th avenues.

Also, the staff will set up an auto detailing station inside the South Campus Gateway parking garage on one or two days a week. For $20, drivers can have their cars washed, vacuumed and detailed while they take care of other business — the fee includes cleaning supplies as well as parking in the garage (so $15 of each fee will go to support Pelotonia).

Heinen said the staff also is contemplating a cinema event or two in the Film Center.

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