Employee Benefits Archives

Part of our mission at Roers is to be an active part of the communities where we live through our Give and Grow Program. One of our committees is Volunteering. Our Volunteering mission statement is “The Roers Volunteer committee will provide experiences for Roers employees to give their time and talents to non-profit organizations in our communities.” Our goal is to have one organized volunteering opportunity in each area, per quarter, depending on availability.

Later in 2024, we introduced a new employee incentive called Volunteer Time Off (VTO) which provided employees with 4 hours of VTO to use throughout the year. The VTO program allows employees to take time off during the workday to volunteer in the community. For 2025, each employee will receive 8 hours of VTO to use throughout the year.

We also launched a new webpage on our employee portal that shows ongoing volunteering opportunities in each area! This webpage was launched this fall and a QR Code is shared to all locations and job sites on how to access this page.

Here’s a recap of the volunteering opportunities our employees had this year!

– January: Care for Kids Radiothon in Fargo

– April: Earth Day Clean Up in all areas

– July: Roughrider Days Parade in Dickinson

– August: Backpack drive for United Way in Fargo

– October: Hope Blooms in Fargo

– December: Bell ringing in Fargo, Minot and Bismarck

We also had the pleasure of our employees using VTO this fall to volunteer during work hours that was not a Roers organized event. Check out there great examples of our marketing team and property management team using their VTO hours this fall.

– Ronald McDonald House: Baking goodies for families that are staying in the house while they are here for medical reasons.

– The Great North Pole: a local group that helps bring joy to families in need during the holiday season by packing and delivery daily essentials, food, and toys directly to their home.

2024 was a successful year for volunteering at Roers and we can’t wait to see what is in store for 2025!

If your organization has volunteer events/opportunities, we’d love to hear from you! Fill out our contact form here.

Earlier this year, we reinvented what was previously known as Resident Loyalty Program to Roers Perks Program. In the past, this program helped connect our residents to local business’ by offering a special discount for living with Roers. We gave the program a fresh start by going back to the basics and working from the ground up. One of the most significant changes to the program was offering the program to not only our Fargo residents, but our employees too!

Behind The Scenes

Our marketing team spent time discussing and planning how we envisioned the new program would work. This included compiling a list of local businesses in the area to reach out to. A letter was sent out to each business introducing ourselves, what we are going to offer in the Perks Program and what is in it for the business. While we awaited responses, a member of our marketing team, Brenna, designed a new card look. Over a few weeks, we started to hear back from business in town excited to be a part of our program. Our goal was to have at least 10 businesses in our program before our soft launch date. We are happy to announce that we exceeded our goal and are currently partnering with 12 businesses!

Old card design

New card design

Perks Program Businesses

With community at our core, it was our mission to connect residents and employees with those who make the Fargo-Moorhead area feel like home. We are thrilled to become partners with a variety of businesses in the community.

The Collective Salon & Spa
Lashfull
Suite Shots
Herd & Horns
Mojo Fit Studios
Nutrition World

Pixeled Brewing Co.
Spicy Pie
Wild Terra
Solidcore
Three Dogs Bakery
Wildflower Lane Designs

Our Launch Timeline

At the beginning of May, we started our soft launch to a small group of residents in the area.

In mid-May, all Fargo employees received their perks cards and information.
In the beginning of June, all the residents at The Metropolitan were provided their perks cards. We launched it at The Metropolitan when the first phase of Phase 3 opened!
In the beginning of August, the remaining properties in Fargo were provided with their perks cards upon move in or delivered to their doors if they were a resident that renewed their lease.

Connecting Residents to the Businesses

A few weeks ago, our Roers Property Management Team and Marketing Property Specialist held an event at The View on University. This event featured Spicy Pie pizza for residents to enjoy and a game of bingo with each prize being a gift card to one of our perk’s members! This was a great way to re-introduce the program and explain how the program works to residents.

We want to thank all of our perk’s businesses for partnering with us! If you’re a business owner and would like to receive more information about the perks program, please fill out our form here and a member of our marketing team will contact you.

Our next steps of this program is to increase the number of partnering businesses and to expand to our other locations in North Dakota. Check out our perks program page here for more information and what discounts are offered at each business.

Community Employee Benefits Residential Roers Perks Program