FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22: Employees at the ACE Group were today spending hours of their time helping community projects across the Island — to mark its 25th anniversary.

It was hosting a Global Day of Service with 120 employees giving time to 11 projects including knocking down structures at the old Casemates barracks.

“We would like to take this opportunity to show our appreciation to the Bermuda community that has supported us ever since we were founded 25 years ago," said Lori Samson, Chief Administration Officer for Bermuda-based operations of The ACE Group.

"Our Global Day of Service provides an opportunity for each of our employees to volunteer during the workday and give back to the island in which we live and work."

Employees were taking part in the following service projects:

* The National Museum of Bermuda Casemate Barracks project where volunteers were getting rid of vegetation and helping to demolish structures such as interior walls that were erected when the barracks were converted to a prison in the 1960s.

* ACE Foundation Career Fair at Bermuda College where volunteers were acting as guides to help students navigate around the career fair and interview participants for exit surveys.

* Volunteers visited Save Open Spaces (SOS) and cultivated endemic Bermuda plants at the SOS nursery in Devonshire. Volunteers took part in nursery maintenance including weeding, mixing soil, potting plants and pruning trees.

* At the Barn charity shop, volunteers were helping unpack and sort items to be placed on sale.

* At the Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation (KAF), volunteers were helping to clean and paint classrooms and undertake maintenance around the school.

* For the Bermuda Audubon Society, volunteers cleared invasive plants and trash from The Alfred Blackburn Smith Reserve in Paget.

* Volunteers visited Teen Services/Teen Haven weeding and prepared soil, planted flowers and vegetables in the garden as well as painted porch railings and external walls.

* At Windreach Bermuda, volunteers prepared for the Harvest Festival on October 30 as well as cleaned, painted and undertook maintenance of the facility.

* Volunteers donated their day to Tomorrow's Voices - Bermuda Autism Early Intervention Centre, where they were painting and cleaning the interior, installing a video system and picking up trash.

* At The Sunshine League, volunteers gardened, cooked dinner as well as baked cookies and cupcakes.

* Volunteers were painting the interior walls, doors and veranda at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home.