Each year, we look for ways to connect our work to something greater than the job site. In 2025, we’re laying the foundation for gratitude, generosity, and community at the heart of Reiss Earthworks through a simple initiative we’re calling 25-25-25.
Why Reviews Matter
As an excavation and grading contractor based in the Lee’s Summit, Missouri area, we’ve built our reputation through word of mouth, relationships, and consistent, quality work.
When a client takes time out of their busy day to leave a review, it helps more than they may realize.
To be frank, your reviews first and foremost help us grow our excavation business in the Kansas City area—we 100% recognize this. But… they also help future clients know who we are, what we value, and what to expect when hiring us.
And we want them to help more than our clients and ourselves—we’d like to support the greater good and hopefully make the world 25% better.
Giving Back With Intention
Which brings us to our current campaign. To honor the simple but powerful gesture of leaving a review, we’re giving something back. Every review posted triggers a $25 donation to a nonprofit doing work we believe in that’s building stronger foundations in the lives of others—just like we aim to do every day through our work. We’ve set a goal to receive 25 thoughtful reviews from our clients this year (2025).
At first glance, it’s just a lot of 25s. But behind the numbers is something more—an opportunity to help an indefinite amount of people.
We’ve shortlisted a few organizations close to our hearts:
▪️Mike Rowe Works Foundation – Advocating for skilled trades and supporting hard-working individuals with training, scholarships, and opportunities to build lasting careers.
▪️Abundant Life Food Pantry – Providing food and essentials to families in need, serving our local Missouri community with compassion and consistency.
▪️Casa de mi Padre – A long-term care home in Guatemala offering vulnerable children shelter, healing, and hope for the future.
We feel these organizations are grounded in values we share—self-reliance, service, and creating pathways to prosperity.
The organizations we choose to support may change, as an unknown or immediate need may arise or become an option we have yet to know about. Any organization we donate to will be a nonprofit with these shared values.
Growing the Goal
Our goal is to collect 25 reviews in 2025. But if support continues to roll in—like our machines rolling and compacting access roads and building pads—we’d love to double or even triple the goal.
We are committed to donating up to $2,500 for bonafide, honest reviews from clients, vendors, and those we have connections with. Each review will continue to generate a $25 donation for as long as they keep coming in. It’s a simple way to turn kind words into real impact.
This campaign is an extension of our mission:
“Forge the groundwork to prosperity for all.”
If you’ve already left a review, thank you! You’ve helped someone else move forward with confidence—and helped an organization help others find self-reliance and forge pathways to prosperity.
We’ll continue sharing updates here as reviews come in and donations are made.
If you’d like to leave a review and be part of this effort, you can do so below:
Thank you for helping us lay foundations that reach further.
– The Reiss Earthworks Crew
Proudly serving the Kansas City metro and the heart of the Midwest since 2011.