More than 200 Park Street and Five Stones people teamed up to serve our community the weekend of May 2-4. We transformed a courtyard into a beautiful garden (complete with a walkway and a pergola sitting area) for residents of Heartland Home. We also painted walls, stripped and waxed floors, and hosted a cookout for the Heartland residents. We distributed over 1,000 collection bags and fliers, then picked up thousands of books for Pump House Ministries’ used book store.
We took residents of the Homestead Men’s Shelter to dinner and a movie, cleaned the shelter, and made all of the beds with fresh linens, pillows, and blankets. We sorted donations, built shelves, cleaned, and spruced up the flowerbeds at the Domestic Violence Rape Crisis Safe Haven. We helped the Red Cross with their spring work day. And we began clean-up on a trailer lot in hopes of providing a local family with a place to live. Thank you, Park Street and Five Stones – you served God well.
Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Safe Haven, Sunday 10 am - 2 pm
Spring cleaning and flowerbed prep at Safe Haven. Leaders: Kim Peden, Lori Wurth
Associated Charities Spring Cleaning, Saturday 8 am - Noon
Spring cleaning and possibly some painting. Leaders: Marilyn Ferguson, Mia Hobart
Pump House Book Drive, Sunday 4/27 12-4 or Saturday 5/3 10-2
The Sunday before FIA Weekend we’ll canvas neighborhoods with flyers and collection bags. Then we’ll go door-to-door the following Saturday to collect bags filled with used books to replace those lost in the fire. Leader: Kathy Ditlevson
Pump House Homestead Men’s Shelter Outreach, Saturday 5-9 pm
We need 5 men to take the Pump House guys to dinner plus a small group of people to help add some “homey” touches to the shelter itself. Leader: Matt Potosky
Home Improvement Outreach, day/time TBA
We’re still working out the details, but we need skilled and unskilled workers to do some home improvements for a local family in need. Leader: Adam Bates
Heartland Home Projects, ongoing throughout weekend
We’re taking on several projects at Heartland Home, the county home located just south of Ashland on Rt. 60. This is a chance to improve living conditions for 50 residents as well as start to build relationships with them. Leaders are Cameo Yeater, Jennifer Hubbard, Rebecca Owens, and Gigi McDonnell. Please check the specific project(s) you’d like to help with:
Floor stripping and waxing (Friday late afternoon and evening only)
Building projects in courtyard – benches, picnic table, pergola (Sat/Sun)
Landscape projects in courtyard – flowerbeds and containers (Sat/Sun)
Sidewalk project in courtyard – Friday/Sat
Ready to sign up? Fill in the blanks below no later than April 27, then click on the button next to your project choice. Remember to hit "send" when you're done! Your project assignment and details will be mailed to you prior to May 2.
