William Penn Life, 2003 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2003-12-01 / 12. szám
nate the logistics. Prim, Arkansas. West Side 4-H Club members and leaders led other youth and adult volunteers to pick up litter, plant wildflowers and put up birdhouses along Prim Mountain's winding roadsides. Additional volunteers came from the Cleburne County Cooperative Extension, Woodrow Baptist Church, Prim Volunteer Fire Department and Master Gardeners. Watsonville, California. Woven Stories, Woven Lives and I-YOU Venture connected with Watsonville YMCA's Out of School Time students to work with senior residents of Watsonville Rehab Center and Valley Heights to create ceramic tiles for a mural with a community theme. The mural was installed on a wall in the YMCA pool area. Denver, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Camp 999, Woodmen of the World, and Woodmen of the World/ Assured Life Association home office staff connected with Girl Scouts of America Troop 1039 and employees from three Kohl's department stores to do extensive yardwork, landscape cleanup and replace a sandbox at a children's safe house, part of the city's Families First program. Lakewood, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Camp 999, Woodmen of the World, and Woodmen of the World/ Assured Life Association home office staff connected with the Lakewood Police Department and City of Lakewood to clean and refurbish the playground at Devinny Cottages, an after-school day care and summer day camp for underprivileged children. They also planted a children's vegetable Charity Links To learn more about Join Hands Day and to read about other youth and adult partnerships— including more award-winning projects-log onto the Join Hands Day official website at: S www.joinhandsday.org Charitable Ideas Youth and adult volunteers in Cole Camp, Mo., joined hands June 21 to construct fair exhibits as part of an award-winning Join Hands Day project. garden, including a pumpkin patch. Largo, Florida. Volunteers from The Hospice, AIDS Service Association of Pinellas (ASAP) Brighter Seasons for Children Program, 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares and the Florida Fraternal Congress solicited school supplies, collated and inserted them into 200 donated backpacks for distribution to youth who are infected or affected by HIV/ AIDS. Jacksonville, Illinois. At Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf, the Scott-Morgan County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans performed major cleaning, painting, electrical and yardwork. To thoroughly clean and polish the sanctuary, they removed all the church pews and repositioned them. Iron Mountain, Michigan. Youth and adult volunteers from the Central Upper Peninsula Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Dickinson/Iron Community Services Agency Volunteer Center made major landscaping improvements to Crystal Lake Park. The park needed help since a 2002 tornado destroyed many large trees near the children's playground and soccer field. Cole Camp, Missouri. The Central Benton County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans merged 15 youth and adult volunteer groups to beautify and improve the communities of Cole Camp and Ionia by planting flowers and shrubs, painting dugouts and a community center, constructing fair exhibits, doing yardwork for seniors and picking up trash. Other volunteers came from the Lakecreek 4-H Club, Searchers 4- H Club, Cole Camp FFA, Brauersville Lutheran Church, Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church, St. John's Lutheran Church, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Cole Camp Methodist Church, Cole Camp Community Betterment Association, Cole Camp Fair Board, Cole Camp Lions Club and the City of Cole Camp Lincoln, Nebraska. The Lincoln Action Program connected refugee children and senior residents to build intergenerational relationships. At the Downtown Senior Center, the youth helped seniors learn computer skills. At The Victorian retirement center, the youth and senior residents potted flowers together. Other involved organizations were The Victorian: A Retirement Center, City of Lincoln Aging Services, Downtown Senior Center, Sunwest Farms, Sheridan Lutheran Church, Lincoln City Public Library and the Nebraska Fraternal Congress Randleman, North Carolina. An arboretum was started at the R.C. "Cliff" Payne Woodmen Youth Camp by planting 92 trees. The trees replaced a pine forest that was destroyed by 2002-2003 ice storms. Youth and adult volunteers came from Woodmen of the World/ Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society Lodges 921 and 1091, Boy Scouts of America Troop 532, Boy William Penn Life, December 2003 7
