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One Great Day of Service

On Sunday, September 13, 2009 we came together for our tenth ONE GREAT DAY of SERVICE to improve people's lives and serve our greater community. Below are the many service projects offered during the day as we encouraged individuals to put their faith into action!

Save the date!  One Great Day of Service this year will be Saturday, October 9, 2010.

View the photos from One Great Day of Service.

2009 Project Descriptions

#Wildcard Project

• For the adventurous volunteer willing to serve wherever needed. Write "wildcard" on your registation form and you will be assigned to a project needing more  help!

Higher Ground Meditation Garden,

• Day center offering fellowship among those with HIV
• Service: Garden spruce up

One Great Day Photographers 

• Create a visual review of the day's events
• Service: Visit project sites and take digital pictures for One Great Day of Service celebration slide show

Kathleen Clay Edwards Library Garden Project

• Service: Mulch; weed and general garden cleanup

Camp Carefee: Youth Project

• Camp for children with specific health problems & disabilities
• Service: Move and spread mulch; other general landscape spruce up

Malachi House: Lunch Preparation

• Residential mentoring program for men with drug and alcohol addiction
• Service: Prepare and serve lunch for residents

Westminster Adult Library: Organize and Shelve Materials

• Service: Organize and shelve materials; clean library

Kopper Top Life Learning Center

• Provides therapeutic horseback riding, recreational therapy, and animal-assisted therapy to individuals with or without disabilities
• Service: Weed flower beds; feed animals; brush horses

Lake Brandt Campus Spruce Up 

• Service: Exterior and interior spruce up

Joseph's House: Interior and Exterior Maintenance

• Provides shelter, food, clothing, and support services to homeless young adults between the ages of 18-21
• Service:Paint inside hallway and trim work. Work on existing garden.

Bell House: Outside Beautification

• Provides programs and residential services to physically disabled adults
• Service: Mulch garden; trim paint.

Peacehaven Farm: Barn Clean-up and Gardening

• Community for people with intellectual disabilities
• Service: Work in community garden

Eastside Park Community Center: Back to School Celebration

• The Community center offers programs to support the growth and improvement of Eastside residents
• Service: Back to School celebration for neighborhood children and after-school homework helpers.

Caldwell House: Interior Painting

• An adult care center for adults with chronic illness and physical limitations
• Service: Trim paint in living room and dining room; prune shrubs in front of residence

Arbor Court: Fall Lawn Care and Lunch with Residents

• These multi-unit town homes were built in 2008 in a partnership between Westminster, Habitat for Humanity and Crown Automotive
• Service: Seed, spread straw in front lawns for 6 town homes; prepare and share picnic lunch with residents

Pathways Shelter: Prepare and Serve Lunch to Families

• Provides temporary shelter to homeless families and children
• Service: Prepare and serve lunch to families in residence

Hats for Women in Treatment at Regional Cancer Center

• Service: Sew hats for women in treatment at Moses Cone Regional Cancer Center

Barnabas Furniture Ministry: Distribute Promotional Materials

• Serves families in need of assistance with furniture
• Service: Distribute flyers to surrounding neighborhoods to increase awareness of ministry and need for donations
  

Youth House Spruce Up

• Service: Spruce up grounds at Youth House

Avalon Apartments: General Landscaping

• Houses families who have been resettled from Burma and east African countries by African Services and Church World Services.
• Service: Spread mulch; general landscaping

Glen Haven Apartments: Landscape Playground 

• These apartments are home to many refugee students at Jess Wharton Elementary School
• Service: Improve playground area

Welfare Reform Liaison Project Distribution Center: Sorting and Packing

• Faith-based" welfare to work" program focusing on job training and hands-on learning in a distribution center
• Service: Sort, pack, organize, and move items in warehouse

Freezer Meals for Kids Path and Hospice Patients

• Kids Path offers home-based care for children with serious illness and counseling support for grieving children
• Service: Make freezer-ready dishes for Kids Path families and Hospice patients in times of need

Interfaith Hospitality Network/Paisley House:Cookout and Afternoon Activities

• The Interfaith Hospitality Network is a group of local churches providing shelter to homeless families. Paisley House is the day center for the families.
• Service: Picnic and activities for families in the Network

Partnership Village: Exterior maintenance

• Transitional housing community for formerly homeless families and individuals
• Service: Outside maintenance; touch up painting

Groceries on Wheels at Food Assistance; Pack and Organize Warehouse

• Assists seniors and people with disabilities in crisis situations with food
• Service: Pack and organize warehouse

Hospice Campus: Outdoor Spruce Up

• Hospice provides compassionate, quality care for people with a progressive and life-limiting illness & their families
• Service: General outdoor spruce up

Amani Children's Foundation: Bead Workshop 

• The Amani Foundation supports the work of New Life Homes, which works with abandoned infants in Kenya
• Service: Make jewelry using Amani beads from Kenya with proceeds benefiting Amani Children's Foundation

Servant Center: Prune Trees/ Clean Glenwood Housing

• Houses homeless men suffering from long-term illness & those needing care after hospital release; 75% of the residents are veterans
• Service: Prune trees, clan common area at Glenwood Housing

Partners Ending Homelessness: Assemble Housewarming Baskets

• Partners Ending Homelessness is an initiative to address chronic homelessness in our community; Westminster is a partner along with other faith communities

Heritage Greens Memory Care: Planting Flower Beds  

• Senior living community offering independent, assisted and Alzheimer's care
• Service: Prepare flower beds for fall and plant seasonal flowers

Friendly Avenue: Nurturing Hands

• Help young children do crafts to benefit missions

One Great Day Lunch Preparation  

• Service: Prepare bag lunches for One Great Day workers

Brighton Gardens: Bingo and Afternoon Activities

• Senior Living community offering independent, assisted and Alzheimer's care
• Service: Offer Bingo and other activities to residents

Pet Visits to Blumenthal Retirement Home, and Carriage House Senior Living Communities

• Service: Visit senior living communities with pet animals