Friday, June 26, 2009

Tornado Recovery

Becky Bartlett helped coordinate a missional outreach last weekend in Parkersburg. Here's a little summary of the weekend:

As an ongoing piece of our commitment to helping Parkersburg recover from the devastating tornado a year ago, teams from Orchard Hill served meals to clean-up volunteers June 11-14. The RCA partnered with RISE ministries to bring over 250 high school volunteers to the area for a weekend of service. Orchard pulled the Chuckwagon (mobile kitchen) out there and also used the Aplington Middle School kitchen to prepare all the meals for the hungry workers.

Over 100 volunteers helped us prepare, cook, and serve the meals. The student volunteers helped at over 30 sites in the community- the city ball fields, along with many homes of families who still needed recovery help. It was a productive weekend and we were honored to take part in ongoing efforts in Parkersburg. A big thanks to Jeff & Kelly Kramer and Ted & Linda Hamer who spearheaded the Chuckwagon crew!!

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