Thanks for Caring and Sharing

The following is a thank you letter sent to Pam Juris, volunteer coordinator for CitySERVE 2009, praising the work of just one of the many groups who helped to make CitySERVE a success.

Pam,

Our third annual City Serve event at Pine Tree Vistas was once again a complete success. Your young adults worked hard, pulling weeds, shaping our flower beds and planting more than 100 flowers and plants around our building. Your adult supervision was once again excellent, led by Joel Gesch. The weather was beautiful and the rain finally stayed away.

We are already looking forward to the first Saturday in May, 2010. Your efforts each year give us a head start and make it easier for us to keep our landscape looking beautiful for out tenants and community.

Thanks for Caring and Sharing.

Sincerely,

Russ Croyle

Director of Operations

Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio

CitySERVE 2009 Photo Gallery

On Saturday, more than 450 people joined Building Hope in the City for a day of service to the Lord and to Cleveland’s urban neighborhoods, churches, schools and social agencies. Here’s a few pix of the day in action…

Packing medical supplies for international destinations at MedWish.

Making greeting cards for residents at 2100, a homeless shelter operated by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry.

Outdoor clean up and painting at St. Philip Church.

Some free time for CitySERVE's youngest participants, who worked for the day at Redeemer Crisis Center

Landscaping for the Neighborhood Housing Association in Lorain, Ohio.

And, of course, there were plenty of laughs!

CitySERVE 2009

CitySERVE 2009 is just around the corner!  BHITC’s annual one-day service event will be held on May 2nd and will send more than 450 people out into the city to do God’s work in churches, schools, and social agencies.

Last year around 450 participants worked on projects at over 30 sites around the city.  Check out the photos below to see the great work participants did last year, and to get an idea for what you could be doing on May 2nd.

For more information about CitySERVE, or to register, visit www.buildinghopeinthecity.org.  The registration deadline is April 24th!

CitySERVE volunteer cleaning a church

Landscaping at the Hospice of the Western Reserve

Participants showing off the newly painted classroom at Trinity