Beyond Our Walls

Cobblestone Project – The Farm  

Family Friendly

Description:

Learn about and serve at this community farm in West Fayetteville that provides fresh fruits and vegetables to low income families and non-profit hunger relief organizations.  Planting, harvesting, crop maintenance, planting preparation, irrigation, dirt work, and general farm maintenance.

Participants Needed:

25

Tools/Supplies Required:

Recommend long pants and closed toe shoes with a hat to cover your face & neck from the sun. Wear sunscreen and bring some water and a pair of work gloves. Additional water and bathroom facilities on site.

Faith in Action Project #1 

CANCELLED

Description:

Assisting a neighbor who lives alone and cannot see well with light painting and replacing a sink faucet.  She lives across from the Springdale HS football stadium.

Participants Needed:

0

Tools/Supplies Required:

Paint brush and roller, tools for replacing faucet

Faith in Action Project #2 

Description:

Serving a lady who we assisted before with yard work, cleaning beds, plant flowers, move a rose bush. 

Participants Needed:

FULL

Tools/Supplies Required:

Pruners, Trimmers, Gloves, Rake

Faith in Action Project #3 

Description:

Assisting a neighbor with yard clean up.

Participants Needed:

6

Tools/Supplies Required:

Pruners, Trimmers, Gloves, Rake

Faith in Action Project #4

CANCELLED

Description:

Assisting a neighbor who is legally blind with organizing kitchen and washing windows.

Participants Needed:

0

Tools/Supplies Required:

None

Habitat For Humanity 

Description:

Participants Needed:

10

Tools/Supplies Required:

No volunteers under 16. No skills required.  You may wish to bring basic tools, for example a tool belt, a hammer or gloves.  Please label all of your tools with your name.  Wear safe, closed-toed shoes. And please bring a water bottle.

Project Coordinator:

Liz Pierron, (314)517-0528

Hillcrest Towers

Description:

Perform various tasks for the building and occupants and have a small Barbeque for residents.  Also, cleaning the first floor dining and lounge area.  Pruning flower beds.  Light cleaning in some resident apartments. 

Participants Needed:

20

Tools/Supplies Required:

Yard tools, Cleaning supplies

Life Source

Family Friendly

Description:

LifeSource is a non-profit organization that uses a holistic approach to help individuals and families in need.  Their goal is to make a difference both now and for generations to come. They help families in stress by customizing their services to meet the family’s unique needs along with assisting them through programs and services.

This project will entail sorting and bagging food for the Food Storehouse, Stocking the Food Pantry, Sorting Clothes and Miscellaneous clean-up of the Life Source facility. 

Participants Needed:

5

Tools/Supplies Required:

Please bring staple food items and/or used clothing as a donation. 

Neighbor Yard Clean-up - Conner 

Description:

Assisting neighbors with projects on their property, including yard work, cleaning, and painting  

Participants Needed:

10

Tools/Supplies Required:

None

Neighbor Yard Clean-up –    B. Franklin

Description:

Assisting neighbors in need who need some help getting their yard cleaned up. Will include yard work, and planting flowers.  

Participants Needed:

FULL

Tools/Supplies Required:

Rakes, Gloves

Neighbor Yard Clean-up –    G. Franklin

Description:

Assisting family with 2 small children who would like some flower beds and plants. Need help removing brush, debris and getting yard cleaned up.  

Participants Needed:

Tools/Supplies Required:

Rakes, Gloves, Yard Tools, Truck and Trailer

Neighbor Yard Clean-up - Householder

Description:

Assisting neighbors in need who need some help getting their small lot and house in order. Will include yard work, creating small flower bed, removing brush and debris. 

Participants Needed:

10

Tools/Supplies Required:

Rakes, Gloves, Yard Tools, Truck and Trailer

Project Coordinator:

D.D. Dunagin, 281-1344

Neighbor Yard Clean-up -Nevin 

Description:

Assisting neighbors in need who need some help getting her small lot in order. Will include yard work, planting flowers and cleanup and, removing brush and debris.    

Participants Needed:

5

Gloves, Yard Tools, Truck 

Project Coordinator:

Sherry Priestaf, 595-2387

Morningside Apartments Cook-out     

Family Friendly

Description:

Barbeque, fellowship and outreach to low income community. Also setting up playground equipment for neighborhood children. 

Participants Needed:

10

Tools/Supplies Required:

None

Project Coordinator:

Glenn Miller, 799-7797

Peace at Home Thrift Store 

Family Friendly

Description:

Help in Thrift Store with unpacking, sorting, pricing and display of donated clothes. Please bring good used fall and winter clothing as a donation.

Participants Needed:

6

Tools/Supplies Required:

None 

Wheelchair Ramp Project

Description:

Building wheelchair access ramp for a neighbor.   

Participants Needed:

5

Tools/Supplies Required:

Hammers, Saws

Project Coordinator:

Will Hansen, 387-4690

Seven Hill Day Shelter 

Family Friendly

Description:

Seven Hills is a crucial part of our community’s outreach to serve the less fortunate.  Help is need to clean and stock their day shelter.  This will include sorting and cleaning of warehouse, food pantry and clothes room.  Please bring staple food items, and/or good used fall and winter clothing as a donation. 

Participants Needed:

5

Tools/Supplies Required:

None 

Willow St. Apartments

Family Friendly

Description:

Ongoing outreach to the Willow St. Apts. Help host a Barbeque with games, bounce house. Fellowship with neighbors in need. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to minister to families in need.   

Participants Needed:

10

Tools/Supplies Required:

Project Coordinator:

Clint & Allison Elcan, 203-6028

Wiggins UMC Brunch

Description:

Help to serve at Wiggins UMC Saturday morning meal.  Share fellowship with our community homeless. Take donations of socks and a sack dinner for them to have as a Saturday evening meal.   

Participants Needed:

5

Tools/Supplies Required:

None

Sofia Yard Clean-up

Description:

Debris and Tree removal from yard of single woman.

Participants Needed:

5

Tools/Supplies Required:

Work Gloves, Chain Saws, Bush Cutters 

Project Coordinator:

Les Havens

Keas House Fix Up

Description:

Help family with minor house repairs and some painting 

Participants Needed:

3

Tools/Supplies Required:

Brushes, Rollers, Tools to fix broken items in home.  Also, needs smoke alarms for home to be replaced and/or repaired.