GDS: Projects

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Projects for 2010

Help return natural beauty to our area.
1. Parks: painting equipment at some of the local parks.
2. Sherman Night Out: Encourage families to go outdoors between 6:30 and 9:00 on June 22nd. Turn off televisions & other electronics. Go to parks for special events. (For example: walk in the park, enjoy activities at the park, attend Hot Summer Nights, go with your children to Hagerman Wildlife Preserve.)
3. Paint My Number: paint house numbers on curbsides to help with 911 emergencies.

Adult supervisors will be needed to work with Service Academy for Youth participants. Homes will be referred by the city. Scraping & painting will be done on the outsides of homes. Projects will be done on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Help build a new home that will break ground on April 10th and will be dedicated during Great Days.

A one day leadership camp for students in grades 7-12.

Pick up trash around areas in Sherman

A meal is served to all city, county, state and federal employees in Sherman on Thursday, June 25. Volunteers will be needed to make homemade desserts for the meal. Donations of new give-a-way items like ball caps, t-shirts, coolers, and more will be accepted. Items may have company logos on them.

Help deliver to Meal on Wheels receipts during this week. We will also send out Care Packages to them on Friday.

This will be a community-wide food drive held to restock the Food banks in the community. Volunteers may bring donations of food or money to partner groups by June 23.

Volunteers will make receiving blankets and gowns for newborn infants. On-going all week. Dedication will take place on Thursday afternoon.

Teams of volunteers will visit nursing home residents on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

“Care Packages” will be provided to people in need of encouragement including Meals on Wheels. Volunteers will be needed to help assemble the packages on Wednesday & Thursday and to deliver them on Friday. Sample-sized personal products, individually wrapped snack packages, notepads & pens, small packages of tissues, & baby diapers may be dropped off at any of the partner churches.

Adults will have the opportunity to read to children at the Glennie O’Hamm Center, at the Rose Hill Community Center, and other childcare facilities in the area.

A service will be held and a meal will be served to the residents of the Boot Camp. Volunteers will be needed to make homemade desserts.

A one day camp on June 26th for survivors of traumatic brain injury. Adults are needed to help by bringing food, work in kitchen, or buddy with a camper. (Not responsible for care giving.) This camp is in partner with Great Days and will be held at the CCLC. Co-sponsors: Baylor Rehab. & UMW

Living Well & Aging Well - on Friday, June 25th at the L.I.F.E. Center Specialty Hospital from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to set up, clean up, greet, and assist throughout the event.