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Seashore District Volunteer Center VIM project -- Completed
Hoosier United Methodist News Archives
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March 2006 |
Hoosier volunteers begin building center in Mississippi
The first wave of volunteers in mission from Indiana are on site this week in D'Iberville, Miss.
More than 78 percent or 187, of the 240 volunteers needed to build the Seashore District Volunteer Center there between March 6 and April 28, have registered.
As of March 1, 53 volunteer builders, cooks and food handlers for the one-week commitment are still needed for the project. The first five weeks are booked. Nine more volunteers are needed for week six April 10-14, 16 more for April 17-21 and 28 more for April 24-28, the end of the project.
Progress on the Volunteer Center includes: Dirt work is done; slab site built up for drainage is completed; slab forming is next with plumbing rough to follow; cabinets are ordered. Last week the steel building arrived.
Volunteers still needed
Each volunteer's workweek begins on Sunday evening with orientation and worship, and ends on Friday afternoon. Limited RV parking will be available by arrangement. Those interested, in volunteering their time for construction work or meal preparation, need to complete a volunteer registration form available online at www.inareaumc.org or faxed by calling 317-924-1321.
The cost per person per week of this mission project is $100 and includes sleeping space and meals at Heritage United Methodist church. Each volunteer is responsible for getting to and from D'Iberville from Indiana. Registered volunteers will be contacted by a project team coordinator.
Activities for each week are listed in the Indiana Area Web site project information at www.inareaumc.org. Click on Seashore District Volunteer Center for information and forms.
$146,000 to go
Crucial to the project at this point are funds to complete the center. To date $53,895 has been received with up to $146,000 still needed. Donations can be sent to the Seashore District Volunteer Center Project, Indiana Area United Methodist Foundation, 1100 West 42nd St., Suite 210, Indianapolis, IN 46208. Note on the check Seashore District Volunteer Center. One-hundred percent of all proceeds will go to this project. All gifts are tax deductible.
Bishop Coyner sent letters in February to Indiana churches encouraging them to support the project with Lenten special offerings and money raising projects.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008