Our dear friends at First Christian Church have done it again. They made some HUGE improvements here at HOME as a result of a grant they wrote and the skills they have in their Ambassadors' Club membership. First of all, they talked with our staff to find out what we needed. They found out that we had a freezer that was not frost free or energy efficient. They’ve been in our kitchen enough to see that one of our stoves was basically an antique. Oh yes, and it was hard to miss the big cracks in the linoleum on our kitchen floor.
And they could easily look into our computer room and tell that it needed some help.
So the Ambassadors' Club, led by Bud R., developed a plan and wrote a grant to accommodate our needs.
For two weekends in January, several volunteers spent many hours installing new linoleum, a new stove and freezer, taking out the old ones, and removing the old desks etc. in our computer room.
These are HARD workers. They built desks, shelving, and cubbies then installed them and painted the room.
They purchased 4 computers, monitors, and office chairs then brought them in. (Several HOME staff have their eyes on those NICE chairs – can we trade?)
We now have a frost free freezer, a large crock pot, a stove with a flat cooktop that’s easy to clean, and new linoleum on the kitchen floor that looks beautiful. BUT, the centerpiece of all the efforts is our new Computer Room.
It’s in nearly constant use and, since that’s an activity that we track, we’ll be able to see how many more youth use the computers now. We also regulate their time on the computers so they need to request a computer, get assigned one, and can only spend 15 minutes at a time.
BIG THANKS, once again, to the Ambassadors' Club at First Christian Church.
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