Festival = Huge Success!

The North Richmond Community Festival truly was a celebration of the spirit of community.  We had great food that was cooked by the community!  F0r entertainment we had games by the Richmond YMCA, bounce houses, the Chic Filet cow, a talent show by the children from Pink and Sequin . The pink Elementary choir, and an amazing dance crew!

Pablo Monroy and his team did a great job organizing this event, and God provided good weather! Each of the 5 initiatives were represented with the leaders and/or partnership volunteers; such as; the prayer team offered prayers and/or free hugs; Benevolence booth was hosted by Helping Hands who let families know they are there for them;  the Literacy booth was shared with the Literacy Council of Fort Bend who was assessing some needs in this area; and the Construction booth was shared with the Fort Bend CORPS who accepted applications for home repair.  Our construction team was also out in the community early that morning, meeting families door to door.  It really was an exciting day to be out and a part of this community!

Besides just having fun, we wanted the event’s purpose to be about us listening to the community about what they believed their community assets were and their biggest needs through an assessment survey developed by Noel Rydecki. Noel’s volunteer team hosted a booth for folks to fill out this survey and have great conversations about this community. The data will help us to determine how we to best proceed in helping the families of North Richmond.

This was a great day to shine our light in this community and share God’s love. Thanks to all who had a part!