Neighborhood Clean-UP
The Friends of North Richmond mission is gearing up for another Neighborhood Clean-Up, and your help is greatly appreciated! There are several volunteer roles that are needed, and we are reaching out to you to help make this event another successful outreach.
There are needs for volunteers on Saturday, October 29th and Saturday, November 5th for the Friends of North Richmond Neighborhood Clean-up. Volunteers are needed both days. If you’re interested, please visit http://friendsofnorthrichmond.org/construction to sign up!
On Saturday, October 29th, 10:00 AM – Noon The Construction Team specifically needs volunteers to walk designated streets in North Richmond to hand out and ask residents to sign waivers in preparation for the Neighborhood Cleanup Day. These volunteers will also help us identify future candidates for construction projects.
Saturday, November 5th is Neighborhood Clean-up Day! 8:00 AM- 1:00 PM, we need approximately 200 volunteers that day to accomplish our goal. We need 11 “Street Captains” for the 5th who will be assigned to a street and direct a volunteer crew.
As with every neighborhood clean-up, we are in need of “Street Captains,” who is someone who takes a lead role in ensuring that a particular street’s needs are being addressed. If you would like to be a Street Captain, please plan to arrive early on Saturday, October 29th at 9:00 AM for a training session. Ideally (but not required), Street Captains would participate on both October 29th and November 5th. No construction knowledge or skills are needed. You just have to be able to lead a group and facilitate getting the clean-up efforts done.
We will need the following roles/equipment:
- Street Captains Waiver collection crew members (October 29th)
- Check-in table crew members -both days
- Food crew members (November 5th only)
- Clean-up crew members (November 5th only)
- Trucks and trailers (November 5th only)
- Prayer team – both days
Sign-Up, TODAY! http://friendsofnorthrichmond.org/construction
Thank you!
Come join us!
Click here to join us for the 2011 Friends of North Richmond Mission Week. This year we are going to have a variety of events, such as Kids’ Camp and construction projects. Below is a list of areas where we are in need of assistance (no experience necessary):
- Food team for kids (we need a team to help us provide food for the kids)
- Volunteer food crew (team to provide food for volunteers)
- Recreation
- Small group leader
- Art and crafts
- Decoration and props
- Photography
- Medical team (we need one person to cover Tuesday only)
- Set up and Tear Down Team
- Wheelchair ramp crew (2 teams)
- Paint (5 to 6 people)
- House repairs
- House clean up crew
- Prayer / Spiritual Team
Here is the Camp information:
- Where: Juan Seguin Elementary (605 Maple Street)
- When: June 27 – 30 (only 4 nights)
- Time: 5:30 to 8:30PM
- Cost: “your time”
Note: We will be having a training on Sunday, June 26th | 1:15 PM | Big Tent
Thank you and God bless!
Friends of North Richmond Week 2011
Do you and your family want to make a difference in your community this summer?
Consider a mission trip in your own back yard. There will be a combination of construction projects, community outreach, Kid’s Camp and relational ministry. Register online TODAY!
June 27-30, 2011
5:30PM to 8:30PM for Construction
6:30PM to 8:30PM for Kids Camp
Supporting Friends of NR
We have received a lot of questions this past month about how to give a financially to the Friends of North Richmond Initiative. It’s now never been easier. All you have to do is click on the Donate button located to the right, or on the GIVE tab at the top of this page.
Clicking on the Donate button will take you to a safe and secure Paypal account. It simple, safe and easy. You can be certain that your gift goes directly toward helping those who live in North Richmond and nothing else. We have little to no overhead and only one paid staff member, so this allows us to make the very most of your gift and make a difference in someone else’s life very quickly!
Thank you in advance for your generous donation.
Mission Week Day 5
For 5 nights in a row over this past week, 250 different River Pointe volunteers showed up and loved on North Richmond! It was so awesome to see families serving together, our middle and high school students…it really felt like to the whole church was represented out there this week! We wrapped it all up with some great BBQ prepared by a family in the neighborhood and some great music! Read more >>
Mission Week – Day 4
Today I want to highlight our amazing prayer team! This team is the foundation for everything we are doing out here this week. They have had some great conversations, amazing divine appointments and many have shared personal requests for prayer. Pray for our prayer team that they would be encouraged and strengthened in their ministry. May God use them to shine his light in the darkest places!
Mission Week-Day 3
The highlights from Day 3 come from our construction crews! I am blown away by the volunteers and the grace they practically express through home repair. These men and women work so hard and with such excellence! In many cases they are working in less than ideal conditions dealing with plumbing and sewage, or just doing work inside very hot spaces, yet they are driven by a love that is bigger than them! Last night a crew worked late and went above and beyond the call of duty by removing two huge trees that were growing up against a house and hauled it all off.
So this is a shout out to the 111 different volunteers who have lifted, painted, nailed, caulked, cut, cleaned and loved on 7 different homeowners during Mission Week. You guys rock!
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!
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