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 Mayor Ron Littlefield has publicly recognized the World Changers Program for their volunteer work in Chattanooga. This year marks the fifth year that World Changers has chosen Chattanooga as a recipient city.
World Changers, a ministry of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist, returned to the city of Chattanooga the week of July 21 through 28, bringing volunteer laborers from all over the country to provide free home repair to qualifying homeowners in low to moderate income neighborhoods. Projects include painting, roofing, porch repair, and construction of handicap ramps. “This group of dedicated volunteers provides much needed repair work for many elderly and deserving residents of Chattanooga. We’re privileged to again have over 360 volunteers with World Changers in Chattanooga to help those in need,” said Mayor Ron Littlefield.
In 2006, over 300 World Changers volunteers rehabbed 30 homes for some of our most deserving residents. This year, over 360 volunteer laborers will be in Chattanooga organized in crews consisting of middle school, high school and college students. They are scheduled to perform repairs on 34 project sites. The work is performed by the student volunteers along with supervision from construction professionals and skilled craftsmen.
The Department of Neighborhood Services and Community Development, along with Front Porch Alliance are providing funding for the cost of building materials and related supplies. Brainerd Baptist Church is providing lodging. Meals and water are being donated by local churches and community groups.
WHEREAS: Since 1990, World Changers, a dedicated Christian supported organization, has sought to provide Christian youth and adults with opportunities to meet the physical needs of others through practical learning, servanthood, and personal commitment to missions, and
WHEREAS: World Changers work diligently to provide physical and spiritual revitalization of the home and heart by performing home repairs to deserving senior citizens and qualifying homeowners, and
WHEREAS: Through their generosity and positive public service record, World Changers has and continues to impact the housing stock throughout the City of Chattanooga by free construction labor to those less fortunate, and
WHEREAS: This year, in continued partnership with the Department of Neighborhood Services, Community Development and Front Porch Alliance, World Changers will celebrate their fifth year of creative construction projects in our community, which have demonstrated their respective goal to “change the world” of the homeowners of our city, and
Now Therefore, I, Ron Littlefield, Mayor of the City of Chattanooga, do hereby proclaim July 21-28, 2007 as World Changers Home Repair Week Be it further resolved the residents of Chattanooga join with me in congratulating and recognizing the members of this organization for their efforts to encourage and guide our youth by teaching them to serve those less fortunate. We wish them much success in all of their future endeavors. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Chattanooga to be affixed this the 24th day of July, 2007 www.Chattanooga.gov |
