VOLUNTEER CARE GROUP - Action
Completed action:
A list of local contractors who are willing to donate time and possibly some materials for small home maintenance projects has been developed. Churches and the local welfare office will be the main source of referrals of people in need. The recipients of such services are elderly or those with limited or no financial resources to see such projects done. This will help easy poverty on three levels:
- monetary (those who do not have the funds for needed small repairs on their homes)
- community housing (making those homes more comfortable for the recipients and improving the quality of the house and neighborhood)
- spiritual (the art and heart of giving)
Non-traditional Child Care: Dale Garrett has met with Kevin Schott, whose wife, Stacey, has a day care center. Stacey is licensed and her day care center is certified. Kevin and Stacey are interested in further developing the idea of non-traditional childcare hours. They are conducting their own studies on this. Non-traditional childcare hours will help solve another issue related to poverty…parents who cannot work, or be trained for higher paying jobs because of lack of childcare.