Saturday,
April 30, 2011 |
oin us for a service-packed day on Saturday, April 30, 2011, when you can impact our local communities. Invite a friend, co-worker, or neighbor to serve alongside with you – it’s a great way to show Christ’s love in action. We need you!
The projects below are broken into two major categories. Half day and Full day. Please read carefully and decide which project would work best for you or your family. Note: full day projects are to bring bag lunch, water bottles and work gloves unless otherwise noted in project description.
- check-in, coffee, continental breakfast
- rally together for a common cause
- sent out to serve in the city
- half day projects gather back together for lunch and debrief
- Decide which project you would like to participate in.
- From the "Volunteer Groupings/Project Requirements Key" shown on this page, find the icon that matches your age.
- Scroll down and read the about the projects. Decide which one you would like to serve in.
- Click on “online registration” link below the project description of the project you would like to serve at.
- Fill out ALL the fields on the registration form.
- Click next at the bottom of the registration form to complete your registration.
- Your registration will be confirmed if you receive a confirmation at the top of screen.
- If you are registering for a group, we would invite you to register each person individually.
- Once registered, a project leader will contact you with exact details about the service project. This will include equipment that may be needed, what type of clothes to wear, and directions/car pool instructions if the service project is off-site.
If you have any questions about the projects or about ServeCity in general, please contact Eric Elton at 952-898-9377 or Swen at 952-898-9372.
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- Where: Various parks in Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 40 volunteers - All ages are welcome, those under 18 must have adult supervision. This is a great project for families to serve together.
- What will volunteer do? Pick up litter and recyclables.
- Contact Person: Jessica Olson 952-898-9375 jolson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: Echo Park 1/4 mile east of County Road 11 on 140th Street, Burnsville MN
- How many can volunteer? 25 volunteers—all ages are welcome. This is a great project for families to serve together. Those under 18 must have adult supervision.
- What will volunteer do? This team will help restore Echo Park. Jobs will include raking and leveling wood chips on the playground, laying down sod along sidewalks, trimming broken tree branches, cleaning up grounds around park, readying gardens for spring which includes trimming, cleaning, and moving around wood chips.
- Contact Person: Handt & Kathy Hanson 952-898-9319 HHanson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: Nicollet and Sky Oaks Schools and surrounding parks
- How many can volunteer? 150 volunteers - All ages are welcome, those under 18 must have adult supervision. This is a great project for families to serve together.
- What will volunteer do? Pick up litter and recyclables.
- Contact Person: Julie Abear 651-405-3156 crazeebear15@aol.com.
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- Where: Prince of Peace – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 15 volunteers – All ages are welcome
- What will volunteer do? This team will be washing and cleaning the toys in Prince of Peace’s preschool. One group will load the toys in the dishwasher, then unload them and dry them. Another group will walk/wheelchair around the preschool and wash the larger toys.
- Contact Person: Sue Linden 612-865-3126 slinden@princeofpeaceonline.org.
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- Where: Mission Outpost– 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 15 volunteers – All ages are welcome.
- What will volunteer do? This team will be using t-shirt scraps left over from Diapers for Africa and make dog toys out of them. Easy and fun for the whole family.
- Contact Person: Diane Newcomer 952-432-6970 newcomerde@hotmail.com
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- Where: Prince of Peace – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 25 volunteers – Ages 12+
- What will volunteer do? This team will be taking donated t-shirts and making them into diapers for children in developing 3rd world countries, including our partners in Africa. You do not need to know how to sew, but if you would like to bring your own sewing machine and help, please do.
- Contact Person: Maureen Adrian 952-594-1838 mradian@comcast.net
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- Where: Mission Outpost – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 40 volunteers - All ages are welcome
- What will volunteer do? This team will sort and date check the 12,000 pounds of non-perishable food that has been collected from the Boy Scout food drive. This food is distributed in the Prince of Peace Mission Outpost and will also go to other food shelves in our community.
- Contact Person: Debbie Taylor craigdtaylor@msn.com
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- Where: Mission Outpost Furniture Ministry – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 50 volunteers - Ages 11+
- What will volunteer do? This team will drive around the local community picking up and delivering furniture to families south of the river. This project will include some heavy lifting, so please be aware of this when you sign up for this project.
- Contact Person: Judy Knutson 952-898-9310 jknutson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: New Brighton
- How many can volunteer? 25 volunteers - Ages 14+ (Also ratio needs to be 1 adult fo every 4 youth)
- What will volunteer do? This team will stock and reshelf donations that come into the main warehouse for Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat ReStores are retail outlets where quality used and surplus building materials are sold at a fraction of normal prices. Proceeds from ReStores help local affiliates fund the construction of Habitat houses within the community. Helping ReStore, will help them to raise enough funds to build several additional houses per year.
- Contact Person: Dave Sturlaugson 952-461-3369 dsturlaugson@mchsi.com
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- Where: Mission Outpost – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 30 volunteers - Ages 11+
- What will volunteer do?? This team will host families that come to visit the Mission Outpost, sort clothing and linens and work in the food shelf.
- Contact Person: Mary and Rick Newman 952-953-6390 mbnewman@up.com
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- Where: Savage
- How many can volunteer? 6 volunteers - Ages 16+ (Knowledge about cars is necessary)
- What will volunteer do?? This team will change the oil on cars at a local car care center in Savage. The car care center is donating the use of its facility for ServeCity. The recipients of the oil changes are visitors to the Mission Outpost.
- Contact Person: Eric Elton 952-898-9377 EElton@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: Mission Outpost – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 20 volunteers - Ages 12+
- What will volunteer do?? This team will put a second coat of paint on the new Outpost garage. This project is weather permitting.
- Contact Person: Chell Craigie 952-447-4919 chellandkaren@mchsi.com
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- Where: Prince of Peace – 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 10 volunteers - All ages are welcome, those under 10 must have adult supervision.
- What will volunteer do?? This team will prep the garden for the upcoming planting season. We will be creating the paths between the plots, creating the compost pile, pounding stakes, and running string to create plots for the garden. This project is weather permitting.
- Contact Person: Lynette Kaderlik 952-808-7845 nanakaderlik@live.com
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- Where: West side of Cedar Avenue about 2 blocks South of Dodd Center
- How many can volunteer? 16 volunteers - Ages 10+
- What will volunteer do?? This team will prepare the Project FoodPatch garden for planting. There will be jobs tilling (with a gas tiller), smoothing the ground behind the tiller, pounding stakes, and running string to create plots for the garden.
Project FoodPatch promotes community involvement in providing food for the hungry in Dakota County. The garden is entirely cultivated, planted, maintained and harvested by volunteers.
- Contact Person: Shari Prest 952-469-1916 sprest@projectfoodstock.org
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- Where: 14101 Irving Avenue South, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 10 volunteers - Ages 14+
- What will volunteer do? This team will sort clothing and linens, hang and put clothes away and colorization.
- Contact Person: Robert Bayer 952-223-6515 robert.bayer@lpl.com
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- Where: Augustana Regent at Burnsville – 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville
- How many can volunteer? 20 volunteers - All ages are welcome
- What will volunteer do? This team will make connections with senior citizens in our neighborhood. Together, we will also read short stories, play board games, and enjoy some treats with the residents. This is a great project for any age and someone that would enjoy some time with a senior friend.
- Contact Person: Sherry Johnson 651-456-9986 skjohnson@me.com
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- Where: Prince of Peace – 13801 Fairview Drive, Burnsville – Fellowship Hall, Worship Center
- How many can volunteer? 40 volunteers - All ages are welcome, designed for young families.
- What will volunteer do? This team will combine ingredients to make a dry soup mix that will be distributed to families that come into the Mission Outpost. We will also be making crafts with the younger children.
- Contact Person: Jim and Angela Ramey 952-736-7776 agramey@msn.com
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- Where: Various Locations
- How many can volunteer? 10 volunteers—all ages are welcome. This is a great project for families to serve together.
- What will volunteer do? This team will be going from home to home doing yard work at homes where the owner is physically unable to do the work. Work could include raking, lawn care, branch pick-up, and preparing gardens for summer planting. You will have a chance to meet and interact with homeowners.
- Contact Person: Swen Swenson 952-898-9372 cswenson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: 1112 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis
- Time? 10:00am - 1:30pm
- How many can volunteer? 20 Volunteers - All ages are welcome
- What will volunteer do? This team will help with a kids program that the Marie Sandvik Center runs on Saturdays. This will include helping with Vacation Bible School type activities, games, kickball, bible lessons, worship, lunch preparation, and riding the bus which picks up and drops off kids at their homes to make sure they are safe and chaperoned. Helping at the Marie Sandvik Center offers a chance to be a part of this inner city Christian community.
- Contact Person: Micah Pearson 763-568-9509 mpearson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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- Where: Burnsville
- Time? 2:00pm - 6:00pm
- How many can volunteer? 20 Volunteers - All ages are welcome
- What will volunteer do? This team will help with food booths, inflatable jumpies for kids, and other activities. This is a great chance to interact and make connections with our partner church Casa de Dios, as well as learn some Spanish in the process.
- Contact Person: Micah Pearson 763-568-9509 mpearson@princeofpeaceonline.org
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