LOVE CEDAR VALLEY
Saturday, April 21, 2007
OUTREACHES

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12:15-1:00 p.m. Opening sign-up and worship
1:00-2:30 p.m. Kindness explosion
2:45-3:30 p.m. closing worship celebration


CHURCH-SPECIFIC SERVICE PROJECTS:

Painting/Repairs/Construction

  • Boys n’ Girls Club
  • House of Hope
  • Walnut Court Apartments

Habitat for Humanity

  • Work at three different Habitat locations

Yardwork/Outdoor work

  • Two churches helping neighbors with yardwork
  • People’s Clinic
  • Quakerdale grounds
  • Community United Childcare Centers
  • YWCA

Litter pick-up

  • Litter pick up the week of 4/21 along Independence Ave.

Reaching out to our schools

  • Planting prairie grass at McKinstry Elementary
  • Treat baskets given to staff at McKinstry Elementary by church who is partner in Education
  • Treat baskets given to Lincoln, CF, staff by their partners in education
  • Treats, cheering fans, lunch provided for Longfellow Elementary’s two soccer teams.
  • Installing countertop and doing landscaping at Hoover Middle School
  • Painting and clean-up at Lowell Elementary
  • Personal hygiene kits to students at River Hills

Goodie baskets

  • Taken to College Square Mall employees by Girl Scout Group
  • Hospice
  • Fire departments
  • Police Station
  • Car repair shops
  • Tri-county Child and Family Development

Meals

  • meal served at Walnut Court Apartments
  • sack lunches at 5 th St. near Dollar General and at 23 rd and College.
  • Breakfast Club served at Harvest Vineyard/along with a grocery giveaway

Other Agencies being served

  • Humane Society- group going to walk dogs and help where needed
  • Alternatives- group going to help do administrative work
  • Northeast Iowa Food Bank- three groups volunteering through day
  • ASPIRE- General clean-up at the horse farm
  • IHOPE- cleaning and floor polishing  

KINDNESS OUTREACHES

(Leaders, locations, supplies provided by churches that allow people
to sign-up on outreach teams from 12-12:30 during the opening kick-off)

Car window washing:
  • Harvest Vineyard parking lot

Carnation giveaways:

  • Two locations of Western Home on Grove St. and all four locations of Western Homes on South Main CF
  • CF Lutheran Home  

Children’s fingerprint kits:

  • Kimball Ave./Park Lane area, W’loo

Cleaning crews:

  • At CF Lutheran Home
  • At CF Health Care Center
  • Local businesses in Evansdale
Goodie Baskets:
  • CountryView Nursing Home
  • Youth Shelter
  • Detention Center
  • 2 Deery Brother locations
  • Allen Hospital
  • 2 Urgent Care locations
  • MayDay baskets Mulberry/Sycamore neighborhood

Hartman Reserve:

  • set up for an event
  • trail trimming work

Hearst Center:

  • Odd jobs at the Hearst Center
Hot dog giveaways:
  • Countryside Vineyard Parking lot, Evansdale
  • George Wyth Park along the bike trail
  • Harvest Vineyard parking lot, Franklin St, Wloo
  • Lincoln Park, Wloo
  • W. 9 th/ Mitchell- Liberty Park

Hudson Road Laundromat:

  • hand out quarters for laundry

Ice Cream Truck:

  • Traveling through W’loo/CF during Kindness Explosion

Litter Pick ups:

  • Longfellow Elementary and surrounding neighborhood
  • Parkade CF
  • Two locations on Greenhill bike trail

M&M or Skittle giveaways:

  • Parkade CF
  • Wal-Mart CF
  • HyVee Gas CF
  • Hudson and Viking Rd. CF
  • 6 th and Main, CF
  • 6 Corners W’loo
  • Deerwood Park, Evansdale
  • Prospect/Ridgeway
  • Sam’s Club/Culvers area
  • 18th/College, CF
  • Greenhill/S. Main CF
  • Town of Hudson 4 way stop near center of town
  • Town of Dike 4 way stop near center of town
  • Janesville near the high school

Microwave popcorn giveaway:

  • Hawkeye Community College
  • Mobile Home Park on Lincoln St. CF
  • Intersection of 23 rd/College St. CF
  • Ridgeway/Ansborough W’loo
  • Fareway Area in CF
  • Newell/E. 4 th St. W’loo
  • Waterloo library Courtyard
  • 4way stop by Pier One W’loo
  • Hostess Bakery/gas station North Cedar CF
  • Neighborhood surrounding OHC, CF

Nursing Home/Retirement Home Visits:

  • CF Lutheran Home
  • CF Health Care Center
  • Harmony House
  • Rosewood Estates
  • Manicures at Parkview

Popped popcorn giveaways:

  • Blockbuster corner CF College Square
  • Seerley/Valley Park Dr., CF
  • E. 4 th/Independence, Wloo

Prayer:

  • Prayer team gathering at Orchard Hill during Kindness Explosion; also a group will drive around and pray.

Sack lunches:

  • Conger/Burton Ave., Wloo

Soccer Complex:

  • Handing out coupons for $ off at concession

Twinkies Giveaway:

  • Rainbow Dr./ Greenhill Rd., Wloo
  • Idaho/Independence Ave., Wloo
  • Cedar Heights/Greenhill, CF
  • W.4 th/Ridgeway, Wloo
  • Shaulis/Hess Rd., Wloo
  • Broadway/Conger, Wloo
  • Fletcher/Campbell, Wloo
  • Hudson Rd./23 rd St., CF

UNI finals survival kits:

  • UNI campus and student union

Water, pop, or Gatorade Giveaways:

  • Hammond Ave./Ridgeway
  • YMCA
  • CF Rec Center
  • Pfeiffer Park
  • Dog Park on South Main
  • Bike path on South Main/Oregon
  • Kimball/Ridgeway
  • 6 th/Franklin, CF
  • 18 th/Waterloo Rd., CF
  • 12th and College, CF
  • E.11 th/Franklin, Wloo
  • Logan Ave./Donald St., Wloo
  • UNI Wellness Center
  • Gilbert/River Forest Rd., Evansdale
  • Evans/Lafayette Rd., Evansdale
  • Town of Hudson by the high school

 

"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds ." - Hebrews 10:24

The mission of Love Cedar Valley is to partner with area churches to extend the love of Christ in
real and practical ways in order that our community be reconciled to God and one another.

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