INVOLVEMENT

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 a day to partner with area churches to extend the love of Christ in real
and practical ways in order that our community would take a step in being reconciled to God and one another.
Love Cedar Valley - 3900 Orchard Hill Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
319.266.9796