[Newman-l] FW: Good Works opportunity to SERVE on Saturday

Tue Apr 5 09:45:00 EDT 2011

Hey Newman,

Keith at Good Works sent me this email this morning and the former service chair in me thought I'd send it around.  They're looking for volunteers on Saturdays this spring and are a great organization to get involved with if you're interested in community service.

Hope your days go well!

Peace,
Courtney
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From: Good Works [goodworks at good-works.net]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:26 PM
To: Wasserman Keith
Subject: Good Works opportunity to SERVE on Saturday

greetings from your friends at Good Works here in Athens!

We have a new volunteer opportunity that I'd like to bring to tell you about. During this April and May, we are inviting people to serve on Saturdays at the Good Works Luhrig Road property.

Volunteers will be:
Working with The Good Works gardens
Splitting firewood
Mowing
Working on and developing the Good Works trails on the land
Serving with the Hope Center decking and siding project

This opportunity is intended for volunteers to come and explore Good Works through a one-day commitment. If you like your experience with us
and want to come back, you would then go through our application process and make a commitment to participate regularly for several weeks.

Times on Saturday

You can come from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon     or      You can come from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (pack a lunch if you are coming all day)

For more information and to let us know you want to participate, please e-mail Paul Richard at goodworks at good-works.net<mailto:goodworks at good-works.net> or contact him by phone at
740.594.3336.  We DO need to know you are coming ahead of time! Please let us know by Friday's at noon. Thanks!

Love is a verb,

Keith Wasserman

FACEBOOK
If you are on Facebook, please "like us". We post updates several times a week. We would like to keep you updated on the happenings of Good Works.
Just go to our page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Works-Inc/150856868283391 and ‘Like’ us.  We like you! Thank you for ‘Like’ing us : )

TRANSFORMATION STATION
We need cars!! Do you know anyone who might consider donating their used car to Good Works? We have over 100 people on the waiting list right now.

Transportation is the number one issue that separates rural poverty from urban poverty making rural poverty worse. The Good Works Transformation Station helps people in Athens County to obtain cars through our "sweat equity" volunteer opportunity for those who need a car to earn it through service to others. We have provided cars to 79 families since the program began. But we really need cars right now.

If you know anyone willing to donate a car to Good Works or would like more information,
please contact us at 740.594.3336 or through e-mail at goodworks at good-works.net<mailto:goodworks at good-works.net>

The IRS value of used vehicles often offers a better benefit to the donor than a trade-in because we do not resell the vehicles but provide them directly to people who need them.

WEEK OF SERVICE
If you know someone interested in coming to Good Works to serve for 1 week, encourage them to read about WEEK OF SERVICE from our web site (under Internships) and e-mail us for an application. We are now accepting applications for spring and summer. Week of Service does not require any financial commitment.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIFE
We are seeking groups to sponsor ONE Friday Night Supper this spring. We have several open dates.
Do you know of a small group (not less than 7 and not more than 14) who might consider helping us provide nutritional food to our friends who are struggling with poverty one Friday? Typically, we have about 100-125 each week. Good Works Friday Night Life initiative (now in year #18) moves from The Plains United Methodist Church to the Good Works Luhrig Road property on April 1st.

Could you pass along this need and help us find a group who would help us  by sponsoring ONE of these suppers?

You can contact Sherilyn Weinkauf at  sherilyn at good-works.net<mailto:sherilyn at good-works.net> or 740.594.3339 for more information on what is involved in sponsoring a supper.
Sponsors arrive at 4:00 pm and stay until 8:00 pm and provide food for 100-125 people.

You can also visit our web page (www.good-works.net<http://www.good-works.net/>) and click on Friday Night Life and read through section called "FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SPONSOR A SUPPER.

SERVICE LIVING
Service Living is our campus initiative directed at first year Ohio University students. Our vision is to invite students to learn about this history, beauty, values, needs and people of rural Appalachia through service?  SERVICE LIVING is a partnership between Ohio University and Good Works to enable students to get off campus in learn the value of service in Athens County. We have established 6 weekly three hour weekly transformation groups for students. For more information, contact us by e-mail or visit our SERVICE LIVING web site
http://serviceliving.wordpress.com/

RETREAT CABIN
The Good Works solitude retreat cabin is available as a free service for anyone who desire a short time of solitude. You can learn more about the cabin (it is a free service) from our web site.

[cid:18E17565-CCD2-46AC-BE3A-60C85DC8A53E at myhome.westell.com] Please "like us" on facebook

GOOD WORKS EXISTS to connect people from all walks of life with
PEOPLE in poverty so that the kingdom of God can be experienced.

Keith Wasserman
Good Works, Inc.
P.O. Box 4
Athens, Ohio 45701

Contact information
The Timothy House 740.594.3333
The Hannah House 740.594.3336
Hope and Possibilities 740.541.0883
Service Living 740.856.1214
Good Works Administrative Office 740.594.3339
Founder/ Executive Director 740.594.9000

Web www.good-works.net<http://www.good-works.net>
www.walkforthehomeless.net<http://www.walkforthehomeless.net>

Email goodworks at good-works.net<mailto:goodworks at good-works.net>

The following is also something to ponder...

If you woke up this morning healthy ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the fear and loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pain of starvation ... you are better off than 500 million people in the world.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ...
you are more comfortable than 75% of the people in this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

You are invited to read the Good Works Community BLOG (www.good-works.net<http://www.good-works.net>)  called Perspective is Everything.
It is located at the very top of our web page.

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