“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday

Day of Service

September 7, 2025

 

RECAP

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On Sunday, September 7th, CPLC and some of our neighbors participated in the ELCA National Day of Service. We tackled three projects this year:

1. Camp Noah Birthday Cards. Camp Noah is a day camp that serves children in communities impacted by disaster, this project had our members decorating 68 children’s birthday cards.
2. Post-State Fair Neighborhood Cleanup. This volunteer team consisted of 4 children/youth and 7 adults, and were tasked with picking up trash and debris at Chelsea Heights Elementary School grounds as well as the nearby Como Park neighborhood. The team covered 1 square mile and collected 8 bags of trash. In addition, the District 10 Community Council donated the use of clean-up tools to decrease the physical need to constantly bend over and pick up trash.
3. Stenciling Storm Drains. Volunteers for this activity were broken into 3-4 team members that stenciled storm drains in Falcon Heights neighborhood that are in the Lake Como watershed to help spread awareness of preventing pollutants from getting into our waterways. Team members were comprised of 3 kids/youth and 6 adults, and were responsible for stenciling drains from north of Larpenteur Ave to Garden Ave, and west of Hamline Ave N to Arona Street. Teams utilized drain stencils from the Friends of the Mississippi organization.

Thank you to everyone who participated in these service projects. We would also like to extend a big thank you to District 10 Community Council, the Friends of the Mississippi organization for the use of their tools, and Thrivent Financial Services for helping with material costs.

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