Sierra Service Project finishes a record-breaking summer
Sierra Service Project (SSP) has just finished a very busy and successful summer of home repair and youth ministry. Volunteer teams of more than 2,000 junior and senior high youth, along with adult chaperones from their churches, worked on six reservations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and in Urban Los Angeles. This included 126 volunteers from six churches in the Desert Southwest Conference. These hardworking volunteers completed 145 projects ranging from roof installation and building wheelchair ramps, to renovating bathrooms at a community center and taking part in a community garden project.
SSP employed 51 young adult summer staff members to lead the project sites. Three teams of youth and young adult volunteers spent two weeks in Honduras where they built six houses and learned about the local culture.
This is the highest number of volunteers, staff and projects in SSP’s history!
Sierra Service Project is now looking forward to 2011. Next spring, youth groups and campus ministry groups will have the opportunity to participate in Alternative Spring Break projects at the Urban Los Angeles site. Please contact Rick at the SSP office for more information and to register: 916-488-6441 or director@sierraserviceproject.org.
Information about 2011 summer projects will be available on September 15, 2010 on the SSP website sierraserviceproject.org. Priority registration is November 15, 2010.
The Sierra Service Project is one of many mission opportunities that get young people excited about church and help to keep young people connected.