On Saturday June 11, 2011, 70 volunteers came together at the First Christian Church to serve our community’s senior citizens by weatherizing their homes: installing weather-strip kits on doors, caulking exterior windows, spraying expandable foam filling basement cracks and leaks, and washing all exterior windows. This helps the homeowners save on heating and cooling costs, and feel more comfortable living in their homes.
The first phase of the project was locating 12 eligible homes where seniors (age 60+) that were living in homes they owned.
Months prior to the project, RSVP Director JoBeth Lewer began recruiting 10 senior volunteers (over 55) to each lead their own team consisting of 4-6 community volunteers. The team members will include local volunteers, MUM students from around the world, and Elders and Hermana’s from the Church of the Latter Day Saints participating from as far away as Alaska, currently serving in Iowa City and other neighboring cities.
Our RSVP Team Captains.
RSVP partnered with Scott Timm, Fairfield’s Sustainability Coordinator for the city’s Go Green Commission and ISU Extension Office, and Troy VanBeek of Ideal Energy.
Scott and Troy assisted the project offering their expertise (more…)
Volunteers are hard at work in this photo, installing summer public art in downtown Fairfield.
The mission of the Heavenly Pet Sanctuary is to rescue, shelter and provide long-term care to lost, homeless, abandoned companion animals— in order to give them an ideal quality of life, free from pain and suffering, with the possibility of adoption into a permanent, loving home.
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