Volunteers give time to “Mission Mendota” to beautify community

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Posted 9/14/17

As part of their year-long mission action focus called “Feed The Need,” members of St. John’s Lutheran Church, with help from members of 1st Presbyterian Church, Holy Cross Church, Zion United Methodist, and the Mendota community, recently volunteered on several community service projects.

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Volunteers give time to “Mission Mendota” to beautify community

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Ken and Lori Ladenburger are busy planting in front of the Mendota Swimming Pool, Sept. 9. Several other volunteers also spent the day working on projects around town as part of “Mission Mendota” to beautify the community. (Reporter photo)

(MENDOTA) As part of their year-long mission action focus called “Feed The Need,” members of St. John’s Lutheran Church, with help from members of 1st Presbyterian Church, Holy Cross Church, Zion United Methodist, and the Mendota community, recently volunteered on several community service projects.

On Saturday, Sept. 9, teams painted the dining hall at The Mendota Lutheran Home, painted dugouts at the Mendota Little League fields, painted fencing at the softball field, picked up trash at local parks, planted perennials, spread mulch at playgrounds, and painted park garbage cans. Approximately 90 people from age 5 to 93 participated.

Carl Ambler and the City of Mendota coordinated projects and provided supplies and equipment. Floralcrest provided several rose bushes and others donated plants from their own gardens.

The goal of this “Mission Mendota” project was to offer people an opportunity to give some time and energy to projects that enhance and beautify our community. The day of service capped off a yearlong series of events offered through St. John’s that also included a food packing event in which volunteers packaged over 25,000 meals to be shipped over the world; the ELCA Global Barnyard project where members donated over $6,000 to provide live farm animals and bee hives to people throughout the world; and a summer backpack program that provided food for kids in need in Mendota over the summer.