Group Cares: Mission New Bern
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During the week of July 24, 2016, Group Cares Mission New Bern in partnership with Neuse River Community Development Corporation brought over 165 volunteers from across the United States to New Bern to serve the community through home repair. This mission promoted the spirit of community service throughout the city, leading to a partnership with Neuse River Community Development Corporation, the City of New Bern, and other area organizations to initiate a citywide week of volunteerism and service named Paint Your Heart Out. As a result of the Group Cares: Mission New Bern, Paint Your Heart Out collaboration, over 5,000 volunteer hours were spent throughout the city by local and out-of-town volunteers serving the elderly, disabled, and those financially unable to address home repair needs on their own.
Continuing to advance the mission, Group Cares Mission New Bern and Paint Your Heart Out will be held during the week of July 23, 2017. As of November 2016, over 400 Group Cares volunteers from across the U.S. have already registered to repair up to 70 homes in New Bern in 2017. Group Cares began in 1977 with the Colorado Flood Disaster Recovery Workcamp. Since then, thousands of young people and their adult leaders have participated in hundreds of Workcamps throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Many families have received help they probably would not have otherwise received. |
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Objectives
- To assist the elderly, disabled, and low-income families with home-repair projects they cannot manage themselves
- To support local agencies with their backlog of home-repair and weatherization projects
- To provide cross-cultural service experiences for young people
- To help young people grow in their Christian faith through service
Key Benefits
Group Cares: Mission New Bern will
Group Cares: Mission New Bern will
- Increase real estate property values
- Improve the housing stock
- Stabilize neighborhoods
- Generate revenue for local businesses and establishments
- Educate youth and adults in painting, home maintenance, and repair skills.
- Promote the spirit of community service
- Enhance the quality of life for recipients
- Unite citizens, businesses, churches, community organizations, and volunteers throughout the city
- Increase tourism by exposing New Bern to volunteers from across the United States
Statement of Work
Neuse River Community Development Corporation, NRCDC, has partnered with Group Cares as cosponsor of Group Cares: Mission New Bern.
During the week of July 23, 2017, youth from across the United States will gather in New Bern to assist the elderly, disabled, and low-income families with home-repair projects they cannot manage themselves; support local agencies with their backlog of home-repair and weatherization projects; provide cross-cultural service experiences for young people; and help young people grow in their Christian faith through service.
Neuse River Community Development Corporation, NRCDC, has partnered with Group Cares as cosponsor of Group Cares: Mission New Bern.
During the week of July 23, 2017, youth from across the United States will gather in New Bern to assist the elderly, disabled, and low-income families with home-repair projects they cannot manage themselves; support local agencies with their backlog of home-repair and weatherization projects; provide cross-cultural service experiences for young people; and help young people grow in their Christian faith through service.
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Type of Work
As local cosponsor, NRCDC will partner with The City of New Bern, local churches, local community organizations, and area agencies to identify and select project worksites. The types of projects Group Cares: Mission New Bern will do:
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