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LIVERMORE FALLS — The week of June 25 through 29 will find work crews full of 50 youth and adults from Fayette Baptist Church busy in Livermore Falls. These crews will be working to provide free renovations to four local homes, as well as doing other, smaller community service projects.
The past four summers the church sent youth and adults throughout the Northeast to work on week-long work projects in cities such as Buffalo, N.Y. Each year the crews returned having enjoyed the experience, but wishing they could provide a similar service closer to home. The decision was made to start a local initiative in 2018 called Shoulder to Shoulder.
This spring, pastors Chris Blanche and Henry Cooper of Fayette Baptist Church worked together with Livermore Falls town manager Stephen Gould. Through an application process, they identified four individuals/families in Livermore Falls who could benefit from this project. Funds raised by the church will be used to purchase materials, and projects range from painting, new windows, interior work, ramp construction and general clean-up.
FBC is excited to undertake this week long project, with participants ranging in age from 10 to 85. It is the desire of the church to show the love of Jesus to the local community in a tangible way, and hopes it will be a blessing and encouragement to the families impacted, the pastors noted.
Many local businesses have gotten on board to support Shoulder to Shoulder through donations and services. Work crews will be fed and materials have been purchased at cost thanks to Fayette Baptist Church, IGNITE Youth, Ware Butler, Pat’s Wallpaper, Straightline Roofing and Siding, Bessey Designs, Main-Land Development Consultants, Inc., Food City, Hanford, Castonguay Meats, Chretien’s Kitchen, Chuck Wagon, Dunkin Donuts, Franchetti’s Home Town Variety, Good Sheperd Food Bank, LaFleur’s Restaurant, Livermore Falls Baking Company, Mallard Mart, McDonald’s, Ricker Hill Orchard, Riverside Kwik Stop, and Stevenson’s Strawberries.
PHOTO: Tad Jewett, 2017 Spruce Mountain High School graduate, worked on summer projects last year in the Shoulder to Shoulder program. (Submitted photo)
