April Showers Bring May…Volunteers?

by Brianna Schwenk

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With the help of a generous grant from their corporate office, Cargill employees were able to transform our empty flower beds into beautiful, welcoming landscaping, designed by expert gardener, Dana Land with The Personal Gardener.

In the past few weeks, there’s been an exciting buzz of energy around the Catherine McAuley Center. Spring has finally arrived, and with it, came groups of committed, generous, and eager volunteers who were ready to tackle big projects and make a difference in the community. In just three days, volunteers logged over 430 hours of service – that’s $9542.34 in volunteer labor! Together, the May groups contributed over $2,000 in supplies and monetary donations. Check out more photos of our projects and the great volunteers who contributed on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CatherineMcAuleyCenter.

We  would like to extend a huge, heartfelt thank you to all of the volunteers who have shared their time and skills with us this May. Without support from groups like these, we would not be able to offer the welcoming, quality services we are committed to developing and maintaining at the Center. It takes a lot of heart and many hands to keep CMC running. Our volunteer coordinator, Brianna Schwenk, is available to schedule and design a group volunteer experience for anyone who is interested in making a difference. If you or your organization is looking for a volunteer opportunity that builds teamwork, creates memories, and has a definite impact on our community, please contact our volunteer coordinator at 319-363-4993 or e-mail volunteer@cmc-cr.org.

A crew from GE Capital took care of our many spring cleaning projects such as: cleaning shelves, organizing our food pantry, shampooing the carpet, and creating a great working space for our office volunteers.

A crew from GE Capital took care of our many spring cleaning projects such as: cleaning shelves, organizing our food pantry, shampooing the carpet, and creating a great working space for our office volunteers.

The group from Toyota Financial undertook the massive project of getting our community garden ready for planting. Thanks to their volunteer labor and materials donation, we were able to paint the fence, till and plant the garden, paint our deck, power wash our houses, and make more space in our garage for storage.

The group from Toyota Financial undertook the massive project of getting our community garden ready for planting. Thanks to their volunteer labor and materials donation, we were able to paint the fence, till and plant the garden, paint our deck, power wash our houses, and make more space in our garage for storage.

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