We sent teams out to serve our community in 3 key locations – Sherman Hills which is one of the largest low-income housing developments in our area, the Public Square in the center of downtown, and Kirby Park a large, centralized gathering place for families. Each team was equipped with a mobile grill, handing out free hot dogs and hamburgers, which led to numerous opportunities to pray for people and engage them in spiritual conversations!

The Red Sand Project is a participatory artwork demonstrated by pouring red sand into pavement cracks. The grains of red sand represent the millions of men, women, and children who often fall through the cracks, and are exploited daily for commercial sex or forced labor.

This demonstration was hosted by Restored, in partnership with the NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking. 

A group of volunteers headed over to Coal Street Park to engage kids and families! They played a pick-up game of soccer and basketball. Later in the day, they were joined by another group bringing gatorade and lunch, which created an opportunity to connect and share!

One of our teams built and planted 14 garden beds at a local youth center. These vegetables will resource the hundreds of kids and dozens of staff members at the center, as they serve three meals a day for all the kids that attend their programs. The children and staff alike were excited about the new garden and eager to get involved!

We were able to continue our ongoing partnership with Pathways Pregnancy Center and support them in tangible ways! Volunteers helped to process the donations that came in from their recebt Baby Bottle Fundraiser, as well as build shelving units to create better organization for their resource closet! 

A small team of volunteers had the opportunity to transform the atrium of the Luzerne County Human Resource building into a comfortable space for department meetings and conversations. We want to make sure that our frontline workers know that their valuable work is appreciated! 

We had a team that packed hundreds of blessing bags that we were able to distribute to various nursing homes, community partners and first responders. Each bag contained a gospel of Mark and various other items to help them know they were remembered and appreciated!

One of our members had the idea to host a fun obstacle course during the block party and give away as many bikes as possible. He partnered with a local bike shop and worked with a team on Friday replacing parts to get all the bikes working. On Saturday, the Bike Rodeo drew quite the crowd! They were able to give away close to 20 bikes and have a number of spiritual conversations. We were able to follow up with a number of people who were interested in more information about Restored Kids, UNITE Youth and about becoming a follower of Jesus!