Dinner on the Lawn Campaign for the Impact Center

The Dinner on the Lawn Campaign will raise $1,175,000 to fund the development of a vital Impact Center to expand and sustain the powerful programs that feed hungry families, transform lives and offer hope and empowerment to so many locally! There will be many more stories of hope and redemption, families assisted, women and children uplifted, along with a good bit of fun and celebration! Join the Impact Center Campaign by clicking HERE to donate. Your donation will be divided 75% towards the Impact Center and 25% for the cost to sustain CCS’s 4 vital programs with people. We appreciate your continued support!

This strategic upgrade provides a flexible multi-purpose facility at the center of our campus to expand and optimize Seed to Feed’s “Teen Grower” internship to impact many more local youth and young adults! This initiative will not only intensively train and mentor more youth in sustainable agriculture and marketable landscaping practices—teens will learn to step up, care and take initiative fighting hunger locally—responding to food scarcity and the urgent needs of hungry families! In “Teen Growers” young adults “get their hands dirty” preparing the soil, planting seeds, watering and fertilizing, even weeding on hands and knees in the hot sun—whew! It takes hard work and discipline to responsibly plant, care for and harvest fresh vegetables & fruits in our community gardens and greenhouses! Yet the transformation that takes place, the character and leadership development, while learning to give back, serve unselfishly, and love the community we love—is priceless!

Additionally, just as Church Community Services helps revitalize so many people’s lives and homes, the Impact Center will offer a large multi-purpose meeting space—to welcome, train and mobilize volunteers, in addition to adding classrooms, staff offices, critical food storage and equipment space—to carry out our vital mission implementing our vital programs with people.

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