When: Sat. June 25^th 8:00 to noon (come at any time for however long you can stay).

This is a great project for parents and teens to work on together – Please bring a parent if possible.

Your child must have a consent form.  Download consent form here.

Click here for a copy of the safety outline.

Work to be completed: Charitable Helpers will be pressure washing and sealing a deck, planting shrubs, pulling weeds, mulching gardens while Charitable Constructors completes many home renovations.

Where: 1005 River Ridge Terrace – Rolling River subdivision – Bellevue

What to bring: Wear shorts and tee shirts. Wear shoes that completely cover your feet, no sandals or flip flops. Bring shovels, rakes, hedge trimmers, tree limb saw, wheel barrow, work gloves.

Background information: The homeowner is a St Henry parishioner and is single mom of two children.  Their home has sustained damage from storms.

RSVP:  Please RSVP to Robin Round at Robin.Round06@comcast.net so we know how many people to expect.

Work to be completed: Cutting overgrown shrubs and cleaning sidewalks and driveway so the homeowner can get a wheel chair from the car to inside the home.

Where: 1433 Stainback Ave. Nashville 37207 – Trinity Lane area
It is about a 30 minute drive from St Henry. Some people will be car pooling from St Henry church and will depart at 8:00 AM and will return to St Henry between 12:00 and 1:00.

Get permission slip here.

What to bring: Gardening gloves. If you can we also need rakes, brooms and shovels

Background information: Mr. Ed Johnson (brother of Fr Mike) has a client with an incredibly urgent need that he is trying to help. She is an elderly lady who has just had both legs amputated and is anguished about having to live out her remaining days in a subsistence nursing home. If we can make some improvements on her house she will be able to move back there, which is her fervent desire. We will be working with Charitable Constructors who will be making repairs to the home to enable the homeowner to get her wheelchair inside the home..
This is outside the Charitable Constructors normal parameters. She is not a parishioner of St. Henry, or a Catholic – The home is in the Trinity Ln. area – She cannot pay for any part of the repairs.
But, let me assure you that it is unlikely that any of us will ever be as destitute as she. Our program was instituted to be of service to the folks that need it most and have the least amount of means. Her case is the epitome of those needs and I’m asking for your help to come to the aid of one of God’s desperate children.

If you have any questions email Stephen Brink at sbrink@comcast.net

Plantation Court project will be primarily hanging sheetrock for a parishioner. You do NOT have to skilled to volunteer for this job. If you have any skills in this area, though, please see if you have time this Saturday to help and teach others. Bring any applicable tools you have as well.

Harpeth Bend Drive project is a carpentry project. If you plan to volunteer for this job, please arrive at the Planation Court address by 8 am. We will be dispatching this team from there.

Address:507 Plantation Court (in Bellevue)
Date: Saturday, August 7th
Time: 8 am

If you should have any questions, contact Sid Thomas (975-7298, sidthomas@comcast.net) or Marty Blair (476-8446, martyb@starpt.org).

In the words of our founder, Chris Williams, “Thank heaven for volunteers!”

When: Sat. July 31st, 1:00 PM
Work to be completed: Painting 3 small bedrooms – this should take about 2 hours depending on the number of volunteers.

Where: 5540 Zapata Drive, Pegram, TN
It is about a 15 minute drive from St Henry. For anyone who needs a ride, transportation from St. Henry will depart at 12:30 and will return to St Henry between 3:00 and 3:30. If you need a ride please email Stephen Brink at sbrink@comcast.net

Permission Slip: Click here for printable copy of permission form

Directions: Turn left out of the parking lot and go 4.5 miles the Interstate 40 – turn left on to I-40 West and go 3.6 miles to the McCrory Lane exit – Turn right on McCrory and go 1.2 miles to Highway 70 – Turn Left on Highway 70 and go about 2 miles to Walkup Road – turn left on to Walkup Road and go about 1.1 miles and it will dead end into Zapata Drive – turn left on Zapata and the house is immediately on the right.

Background information: On the weekend of the flood the wife of this young couple went into labor to deliver their second child. While at the hospital the husband had to have emergency surgery and was unable to get to their home as it flooded. About one week later they finally were able to visit their home and found it had flooded about 2 feet. However, the husband was unable to do anything to begin the clean up due to his surgery and the risk of complications. Many friends and a group from St Henry helped clean out their home and remove all dry wall and flooring. They have now rebuilt most everything but need some help with painting the three remaining bedrooms so they can move their family back home.

RSVP: Please RSVP to Linda McGovern at lmcgovern@sthenry.org so we know how many people to expect.

Thanks to all of the Sr. CYO and their families who helped with the Charitable Helpers service project at Camp Marymount. These included:

Alex Brink, Grace Brink, Elizabeth Lund, Santiago Morrice, Rhodes Bolster, Savannah Crow, Mary Grace Wilson, Chad Moss, Like Strebel, Alex Gallagher, Grace Gallagher, John Hagey, Mary Kathryn Hagey, Connor Hoback, Lowry Wilson, Luke Foreman, Alex Schwab, Nate Schwab, Ben Schwab, Michael Arnold, Christy Foreman, Nick Mammorelli, Michelle Strebel, Mark Hobak, Henry Hagey, Anthony Hagey, Al Schwab, Sara Beth Schwab, Chris Corby, Mike Mammorelli, Tommy Hagey, Emma Claire Hagey, Spencer Williams, Jeremy Dison

Client Letter:

We wish to commend the Parish Council for including the very innovative and beneficial “Charitable Constructors” program in its Parish OUtreach. We acknowledge and thank the wonderful volunteer parishioners who participated in the repairs in our home recently. The repairs included replacing 200 square feet of floooring and 100 square feet of roofing. We specifically thank foreman Chris Williams, who did a very thorough job inspecting the damage on numerous occassions to carefully and accurately determine what plan of action to take and what materials to use. The workers were Christian by extending friendliness, considerate by being neat, and efficint by completing the work in a single day! Additionally, all the debris was hauled away! But best of all, the quality of the repairs is very professional. Thanks to this program, our long-overdue repairs are complete.

Appreciatively,
<client name removed>

Client Letter (dated: 11/17/2009):

Dear Chris & Friends,

With Thanksgiving only a few short days away, it is easy for this family to count our many blessings. What a wonderful ministry the Charitable Constructors have been to us over the past few months. Through your generous gifts of time, talent, and treasure we know the power of God’s love first hand, and are keenly aware that angels like yourselves are bright lights in the midst of our lives. God bless you and your team.  We love you guys!

Sincerely,
<client name removed>