Ramp It Up

It is the time of year for us to begin planning for our next season of ramp building. Applications will be available soon and we are going to need your help in a couple of areas: 1. We need an AmeriCorps member to work with us this summer. This rewarding work includes 20 - 25 hours per week from April through mid November and much of the work is done on Friday afternoons and Saturdays. It offers a stipend plus an education grant. Please refer interested candidates to Rura...l Health Service Corps or to us here. 2. We are always in need of financial support. It costs us an average of $1.500 for each ramp we build and we hope to build 20 this season after our record of 19 in 2014. Contact us to help out financially. 3. We have a great cadre of volunteer teams, but we can always use new teams. A volunteer team includes 3-5 adult mentors and 6-12 teen volunteers. This can be a scout troop, a school service club, a church youth group, or even a family or two with several teens. It will all be getting underway in the next few weeks so we look forward to hearing from you in any of these areas.

The Windsor School Service Club completed our first ramp of the year near East Windsor on Saturday May 17. Unable to do any prep work on Friday due to heavy rain, we began this project at 8:30 AM and finished by 6:00 PM! What a great team effort and another family with improved accessibility. Next build is on June 6-7. We have teams scheduled through the first weekend in August, but have plenty of openings after that ... all the way through the end of October. ... We can always use additional financial support. Contact us anytime to sign up a team or to offer your support.

The 2014 ramp application is available on the Broome County Council of Churches website (broomecouncil.net) . Click on Faith in Action, then on Ramp It Up, then application!

New applications for 2014 ramps will be available in early February. Watch the BC The Broome County Council of Churches website.

The weather has not been conducive to building ramps so we are shut down for the winter. But Christmas is a great time to donate in honor or in memory of a loved one, parent, grandparent, etc. In January, we will be updating our applications. Watch for them on our web page in early February.