Category Archives: Project Reports
Over 2,000 Hours Served!
With our Coastal Clean Up effort this past Saturday GET REAL Involved! has topped 2000 hours of service. We are thankful to all the students and adults who have been there to help us grow, and particularly HYDE PARK UNITED … Continue reading
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A busy summer [and a busy year] comes to a close…
It was a busy summer for the GET REAL Involved! crew. We visited with residents of Bayshore Pointe Nursing Home in June, cleaned up Gandy Beach after a busy July 4th weekend, and spent the morning helping out at Metropolitan … Continue reading
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A Day on the Farm
We headed back to Lithia, FL to visit the girls at Steppin’ Stone Farm for the second time this year. In total there were fourteen of us, nine students and five adults for this trip. On the bus trip … Continue reading
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Students work to end hunger
The April project took us to America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay, the areas leading food bank, and a member of Feeding America network. America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay services 10 counties in west central Florida. Since they began … Continue reading
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Open Arms Ministry
This March we returned to Open Arms at Hyde Park United Methodist. The program has really grown and now tops out at about 200 guests each Sunday morning. Students of GET REAL Involved! were on hand to prepare bread and … Continue reading
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Metropolitan Ministries
Metropolitan Ministries started as a cooperative effort among area churches to bring relief to homeless families and hungry people in the Tampa Bay area. Together they were able to accomplish more than the thirteen original churches could do individually. And … Continue reading
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Steppin’ Stone Farm
January took us back to Steppin’ Stone Farm to check on our crops! Back in September we’d helped the girls at Steppin’ Stone weed their cash crop of ornamental grasses. These crops help to raise money for the Farm as … Continue reading
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Metropolitan Ministries Holiday Center
Well, despite the fact that we had one of our major schools in a State Football Championship, we still managed to bring over 20 students and adult volunteers to help out at the Holiday Center at Metropolitan Ministries. This place … Continue reading
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Open Arms Ministry
All told, there were about 35 students and several dedicated adult volunteers who brought food to a group of almost 100 homeless men and women at Hyde Park United Methodist’s Open Arms Ministry. Open Arms is a ministry that provides … Continue reading
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Hudson Manors
Well, 22 of us headed to Davis Islands and spent the morning with the residents of Hudson Manors Assisted Living Facility. We played Bingo and gave the residents manicures as well as just sitting and visiting. We met one woman … Continue reading
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