Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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April 10, 2 0 0 8
Church group helps improve biking at ECE
B y L e slie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
Students at Early Childhood
E ducation are enjoying newly
com pleted bike paths along with
new donated bike helmets.
The bike paths and helmets
are gifts from a youth group o f
the O reg o n C ity E vangelical
C hurch. T h e g ro u p cam e to
W arm Springs during spring
break in order to complete the
project.
T h e y tra v e le d to W arm
Springs w ith 61 people total—
and 44 m em bers o f the group
were middle school youth aim
ing to get w ork done during their
break from school.
They donated 178 bike hel
mets and com pleted 300 feet o f
bike paths for the EC E students.
B ut that’s not all they did: the
students also pitched in on other
projects and worked to clean up
the area around the church.
Snuffle Smith suggested the
bike path project after church
m em bers asked her about any
projects needing to be completed
in the community.
Leslie MittsZSpilyay
Members of the Oregon City Evangelical Church chose the project at ECE to complete during
their spring break mission trip.
Because the bike paths were
unfinished and som e children
didn’t own bike helmets, Smith
said, they were unable to allow
children to use the bike paths.
Because the tribes’ don’t always
have the resources o r funding
for projects like that, she said, it
w as an ideal p ro je c t fo r th e
church group to complete.
“The program needed either
grass o r a bike path,” Smith ex
plained. I t’s som ething that she
believes the. children will benefit
from a lot, Smith added.
“It really makes a difference
for them to come out and re
lease th e ir en erg y o n so m e
thing,” Smith said. “It’s just go
ing to make a w orld o f differ
en ce fo r e v ery o n e h e re at
ECE.”
T hose with the church also
started a project for CPS— bags
for boys and girls were purchased
and filled with hygiene and cloth
ing items to be handed out to
Bottle drive
fo r g ra d p a rty
families with foster children.
“T hat’s going to be an ongo
ing project for them also,” Smith
said.
A cco rd in g to P a sto r J o s h
Shelton, the youth raised about
$1,600 to pay for supplies and
the bike helmets. Fundraisers
included everything from selling
Christm as w reaths to hosting
dinners, and they also received
donations from people in their
church.
A ccording to S helton, the
youth w anted a chance to get
som e w ork done during their
spring break.
“They have an attitude for
serv an t h o o d ,” S helton said.
“W arm Springs is a wonderful
place fo r th em to com e and
work.”
Its not the first time O regon
City E vangelical C h u rch has
com e to W arm Springs. Last
year a youth group completed a
fencing project in Simnasho, and
th e church has m ade regular
mission trips to the area.
“ O u r chu rch has a strong
passion and love for the people
over here,” Shelton said.
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from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Voc rehab hosting
training day for
hearing impaired
T h e W arm S prings V oca
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m ent will host a free one-day iff
service o n deafness, hearing'
im pairm ent and assistive tech
nology at High-Lookee Lodge
on Tuesday, April 22, from 8:30
a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
This training is open to all?
community mem bers, but space ’
is limited.
Lunch will be provided for
all who register. Call 553-4952
to reserve your seat.
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