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A16 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 XX PAGE TITLE XX Church holds basement sale A huge basement and yard sale is planned at Trinity Lutheran Church. The event is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 485 W. Locust Ave., Hermiston. For more informa- tion, call the church at 541-567-6471. Mentorship program created to support struggling families By JADE M C DOWELL Staff Writer STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL Cruz Correa rinses off a car during an I Love My City event hosted by Hermiston Assembly of God on Saturday. LOVE: continued from Page A1 morial service for JJ Hurtado, age 14, who was killed by a man he saw as a father igure before that man killed anoth- er person, wounded Hurta- do’s mother and then turned the gun on himself. “Just to see the response of the city, if anything it re- vealed that we have a lot of hurting people,” Haight said. The hurt didn’t seem to just be local. Turning on the news revealed terror attacks, riots, shootings and political strife. As the congregation turned to their faith for com- fort, they wanted others to feel God’s love as they did. That’s why on Saturday after- noon Haight was in the Les Schwab parking lot, working alongside red-clad parishio- ners covered from head to toe in soap and grime, scrubbing cars clean while their own- ers sat in the shade enjoying cookies and — if they want- ed — prayers for the strug- gles they were facing. Other I Love My City participants were handing out free water at Butte Park, washing cars at a second lo- cation near Ofice Max, en- tertaining children at a block party at Viewcrest Apart- ments and going door to door offering prayers and words of encouragement. “We’re just trying to con- vey the message that God is still good, and he still loves us,” Haight said. He said washing some- one’s car for them or handing them a bottle of water while they watch their child’s soc- cer game is a way to express that love. Whatever religious beliefs someone in the com- munity might hold, he said the I Love My City volun- teers wanted to be there to help them. “When people are hurt- ing, for some people you just need to come and sit with them, and others are looking for answers,” he said. Haight said the church has already gotten interest from other pastors about joining future I Love My City events, so the bright red T-shirts seen STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL Volunteers from Hermiston Assembly of God give free car washes in the Les Schwab parking lot during the church’s I Love My City event on Saturday. Hermiston’s Faith Based Advisory Com- mittee is poised to launch a new program for at-risk families in the community. The program, called Family Promise, will match trained mentors with local families who need some extra help, meeting with them reg- ularly to help provide support in navigating anything from budget- ing to parenting. “The goal is to help families be self-sustain- ing,” Oasis Vineyard pastor James Lafolette told the Hermiston City Council on Monday night. The committee has been searching for the right person to adapt the nationally available program to Hermiston’s needs, and Lafolette said they believe they have found that person in Made to Thrive director Kris Dammeyer. Made to Thrive is a nonproit that helps disadvantaged students ages 4-17 choose an extra-curricular activi- ty, register, pay partic- ipation fees, purchase equipment and have people at their games or performances cheering them on. Lafolette said the two organizations will be “separate and distinct” nonproits but will work in partnership, with Dammeyer working part-time for each and referring families between the two programs. He said Dammeyer has been study- ing the training materials sent by Family Promise and is “gnawing at the bit” to get going. “She didn’t have to invent something from scratch or reinvent the wheel, it’s ready to roll out,” he said. He said a trainer from Salem will come to Herm- iston “soon” to train poten- tial mentors, drawing from Made to Thrive’s dozens of volunteers as well as new members of the communi- ty interested in mentoring a family. The irst year will be a sort of pilot year, he said, with only a few fam- ilies, but they expect things to grow quickly after that. Lafolette said they es- timate the Family Prom- ise budget will be about $35,000 a year — including about $20,000 for Dam- meyer’s salary — and are hoping in the future to pay for it with a combination of city money, grants and fundraising. City councilor Rod Har- din, who represents the council on the Faith Based Advisory Committee, said he felt good about the ar- rangement with Made to Thrive. “It’s been a long process, and we’ve explored a lot of options, but I think this is it,” he said. Dammeyer said that Made to Thrive now serves 207 students in the com- munity. Through that work, she said, she has formed relationships with “lots” of families who could beneit from mentorship through Family Promise, so it made sense for her to be the one pairing mentors and fami- lies together. “Now we get to provide them with two resources,” she said. Dammeyer said the goal of Family Promise is not just to have someone avail- able to help walk families through the process of get- ting services they need. It’s also about giving them a “good, solid, faithful, loyal friend.” “Family Promise is something exciting and I’m looking forward to it,” she said. “They (the commit- tee) have been praying the right person will step for- ward and I’m just hoping I can be that person.” Want Year Around Outdoor Space? W e’ve Got A Solution! FREE Estimates! 541-720-0772 Visit our showroom: 102 E Columbia Dr. Kennewick, WA 99336 Patio Rooms Sunrooms · Pergolas Patio Covers · Drop Shades · Solar Screens & More! www.mybackyardbydesign.com License #188965 Paid Advertisement PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CLAYTON HAIGHT (Left to right) Bradley Bacon, Cameron Ballard, Roger Brown, Rikki Higgins, Tina Brown and Jewls Bacon hand out free water Saturday at the Butte Park soccer ields as part of the I Love My City campaign in Hermiston. 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