Work-A-Thon

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

Each year, Trinity Christian School organizes a really cool one-day event. It's called the Work-A-Thon. The goal is to raise money for the school by volunteering at sites across Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Students request pledges from family, friends, and neighbors for each hour that they serve during the Work-A-Thon.

This year, on May 1st, the school sent out 267 students, faculty and chaperones to more than 33 sites around the City. Together, they logged an amazing amount of volunteer hours -- more than 2,400 hours in one day! They raked leaves, spread mulch, painted, planted flowers, participated in the National Day of Prayer, began the building of a new park, worked with senior citizens and more.

As you may have suspected, East End Cooperative Ministry was the fortunate host to a team of students from Trinity. Eight students and two teachers spent the morning packing Food Pantry bags and preparing meals for Meals on Wheels. They served lunch at the Soup Kitchen and ate with our clients.

This week, we received a note from the school, with this lovely phrase: "We thank God for the blessing of serving you."

And we thank the students and teachers of Trinity Christian School for organizing this wonderful project.