PAR Year-in-Review 2017

21 Dec 2017 Year-in-Review

Posted at 16:54h in PAR Now by

Thanks for helping others make it through their difficult moments this year. Let’s do it again in 2018.

What can ordinary people do in extraordinary situations? Look at the difference you made in 2017!

Instead of sitting on a couch and watching disasters on TV, our volunteers put their hands to work.

 

Thanks for helping others make it through difficult moments. Let’s do it again in 2018.

2017-01 Mississippi

JANUARY 2017

  • Petal, Mississippi
  • January 27-29
  • Clean up tornado damage from January 21
  • Partner with Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Response

FEBRUARY 2017

  • Chainsaw Maintenance Training
  • February 18
  • Massey Lawn Mower Repair
  • Field service of chainsaws
2017-02-18 Chainsaw Training
PAR Chainsaw Training
PAR Chainsaw Training

MARCH 2017

  • Spring Training and Work Day
  • March 24-25
  • Classroom training by Richard Bennett, Husqvarna, at Wears Chapel Baptist Church
  • Clean up tornado debris at Flint Ridge Farm
  • Deliver 3 loads of firewood to homeless community
  • PAR Booth at Urban Living Expo 2017
  • March 25
  • Alabama A&M University’s Agribition Center

APRIL 2017

  • New PAR warehouse
  • April 22, 29
  • Remove fence, trees, cleanup at former Butler High baseball facility
  • Cleanup and move equipment from old to new warehouse
2017-04 Cleanup
2017-05 Flint-Ridge-Farm-PAR-WHNT-19

MAY 2017

  • We’re in!
  • Pizza Party – Celebrate the first meeting at new PAR warehouse
  • WHNT 19 story followup on tornado cleanup, Flint Ridge Farm

Watch here

JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2017

  • Make upgrades to the warehouse
  • Plan trips after Hurricane Harvey slams Texas
  • Send donations to hurricane victims
2017-04 Warehouse
2017-09 WHNT19 Houston
2017-09 Texas Bridge City
2017-09 Golf
2017-09 Wauchula-video

SEPTEMBER 2017

  • Holly Pond, Alabama
    September 1
    Clean up tornado damage
  • Corpus Christi, Texas
    September 10-15
    Team #1, Hurricane Harvey
  • PAR Booth at Alabama for Good Community Charity Fair
    September 14
    Hosted by Adtran, Inc.
  • Bridge City, Texas
    September 17-22
    Team #2, Hurricane Harvey
  • PAR Golf Tournament
    September 22
    Hampton Cove Golf Course
  • Wauchula, Florida
    September 24-29
    Team #3, Hurricane Irma
    [Watch video here]

OCTOBER 2017

  • Vidor, Texas
  • October 1-6
  • Team #4, Hurricane Harvey
2017-10 Texas Vidor
2017 PAR Warehouse

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

  • Refurbish trailers after 4 deployments
  • PAR Christmas Dinner, December 1, at Twickenham Church of Christ
  • Thank God for blessings in 2017
  • Ask God for guidance in 2018