2017 YEAR-IN-REVIEW

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

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
    [See photos here]
  • PAR Golf Tournament
    September 22
    Hampton Cove Golf Course
    [See photos here]
  • Wauchula, Florida
    September 24-29
    Team #3, Hurricane Irma
    [See photos here]
    [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

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