Hands On Topeka 2011
5/10/2011
More than 700 volunteers registered to participate in the second Hands On Topeka park clean-up event May 1. Volunteers worked in 13 parks throughout the Topeka community.
This year, the volunteers did a variety of outdoor tasks, including litter removal, mulching, landscaping, painting and staining.
"Hands On Topeka moves us beyond the four walls of our churches to make a difference in the community," said Rev. Evelyn Fisher, Topeka District superintendent.
More than 100 feet of fence was stained, two buildings and several foul ball poles were painted, four signs were painted, thousands of tree limbs and twigs were collected, tons of leaves were raked away from fences and obstructions for mulching, signs were straightened, chain link fences were repaired and graffiti was removed.
"As a member of the First United Methodist Church in Topeka and as the director of the city of Topeka Parks and Recreation Department, I am both proud and appreciative of the Rethink Church, Hands On Topeka initiative of the Kansas East Conference," said Terry Bertels. "I'm proud of my church for stepping out one more time to be a presence in the community and appreciative to receive so much help from so many wonderful people."
Hands On Topeka 2010
4/20/2010
More than 900 volunteers from United Methodist churches and the community cleaned up nine city parks in Topeka on April 11 in the first Hands On Topeka Rethink Church event.
