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Request for Council Review
Prepared By:
Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager
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Work Session Date: July 18, 2011
Love INC Weekend of Service (W.O.S.)
Discussion Topic:
The City has benefitted in the past from the North Heights W.O.S. and feels that Love INC will provide a
similar service. Therefore, staff plans on utilizing this service for park related projects in 2012 and will
move forward on the coordination unless Council has any objections.
Supporting Documents:
1. Memorandum from Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager.
2. Letter from Love Inc Weekend of Service Coordinator dated 3/14/2011.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 18, 2011
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
FROM: Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager IX(S)
SUBJECT: Love INC Weekend of Service (W.O.S.)
Background
Staff and Council received a letter from Love, Inc. Weekend of Service (W.O.S.) earlier
this year (Attached for Council review). The letter asked if the City would benefit from the
services that W.O.S. volunteers provide in spring of 2012. Staff had questions regarding
types of service and the overall program and contacted Suzanne Hinderscheid, who is in
charge of the W.O.S. project to get more information. She indicated the following:
• This service project is similar to the North Heights Weekend of Service that
occurred in the spring of 2010 and also one that is scheduled to help with the
2011 Celebrating Arden Hills event. In the spring of 2010, we had 4 different
groups of volunteers work on park projects.
• The big difference between the North Heights project and that of Love INC is
that it involves more churches. Some of the churches are: North Heights,
Rose Hill Alliance, Calvary Baptist, Faith Christian Reformed, Hope
Community Church, Twin Cities Chinese Church, Grace Church of Roseville,
Roseville Covenant, etc...
• Their main focus is to help beautify our communities by working on public
parks or City specific projects, rather than painting or working on private
homes.
The City has had a positive experience working with North Heights Weekend of Service in
the past. The Public Works Department can definitely utilize volunteers for park clean up,
garden weeding, painting park amenities, mulching play structures, weeding play structure
mulch, blowing /sweeping tennis and basketball courts, making small repairs and other
tasks within the park system.
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Council Action Requested
The City has benefitted in the past from the North Heights W.O.S. and feels that Love INC
will provide a similar service. Therefore, staff plans on utilizing this service for park
related projects in 2012 and will move forward on the coordination unless Council has any
objections.
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Love INC
Love In the Name of Christ
of NW Ramsey County
City Administrator
Patrick Kiaers
City Hall
1245 West Highway 96
Arden Hills, MN 55112
March 14, 2011
Dear Mr. Klaers,
1 am very excited to introduce an event called the "Weekend of Service" (W.OS.) which will
take place on May 5th and 6th of 2012_ A number of churches in NW Ramsey County will be
joining together to serve and bless our communities in partnership with Love INC (Love In the
Name of Christ), a nonprofit organization committed to mobilizing the Church to transform lives
and communities_
Several thousand volunteers from these churches will participate in this amazing, first-of-its-kind
W O_S. volunteers will offer a variety of services including clean-up, painting, light
construction projects, office work, and any number of needs you may have.
As you can imagine, coordinating and organizing a city wide effort like this requires a lot of
planning. Although it is just over a year away, please carefully consider now, whether or not y our
organization would benefit from the services W.O.S. volunteers will provide.
1 will be contacting you in the near future to gauge your level of interest and to answer any
questions you may have_ In the meantime, feel free to contact me by phone 651- 332 -4629 or
email at suzan.ne @loveincnwrc.org_
Thank you for faithfully serving our community year after year_ It would be our privilege to
serve you through the Weekend of Service!
Sincerely,
Suzanne Hinderscheid
Love INC Weekend of Service Coordinator
Love INC of Northwest Ramsey County • P 0. Box 130684 • Roseville, MN 55113