By Leisa Parsons, Area Media Specialist
Residents of Haven for Hope’s Courtyard will enjoy sleeping on clean mats this evening thanks to volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s San Pedro Ward. Seventeen folks answered Haven’s call for help this morning. Working with Haven’s Volunteer Coordinator, DJ Jackson, two separate projects were accomplished.
The first project was to clean the mats that residents sleep on. They organized into three teams. The first team pulled the mats out out of their storage area and laid them out on the cement for cleaning. The second group wet the mats with a hose and scrubbed them with brooms and a cleaning solution. The third group then moved in and wiped the mats dry with a whole laundry basket full of towels. The clean mats were then re-stacked in the storage area. Due to security concerns for the residents, no pictures were taken in the Courtyard. The group cleaned 190 mats in an hour, which Jackson mentioned was an impressive amount accomplished.
The group then had time to work in the community garden. The volunteers from the San Antonio North Stake spent time weeding and spreading mulch. Bishop Bruce Baillio said that they also were able to rehabilitate some of the beds, and prepare irrigation hoses for the new beds.
