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THOUSAND HEARTS BY-THE-NUMBERS 2022, 10th ANNIVERSARY
- Thousand Hearts 365 ‘wrapped’ up the whole package this year by completing a community service project on Saturday, May 7. We were asked by the City of Rockford to furnish volunteers to help a Rockford neighbor with a large lawn clean up. Twenty-two Rockford High School XC and Track student athletes and their coaches filled 2 large dumpsters and made a clean sweep of the property. On Thursday, June 2, over 20 of the same students will spread mulch on 2 school forests for Rockford Schools.
- On Thousand Hearts Serve Day, Saturday, May 21, over 25 volunteers worked at the Ames-Florida-Stork House to spread 6 yards of mulch, weed, rake and beautify the entire grounds.
- Thanks to the Rockford Lions, 42 free Diabetes A1c screenings were offered; 35 people were screened.
- Over 60 people took advantage of free document shredding offered by Modrow Farmers Insurance.
- At Elmwood Cemetery, 38 volunteers trimmed and carved around many headstones making certain that Elmwood looked its best for Memorial Day.
- The Rockford Farmers Market made its season debut with 5 vendors setting up at Riverwood Covenant Church.
- The Hair Gallery gave 7 free haircuts thanks to Lisa Rasmussen.
- Dobo’s donated 4 dozen delicious Cinnamon Rolls.
- The Greenfield flower pots at Central Park and City Hall were planted by 2 volunteers.
- The Rockford flower pots were planted by 8 volunteers.
- Four Rockford Ambassadors helped prep and serve 70 lunches.
- The Community Gardens at Our Fathers Lutheran Church were filled with fresh compost by 6 volunteers.
- Many eyeglasses and hearing aids were collected for the Rockford Lions.
- Two Senior lawns were beautified by a team of 8 volunteers.
- The Thousand Hearts Steering Committee made up of 8 loyal members plus 2 Ambassadors (Pastor Keith Robinson & Sheriff Sean Deringer) and 1 amazing photographer (Craig Boysen) plus the Project Managers made it all happen for the 10th year!
- Thank you to these sponsors: Rockford Lions $1000, R-G Chamber of Commerce $250, Trent Shipley $300, Anonymous $200.
- And…to ‘wrap’ it up on the back side: Thousand Hearts 365, in partnership with Masons Star Lodge #62, will build a dumpster enclosure for the RiverWorks Food Shelf – summer date TBD. Also 9 Thousand Hearts 365 volunteers, in July, will paint/refresh the mural painted on the side of ABC Printing in Rockford.
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