United Way Day of Action

On August 27, the United Way held their annual Day of Action. Hundreds of volunteers met for breakfast and then headed off to their respective worksites. Benedict House had the privilege of being one of those sites. We had received a very generous donation of library shelving from Franciscan University, but we weren't ready to use it just yet, and it was taking up a classroom still in need of cleaning and remodeling. Our friend Dave Matthews brought us a trailer and found an offsite storage location, but there was still the little matter of several tons of steel shelving to be moved. Thanks to the United Way, the entire Franciscan University basketball team, including their coach, stepped in to rescue us. They worked off and on all day, making two full trips to the storage location. These young guys were a blast, and I really enjoyed showing them around. I had read that faith can move mountains, but evidently it can also move the hearts of a bunch of young athletes to kill a perfectly good Thursday moving several tons of steel shelving. We can't wait to welcome these young men back to study, work, and pray with us some more. Go Barons!