Special thanks goes to “Home Depo” on 1960; they donated a huge Chipper that helped our youth get the job done. Thanks to Larry Morton our handy Man and male director team member there is no project to big.
I want to say a special thanks to Cleveland Survey Company who donated all their man hours to help us get our land surveyed. Not only did they survey our piece but the surrounding property also. These are wonderful people who truely care about our children & our youth center project.
I drove past our property and look over from the highway and was in shock to see bull dozers and stump grinding machines everywhere. I turned around and went back, not even knowing who this man was gave him a huge hug and asked him what he was doing. He said his friend Odie who we recently met at our Haunted Maze sent him over there to clear our property. Thanks to this nice man name Odie he got the ball rolling on the next part of our journey. Mr. Troy Swanson Tree removal has given us more hope that this youth center will happen. You see folks God is good and he is choosing our Angels very carefully. I want to say thanks from all of us to these wonderful people who are making this youth center a reality.
May God smile down on you. Take a look !
WE ARE EXCITED JULY 24TH & 25TH 2009 WE BEGAN BREAKING GROUND. Thanks to the Impact Team and Zachry Employees. The next part of the journey has begun. Take a look!
CCIC Groundbreaking
“DATE ON CAMERA IS INCORRECT”
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. THE IMPACT ARMY IS GROWING AND YOU ARE HELPING US SAVE LIVES.
It’s on the edge of Cleveland! It may not be much, but it’s a start! This property is perfect for the Impact Center Office! We are still in great need of extra land and a building for the actual Impact Center Building for our deserving youth.
This took most of the Building Fund money so our funds are low again. We have to do more fund raisers, car washes, bake sales…you get the picture. With not much money left to work with I was worried about our future Youth Center plans…
Just when I was worried we were coming to an end, more “angels” arrived! We needed help and God sent us an amazing group of people.
ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION Employees have come to the Impact Team’s rescue!!! Bonnie & Greg White, have promised to help us make our dreams come true and save the lives of children in many communities. Zachry Construction actively encourages its employees to go out in the communities where they live and contribute something positive. I met Bonnie White on an internet site and we became fast friends. I told her about the land and how we also had a donated building, but just days after getting the donation, the city inspector condemned it. I told Bonnie that we were back to square one but this was not a worry! Our group would be sitting out on our land, under the stars, with our children holding up signs saying, “Help Us Get A Youth Center” until one day someone would drive by and say, “Hey! We need to get those children a youth center!”
A few days later, I was contacted by Mrs. White again, this time she said her fellow Zachry co-workers were donating a Bar-B-Q pit to the CCIC so that we can use it on the land and have some fun while we fed the children and plan for our dream to come true. (I cried with joy)
A week later, at Mrs. White’s request, I did a presentation for a several of her fellow co-workers. During the presentation one of the employees, Eric said “Mrs. Myers, this is what we do, we build things. Your organization has just become our new pet project.” They also stated they would help us get a trailer or a building on the land for our youth team to start working out of. At that moment I knew God had just added to my “Army of Angels”. We are in the process of getting the survey & misc. costs, in order to get this project off and running. In the mean time, Bonnie & Greg came to my house with over $600.00 worth of toys and prizes for our 3rd Annual Texas Children’s Music Festival. It is not yet confirmed, but it has been mentioned that they may help sponsor our events for the next year. I’m still in shock! This has been one of the most incredible days of my life. I’m so greatful for the kindness of these employees and the encouragement from such a huge company. I believe this company should be recgonized for thier outstanding humanitarian work they do to help others. They have already made a huge IMPACT in our community. I can’t wait to see the vision unfold!
We will break ground for the Youth Center Offices asap. Unfortunately, until we raise the funds in order to purchase the property next to us ($209,000.00), we will have to wait on the Youth Center. Unless you know someone (or a group of someones) who needs a amazing tax write-off; I see thousands of bake sales ahead of us.
I will continue the updates as the rest of the journey continues. – Brenda