Visiting missions groups are very important to Palmer Home for
Children. They provide needed skills and manpower that is invaluable
to our operation. 2006 has been a great year for us. By the
end of September we will have had over 450 people from various churches
and states visit and work to make Palmer Home a better place. We are
thankful to all the people that volunteered their time, talents and
resources to help improve our campuses.
Some of the many projects and activities they did for us are:
Vacation Bible Schools and Worship/Bible Studies with the children.
Painting in many of the cottages and support buildings.
Landscaping at many of the cottages and support buildings.
Built new shelves in several cottages.
Built a new storage shed for Kelly home at the Sheriffs' Boys
Ranch.
Volunteered many hours at the thrift store sorting donations and
organizing the store.
Remodeled the guest apartments at the gym.
Repaired green houses and worked at the orchard and garden.
Below is a list of all the groups we have had visit and work this year.
Millbrook Presbyterian Church, Millbrook, Alabama - February 5-10
Pearl Presbyterian Church, Pearl, Mississippi - March 14-16
1st Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi - March 16-18
RUF - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida - March
19-25
1st Presbyterian Church, Prattville, Alabama - March 20-24
1st Presbyterian Church, Niceville, Florida - March 27-April 1
Parkview Church, Lilburn, Georgia - April 3-8
Northpoint Presbyterian Church, Meridian, Mississippi - April 28-29
1st Presbyterian Church, Pike Road, Alabama - June 4-9
1st Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee - June 19-24
Christ Church, Jacksonville, Florida - June 24-July 1
1st Presbyterian Church, Brewton, Alabama - July 6-9
Axe Memorial United Methodist Church, Garland, Texas - July 9-14
First Methodist Church, Grandview, Texas - July 11-12
Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, Georgia - July 16-22
Riverwood Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - July 23-28
