The Church In Aurora -

"A week of work - a lifetime of impact"

Group Work Camp Foundation offers a premier summer mission experience for teenagers. As the ultimate expression of Christian service, work camps offer a fun, challenging, faith-building adventure the teenagers will never forget.

Work Camps are an intensive one-week mission service. They offer our youth an opportunity to perform hands-on home-repair projects for needy families, many of whom have seen their homes damaged by natural disaster or just years of can't -afford-to-fix- disrepair. They bring hope to disadvantaged people. Typical projects include carpentry, building wheelchair ramps, painting and dry wall.

Work Camp is a summer mission trip. If you are at least 12 or have completed the sixth grade, but not yet 21 and want to make a difference in someone’s life – we need you!

These week long trips take us to areas around the east coast and Midwest to help fix up and repair homes that need a little TLC.

This trip is sponsored by Group Workcamps and costs approximately $550.00 per person. It is paid for through initial deposits and fundraisers.

This activity is also a great way for adults to attend and “give back” to the youth and the community.

* * Workcamps 2012 * *

Group Cares www.GroupWorkcamps.com 1515 Cascade Ave, P.O. Box 599, Loveland, CO 80539-0599

Irwin, PA	$449 per person (fundraisers during the year help to defray this cost)
June 24 - 30, 2012
Junior/Senior High (ages 12+ or completed 6th grade)

Description: Irwin is a suburb of Pittsburgh, and struggles with many typical issues of an old suburban town; a growing elderly population, a decline in industry and employment and aging buildings. Irwin is a quaint, traditional small town, located 22 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Visitors to the area will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the rolling hills of Western PA. Irwin along with North Huntingdon and a few other small townships make up the Norwin School District. One interesting and unique fact about Irwin is that it is the home of the McDonald's Big Mac and has a museum located inside the local McDonalds restaurant.

Nearby: Irwin has several small shops, restaurants and boutiques, as well as being located a short drive from Pittsburgh, the famous Kennywood Amusement Park, Sandcastle Water Park and many National parks and forests.

Walpole Island, On., Canada (passport required)	$454 per person (fundraisers during the year help to defray this cost)
July 1 - 7, 2012
Senior High (ages 14+ or completed 8th grade)

Description: Walpole Island is a picturesque island community surrounded by deep, clear, cool blue waters. The land identified as Walpole Island is home to about 4,000 residents and boasts that it has always been occupied by native people. This "Unceded Territory" was never given a treaty and generations of First Nations people have occupied it. The community is blessed with many elders, who respect Nana Bijou (the Great Spirit) in others and in Mother Earth. The many elders live very simple lives and often in tiny homes...but they are a happy and proud people. The mainstay of their economy is still fishing and hunting, but the game is less plentiful than in years past, and the average income of people would stagger your imagination. You can be a part of making their lives better through everyday, practical repairs to their homes. Come to the land of Bkejwanong and bring the light of love and compassion to Walpole Island

Nearby: Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, The Petrolia Discovery, Algonquin Provincial Park and Toronto.

Contact: Flip & Jimmy Eavenson, Sr. ……………. jfkacres@aol.com or (h)330-995-6268, (c)216-387-6268

$100.00 deposit needed by Sept. 26th. Mail or bring to: The Church In Aurora (*C.I.A.) (330-562-8266)

146 S. Chillicothe Rd., Aurora, OH 44202

Fundraising Opportunities! - *C.I.A. Fellowship Hall! Bring a Friend & a Parent!