5 men (we missed you Dancing Bear) gathered at Dreamchasers to discuss next steps for how F3 Waxhaw lives out our 3rd F (Faith). Here are a few of the highlights and things in the works:
Service projects (Site Qs Deadwood and Carb Load):
- Downtown cleanup in March
- Key contact left
- Still opportunity for pull-up bars
- Western Union
- DW in contact with Principal
- Weddington/WCWAA
- Dana investigating potential tie-in to baseball league for Special Needs
- Five Stones
- Getting close to building a walking/running trail
- Bottlecap getting more details on how to help
Ray of Hope (Site Qs Bottlecap and Dancing Bear):
- Meals for upcoming breaks
- Drives (food, toothpaste, etc)
- Events
Christ’s Closet (Site Qs Dana and Shop Dawg):
- 2nd and 4th Thursdays folding
- Need a name
- Can we get on the calendar?
- Giveaways
- Thursday April 2nd – Pageland Elementary
- Volunteers needed (take day off)
- Ideas needed for more dates
- New shed
- Building is paid for
- Concrete down
- Waiting for contractor due to rain
- 30’ x 50’
- 20 racks need to be built
- Need materials
- Ideas:
- Corporate sponsor
- Individuals buy a rack
- Shop Dawg working on design
Fixing It For Christ
- June 17-20
- A HUGE community-wide initiative helping to fix 20+ homes in our area
- Jingles involved with initial meetings (Waxhaw United Methodist is leading church)
- Jingles to give us a recap/next steps
Communication
- Calendar
- COTS: 1st week of each QTR
- Service Project (Waxhaw)
- GroupMe (“2 PAX and a truck” channel being added)
- Geared towards service opportunities (ie Elderly lady needs furniture moved this weekend)
- Last minute/Flexible
Qsource (Site Q Shop Dawg)
- Friday morning option
- Starting May 1st
- 6:30-7:00am
- McDonalds on Cuthbertson
- COT announcements: Education about the content/Purpose
Core Principles of F3:
- Need to repeat at COT
- More intentional about talking about Leadership
- Influence through Marketing
THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO INFLUENCE WHAT F3 WAXHAW IS KNOWN FOR . . . BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. DID ANYTHING ABOVE STRIKE A NERVE WITH YOU? WE URGE YOU TO REACH OUT AND SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP. WE ARE ALL DOING THIS ON OUR FREE TIME TO MAKE OTHERS’ LIVES BETTER. WILL YOU JOIN US?
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