We encourage participation in this summer's One Heart, Many Hands project. However, *please note* that the final two days of OHMH Columbus 2010 Project conflicts with the Indianapolis District NMI Convention (July 30 PM & July 31). All Indy District participants in OHMH are urged to make plans to attend our convention where you will be honored. (Wear your OHMH shirts!)
OHMH Registration Coordinator, Norm Jones, has provided this cost breakdown:
1 day = $140
2 days = $175
3-5 days = $185
Much of the $185 registration fee per person is used to purchase materials and supplies for the projects. Experience has shown that to simply charge a registration fee per day per person would greatly hamper the team's ability to provide the services that are so desperately needed.
Dear Volunteer,
From the One Heart - Many Hands Office in Columbus... Our volunteer liaison Norm Jones has requested that we issue a gentle reminder regarding the early registration deadline for the One Heart - Many Hands, Columbus 2010 Service Project:
By registering prior to May 31st, your team can take advantage of the $185 per person early rates!
Registrations received between June 1 and the close of registration on July 1 will be $215 per participant. Be sure to share this information with your church or volunteer group this weekend so you can plan accordingly. Contact Norm Jones (office@oneheartmanyhands.com) as soon as possible to begin the registration process so we will have ample time to match resources (including volunteers) with the projects that need to be completed. Thanks!
From the One Heart - Many Hands Office in Orlando... VanessaVanessa Puleo recently joined the One Heart - Many Hands staff and will be responsible for our continuing operations in Orlando. (In June 2009, more than 2000 OHMH volunteers completed more than 100 home repair projects in Central Florida.) Building on these efforts, Vanessa will be working in partnership with the Orange County Mayor's office and the Orange Blossom Trail Development Board, recruiting volunteers and organizing year-round service projects. The concept of establishing a permanent presence in major metropolitan areas following our large scale, week-long projects, reflects the long term vision of One Heart - Many Hands.
Click Here for details concerning housing this summer in Columbus. (Reservations should be made as soon as possible because our project will be going on at the same time as the Ohio State Fair.)
Sincerely,
*George Sisler*
*One Heart - Many Hands*
Dear Volunteer,
We are so often surprised by both where The Lord sends us and who He has waiting for us to serve there in His name!
While the One Heart - Many Hands staff continues to actively prepare for the large-scale Work & Witness project scheduled for this summer (July 25 - 31, 2010) in Columbus, the humanitarian disasters in Haiti and Chile have also required several of our senior staffers to split time between Central Ohio, Hispaniola and South America.
Dr Gary Morsch Many of our volunteers throughout the world may not know that One Heart - Many Hands is a sister organization to the medical relief teams, Heart to Heart International and Docs Who Care. All three charities were founded in previous decades by Kansas City physician Gary Morsch.
In the days following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Dr. Morsch assembled an advance logistics teHeart to Heart International am (including OHMH President George Sisler) to fly into the heart of the crisis and make arrangements for bringing hundreds of American medical personnel to Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. With 'boots on the ground,' the team was soon at work establishing make-shift clinics and escorting medical personnel and supplies from the Haiti 1bDominican Republic to Haiti and throughout the western side of the island. Heart to Heart teams are responding to major and minor crush injuries, delivering babies, and treating every imaginable illness common to third-world nations. That which is a routine trip to the ER or Urgent Care in America, becomes a life-threatening reality when you factor in the lack of sanitation and hours, days and weeks passing before medical care is accessible.
Dr. Morsch (who has cared for sick and injured in wars and natural disasters throughout the world) describes the situation in Haiti as the worst he has ever seen, "with seemingly endless, unimaginable suffering and hardship." Haiti 2bEarly reports put the death count at 200,000, the injured at 300,000 and more than a million homeless. Thus, Heart to Heart International has committed to remain in Haiti for the next three to five years. Meanwhile, in Chile, the Heart to Heart advance logistics team will have 'boots on the ground' this week and will report back with a needs assessment as soon as possible.
If you or anyone you know is a licensed physician, medical assistant, nurse or pharmacist, please click here to learn how to volunteer time and talents to help people in Haiti or Chile.
Beyond our work this summer in Columbus, the staff at One Heart - Many Hands is excited about long-term opportunities to partner with Heart to Heart International. We are envisioning teams of OHMH volunteers traveling to Haiti to help build clinics, orphanages and schools. (Because of the lack of political and judicial stability, travel to that country is not recommended for teens and children).
Click Here for details concerning housing this summer in Columbus. (Reservations should be made as soon as possible because our project will be going on at the same time as the Ohio State Fair.
And, please pray often for the people of Haiti and Chile, and the people who are there to serve.
Sincerely,
George Sisler
One Heart - Many Hands
Dear Volunteer,
This year, from July 25th through the 31st, One Heart - Many Hands volunteersOHMH 2009 Image from across the world will gather in Columbus, OH, bringing faith and works together in a way that might even make both the faithful Apostle Paul and his ever labor-focused friend James willing to sign up for the project!
While we haven't yet heard from our first-century brethren, the response to our first email was absolutely extraordinary! We discovered that a lot of people are, in fact, interested in coming to Columbus this summer. The most common question we received was "when will you finalize a date?". With that important detail settled we are now ready to hear from you (office@oneheartmanyhands.com)
What are the needs in Ohio's largest city? Our friend and photographer Andrew Diehlmann spent a recent afternoon in the Capital City's Franklinton neighborhood, taking pictures of scenes that unfortunately are all too common in this impoverished community.
Also known as "The Bottoms," because of the area's propensity to experience flooding, Franklinton is a low-lying stretch of a few dozen city blocks located roughly two miles west of the Columbus downtown.
"The Bottoms" nomenclature has also become a local metaphor, illustrative of the impoverished living conditions of many traditionally Appalachian families who settled there.
But in the midst of all the dilapidated homes and community struggles, there is hope. For starters, a flood wall was completed several years ago which will allow some of our planned home repairs to last years instead of just a season or two.
Further (and more importantly), from a Nazarene Church located right in the heart of Franklinton, there has sprung several amazingly fruitful ministries. Each day our brothers and sisters who choose to live and minister in this community are making remarkable differences in the lives of people who might not otherwise discover: they are loved and welcome - just as they are. Lower Lights Ministries provides transitional housing for women, mentoring, children's outreach, a food pantry and a health clinic. We are excited that this summer, One Heart - Many Hands is partnering with Lower Lights Ministries to address as many needs in Franklinton as the Lord will allow us to accomplish. We know that when the OHMH projects in Columbus are complete, we will continue to prayerfully support the Nazarenes and other Christians who are not just ministering there by day, but who themselves are part of the community where they serve.
We are in discussions with additional local ministry partners including Central Ohio Youth For Christ (which has an area of focus specifically targeting at-risk teens in Franklinton), and Cross-Cultural Friends (a ministry which seeks to build relationships with foreign college students). Just as with Orlando last year, we are continuing with networking, facilitating and recruiting right through the project's kick-off in July.
Be certain: if you sign up for One Heart - Many Hands Columbus 2010, there will be a meaningful project waiting for you when you arrive. I hope we will have the honor of serving with you! For more information send us an email (office@oneheartmanyhands.com).
This is a project that I'm confident you will not want to miss!
Sincerely,
George Sisler
One Heart - Many Hands
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