Backyard Mission Newsletter…do the Word.

Mission Statement:

1.  Get people warm and dry by providing free home repairs, using volunteer labor and buying materials with donated money.

2.  Give Christians the opportunity to put their faith into action by loving and serving their neighbors.

3.  Help other churches start a Backyard Mission program in their community.
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2006 Backyard Mission 
Service Report

Total Projects to date:		473
Total Projects in 2006:	139

Labor Source:
LUMC -				  8
Other volunteer groups -	28
Family -				79
Paid Professionals -		26
APS -			10 – BYM 
   bought materials / APS paid labor

Other towns BYM helped:   Post, Slaton, Earth, 
Wolfforth, Ralls, Floydada

Repairs:
Roofs -				35
Ext. paint -			47
Windows/Doors -		33
Siding -				16
Heaters -			13
Water heaters -			12
Plumbing repairs -		17
Ramps -			5
Misc. repairs -			19

**nothing adds up to the 139 because some houses had more than one repair done or more than one group work on their house, but 139 is the total number of families that received help of some kind in 2006.

Backyard Mission truck maintenance provided by “Woody Tire Company”
February 2007

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Families Served - 480

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Volunteer Groups for 2006:  Youth Corps, Georgetown UMC Youth, LakeRidge Baptist, Hartman Roofing, Second Baptist, Sigma Phi Lambda, Cooper H.S., Code Enforcement, WSO, BUCS, Kappa Chi, Community Baptist, Oakwood Methodist, Wolfforth UMC, All State Ins. Group, Joe Patterson Construction, St. Matthew UMC, Indiana Ave Baptist Youth, Aldersgate UMC, Delta Kappa Delta, Our Lady of Grace, Overhead Door, St. John Neuman, Floydada UMC, City View Christian Fellowship

Total donations received in 2006 – over $112,000.00

Thank you to everyone who was a part of sharing the love of Christ with our neighbors through Backyard Mission in 2006.  May God bless you as you have been a blessing to others.

** A big thanks to Alamo Remodeling for providing a dump truck for us!! **

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Board Members:
Jim Taylor		Mary Kay McCauley
Sheri Haynes		Laren Craig
Glenn West		Lindy Fruge’

LAURIE FOSTER,  DIRECTOR / FOUNDER       
4701 - 82nd St		               (806) 794-4015
Lubbock, TX  79424	  
Lfoster@lakeridgeumc.org  / www.backyardmission.org

Grants received 2006
Betenbough Foundation, Texas Methodist Foundation, Lubbock Area Foundation, Chester and Ada Ruth Green Endowment, Discount Tire Co., Monty Miller Living Legacy Foundation, LeGrande & Cassandra Northcutt Donor Advised Fund at the East Texas Communities Foundation

Backyard Mission operates off private donations.  It is not funded or budgeted by LakeRidge UMC.
(Make check payable to – Backyard Mission)