Twelve volunteers, including eight young men and four young gals, joined the leadership team in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, to work a combined 648 hours finishing up outside work at the sites. With the national average volunteer pay rate of $34.79...
For the week of February 15-20, our group came from Indiana. They consisted of 3 young couples and 6 single gals. Between the laughs, singing and energetic fellowship, they accomplished much. They finished the subfloor, built walls and partitions...
The week of February 8-14 brought a vanload of 12 determined young men to Pointe-Aux-Chenes. Two had served previously, and some knew other previous volunteers; therefore, they came knowing where we were at and had big plans to finish up drying in 2...
Jason, MDS driver of volunteers extraordinaire, with his assistant driver, Titus, transported 10 other young Groffdale conference men from Lancaster County to work with us in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, LA for the week of February 1 – 9, 2026. Ingrid of...
The last week of January in Pointe-Aux-Chenes looked different than planned. Due to snowstorms in the northern states, our family from Minnesota had flights canceled. Our registered group from PA was on hold until they might feel safe to drive...
The Village Chapel of New Holland, PA, sent a group of 8 volunteers this year. They are very consistent to send a group each year. Joining them, from the Mifflinburg, PA, area, was a group of 8 young men. This was a week of celebration as the...
The week of January 11-17 brought a group of 10 volunteers – 5 men and 5 women, all in their early to mid 20’s, to Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana. They drove from Pennsylvania. Because the pilings are not in for the houses we are assigned, this...
