Along with food and coat drives, this year's ShareFest Season of Service launched on November 1st as more than 500 volunteers from 19 churches came together at St Joseph's Orpanage in North Little Rock to complete a variety of outdoor and indoor projects. North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays while visiting the project said, "This is a historic landmark in our city and I am thrilled to see churches working together to restore it." Bill Singleton, pastor of Liberty Fellowship said, " It was fun, exciting, and a blessing to see that many churches working together.
On November 8th, eight churches united together to spruce up Morehart part in Southwest Little Rock.
More than 30 churches and 2000 volunteers are scheduled to come together to culminate the ShareFest Season of Service on November 22. In coordination with the Little Rock Parks & Recreation department, several community parks will have walking paths and underbrush cleared. Several area schools, including Robinson Middle School, Franklin, Stephens, and Wilson Elementary in Little Rock, Hurricane Creek in Benton, and Westside Elementary in Cabot will have teams working on enhancements within the schools and on the school grounds. Arkansas Baptist College will have teams from many different churches participating in campus clean-up and other improvements. Another new partnership for ShareFest is one with the Department of Health Services Foster Care office. ShareFest crews will be painting, cleaning and landscaping facilities in order to make a more inviting place for children who come into the foster care system.
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