UM ARMY
United Methodist Action Reach-Out Mission By Youth

Letter from UM ARMY Camp Director

United Methodist Action Reach-Out Mission By Youth
1730 Nasa Road 1
Suite 203 Houston, Texas 77058
(281) 333-3227 (office)
(281) 333-3066 (fax)

Greetings!

UM ARMY is a ecumenical organization that has been bringing Youth service mission trips each summer in Texas for the past 22 years. We are currently planning a weeklong service project in the Beeville area from July 8th to 12th. Approximately 100 high school and college age youth and adult sponsors from the Houston and East Texas region to work in Bee County during that week. Each volunteer has personally contributed $1 50 to pay for materials, food; and work supplies just for the privilege of coming to your community to Christ's servants. The UM ARMY camp will be hosted and headquartered at Beeville United Methodist Church during the week.

Our service consists of home repairs for clients such as elderly, disabled, or impoverished community members. We do a variety of tasks including painting, roofing, light carpentry such as building wheelchair ramps, repairing walls, doors, screens, porches, etc.; also yard work and cleanup tasks. UM ARMY is not equipped to do plumbing or electrical work. Our past history shows that we should be able to complete about 50 projects during this week.

We could use your help in the following ways: first, although we get most of our work referrals from the Texas Department of Human Services, we are interested in being of special service to church members in need. Therefore, we ask that you refer to us any members of your congregation that need this type of assistance. Second, we need bilingual translation assistance to help some of our clients. We will need several translators each day during the service project week (July 8-12) and on two Saturdays in June (8, 22) when we visit referral clients to plan the work to be done later. Third, we operate on a limited budget from the fee paid by each participant. If your organization can help by providing meals, material, or a monetary donation, it would all go to our work. As a non-profit organization, UM ARMY donations are tax deductible and we will provide written documentation for your tax purposes. Lastly, we ask for your prayers for this week of service; that all our workers will be safe, that many people may be helped, and that our UM ARMY volunteers may grow in spiritual ways.

If you can help with referrals or translators, please contact Mrs. Donna Stewart at the Department of Human Services in Beeville; 361-358-9790 extension 133. If you can help with donations, please contact Mr. Joe Boyd at Beeville United Methodist Church, 361-358-3350.

Again, we ask for your prayers as we plan to come in service to your community.

Thank you and God Bless!

N. Clay Jones, UM ARMY Camp Director