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Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom HOME IMPROVEMENT -- Grace Crawford, on step ladder, of upstate New York and Devin Parris of Maryland paint the garage of a Spring Street home in Dexter as part of a Group Workcamps Foundation’s Group Mission Trip in July 2019 as 400 volunteers from around the county spent nearly a week working to fix up 60 homes at no cost for eligible residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs taken care of. A group of about 80 will be in Dexter this year from July 5-9.
Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom HOME IMPROVEMENT -- Grace Crawford, on step ladder, of upstate New York and Devin Parris of Maryland paint the garage of a Spring Street home in Dexter as part of a Group Workcamps Foundation’s Group Mission Trip in July 2019 as 400 volunteers from around the county spent nearly a week working to fix up 60 homes at no cost for eligible residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs taken care of. A group of about 80 will be in Dexter this year from July 5-9.

Home workcamp comes to Dexter

Contributed • July 2, 2021

DEXTER — Around 80 teenagers and adults will arrive in Dexter on July 4 to work on and improve homes of the elderly, disabled and other residents. They will work on various projects from July 5-9.

The workcamp provides free home repairs through Group Missions Trips, sponsored locally by the Town of Dexter and The First Baptist  Church. Thirteen projects have been approved and will be done by  the volunteers who come to Dexter. Group Mission Trips is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian volunteer home-repair organization out of Fort Collins, Colorado. This summer there will be 23 different workcamps with over 4,000 volunteers going into communities across the U.S.  

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom
HOME IMPROVEMENT — Grace Crawford, on step ladder, of upstate New York and Devin Parris of Maryland paint the garage of a Spring Street home in Dexter as part of a Group Workcamps Foundation’s Group Mission Trip in July 2019 as 400 volunteers from around the county spent nearly a week working to fix up 60 homes at no cost for eligible residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs taken care of. A group of about 80 will be in Dexter this year from July 5-9.

These volunteers are members of church youth groups that volunteer a week of their summer to go into communities working to help people make improvements in their homes. Each volunteer pays a registration fee that covers the costs of food, insurance and some building materials.  

The volunteers will be housed at the Ridge View Community School during their  time in Dexter. This service to our community would be impossible without the cooperation of many people and organizations from our area and the workcamp headquarters in Colorado. Some of the local businesses and organizations that are donating to this worthy  project are Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis, Sunshine Club of Dexter, Hannaford  Supermarket, Ace Hardware, Dexter Lumber, the Eastern Gazette, Dunkin, Dexter Fire Department and many independent donors. 

For more information, please contact Andrew Bermudez at abermudez73@gmail.com.

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