About 60 volunteers from Crossroads Community Church, Cornerstone Christian School, Living Water Youth Group, Salmon Creek Methodist Church and unaffiliated individuals raked leaves for elderly, disabled and other residents in 30 Vancouver households who were in need of help with the annual chore.
The volunteers found the community-service jobs through a website founded in September 2010 by Vancouver resident David Bilby, head of the nonprofit Go Connect. NeighborLinkUp.com, one of Go Connect’s nationwide services, lists projects to be done so groups, individuals and families can find ways to volunteer in their community.
Janet Jones, 66, who lives at Totem Pole Mobile Estates in Vancouver, said a group of volunteers found her through Neighbor Linkup last year and raked the leaves in her yard.
“It’s the brown decomposing mush that’s so hard to deal with,” Jones said. “I want the yard to look nice, but my body can’t do it.”
