Our mission is to Reach Together with the people of Roanoke to restore hope, alleviate loneliness and empower individuals by bringing folks together to transform homes, lives and entire communities.
Our Organization's Goals are threefold
1 To foster a life of serving others
2 To improve living conditions
3 To form healthy relationships
First, for the families we work with:
- To restore hope and empower individuals
- repair/modify homes
- To connect families with home repair volunteers
- To bring communities together (neighborhoods, REACH participants and interested city residents) through meals, events and activities.
- To provide an environment where home repair skills can be learned and practiced
Second, for the individuals participating in our service projects
- To involve them in a week of service to others
- To help them understand how difficult it is to ask for and accept help and the importance of being able to do so
- To bring people of diverse economic and social backgrounds together
- To encourage and empower individuals to live a life of service to others
Third, for the staff (leading the camp):
- To teach Servant Leadership
- To challenge their understanding of the world and their place in it
- To stretch them beyond their perceived limitations
- To foster the idea that they can make a difference
