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Retirement Center Residents Raise $5,350 for Relief Effort
SPRING VALLEY, CA (November 4, 2003) - When residents of Mount Miguel Covenant
Village heard that seven families of Canyon Springs Covenant Church in
Scripps Ranch lost their homes in the Cedar Fire, they wanted to do
something to help.
Resident Council President Al Koop organized
a car wash to raise funds
for these families.
On Thursday, October 30, twenty volunteer residents washed the
ash-covered cars of residents and staff. The assembly line included a
spray-down station, suds-down station, a rinse and dry station and two
ladies who were in charge of the window washing station.
The volunteers, averaging about 79 years of age, washed 80 cars in 240
minutes - a clean car about every three minutes.
The volunteers said they felt rewarded and had a sense of accomplishment
raising the money, all the while enjoying fun, fellowship and a good
time - "acting like teenagers" as one put it.
Through their efforts, the volunteers of Mount Miguel Covenant Village
have raised more than $5,350.
Mount Miguel Covenant Village is a retirement community located in
Spring Valley, part of Covenant Ministries of Benevolence of the
Evangelical Covenant Church.
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