Serving

The New Lines of Restoration

The New Lines of Restoration

BridgeBuilders mission is about restoration, the kind that only unfolds when people show up hands ready and hearts open–a posture exemplified by Park Place Dealerships.

Through their Park Place Cares program, volunteers showed up to serve; where a single day’s work became a lasting impact! Their first effort was repainting the parking lot lines for our apartment residents. This seemingly small detail bears great importance as clean, safe parking areas communicate dignity and care in communities where those qualities aren’t guaranteed. Furthermore, Park Place handling this project saved us the cost of hiring a crew–allowing our resources to support critical programs for our neighbors.

This effort would have been enough, but they weren’t finished. Behind our South Dallas Community Market sat a plain concrete slab, faded and forgotten. But with teamwork, vision, and fresh paint Park Place turned it into something purposeful: a basketball court for our kids. This is the first court in walking distance within the Ideal neighborhood, giving local students a place to play after school, on weekends, and while their parents shop at our free grocery store.

Friendship is Sharing Food

Friendship is Sharing Food

Picture a slow cooker filled with beef and vegetables, simmering in a delectable stock for 12 hours to develop the flavor. Maybe you can recall the aroma of a family dinner from your childhood as you read. Just like this delicious dinner, our community benefits greatly from time, opportunities, and assets compassionately given. 

Similar to popular meal-kit products on the market today, The SharedDish is providing care package meals for our neighbors along with a Crock-Pot to easily cook them. All the meats, veggies, spices, and ingredients are provided with simple instructions for preparation.

Distributed twice per month, these free meals make a delicious difference for our neighbors! Creating simple and healthy recipes keeps good food on the table where less nutritious options are often so much cheaper and more available.

How to be a GREAT volunteer!

How to be a GREAT volunteer!

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 (ESV)