The Herald Bulletin - 9:23 p.m.: Missionaries helps Anderson residents

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Catholic youth in town doing community projects. Teens attending the Catholic HEART Workcamp work together to scrap down this garage so they can paint it as part of their missionary work.
John P. Cleary / The Herald Bulletin

Catholic youth in town doing community projects. Julia Blanchard, 16 (standing), and Lorrin Ochs, 14, paint the house at 231 Jackson Street as part of their missionary work of the week-long Catholic HEART Workcamp they are attending in Anderson.
John P. Cleary / The Herald Bulletin

Catholic youth in town doing community projects. Resident Leanne King sits out in the front yard and watches the teens from the Catholic HEART Workcamp paint her front porch at 1215 W. Third Street in Anderson.
John P. Cleary / The Herald Bulletin

9:23 p.m.: Missionaries helps Anderson residents

Instead, they went to Minneapolis in June.

According to the Web site for Catholic HEART Workcamp, children who are entering eighth grade and older can participate in the weeklong camps. Every day of the trip, participants help with painting, yard work, indoor and outdoor cleanup, home maintenance and repair on existing homes, neighborhood revitalization and other tasks. Anderson is one of 37 places where the camp will send workers this summer.

While the youth are visiting Indiana, they will go see the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis Zoo and Circle Centre Mall, as well as go canoeing on the White River.

Catholic HEART (Helping Everyone Attain Repairs Today) Workcamp in Anderson July 13-19

By the numbers:

306: Campers including teens ages 13 to 20 and chaperones

60: Places where teens are working including private homes and social service organizations

11: Churches with workers who traveled o Anderson

36: Teens from Florida, the furthest location

68: Tens from Kansas, the largest group

2005: The year the camp started in Anderson

1993: The first year Catholic HEART workcamp was held in Orlando, Fla.

Source: Laura Soverns, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Anderson

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