Mission 26

07/22/2025

07/17/2025

Session 3 final day: we spent the day at The Pines Golf Course working and helping out with different projects around the course. Thank you to The Pines for making us feel at home and inviting us in! We also celebrated the completion of our session with a little pizza party and golf, it was a great end with a great session of young adults!

07/16/2025

Session 3 day eight: we got to spend the day at CareLinc Home Medical Equipment and Supply with manager Ryan doing some projects for him! The young adults got a feel for a little hot warehouse work and some A/C packaging work…I think they liked the A/C today as it was pretty hot! It’s pretty awesome to show up to a business and have them be so welcoming to our team, integrate them into their work day and still have a great day at work, this is great stuff, thank you Carelinc!

07/15/2025

Session 3 day seven: we got to spend the morning doing a project for Premier Granite & Stone, LLC. This was a great project for us to do as it helps evaluate so many work skills: communication, teamwork, efficiency, problem solving, time on task and work ethic all in one place, thank you!

In the afternoon we headed over to Allendale Ace Home Center to work with Ross, Ashley and so many great team members out there. What’s pretty neat to see is the employees adapting and being so willing to walk along side our crew helping them learn a job and build their skill set. A pretty awesome group of people at Ace out there for sure, thank you!

07/14/2025

Session 3 day six: We spent the morning with Dykstra Detailing learning the process of an exterior detail job. Isaac is such a great teacher and coach as he works alongside our young adults, thank you Isaac!

In the PM we headed over to Straight Line Directional Drilling & Geothermal, Inc. and got a little dirty cleaning up the shop! Thanks Brandon Nagelkirk and Steph for allowing us to come in and work, there is an art to sweeping well!

07/11/2025

Session 3 day five: we spent the day at Meijer in Hudsonville with Miss Merari and her crew. We showed up and got right to work bagging, retail and other department jobs! There is always something to do around Meijer! It was a great first week of work and the young adults have experienced a lot of different types of work and have grown in many different work skills!

07/10/2025

Session 3 day four: we spent the day right down the road at Gemmen's Ace Hardware with Ms. Teri and her crew! We show up and get plugged in right away putting out inventory and working in different sections of the store. The young adults did great today learning a new system and working alongside some great staff helping them along the way, thank you!

07/09/2025

Session 3 day three: we spent the day at one of our favorites Galloup with Mark, Roger and their awesome team! We had a great day doing rotations through front counter, box making, order picking, counting and sweeping! The team in the warehouse is amazing to work with and it’s so fun to hear the comments in the van. We definitely brought the energy today, thanks everyone!

07/08/2025

Session 3 day two: we spent the morning at Fellinlove Farm with Miss Cheryl and her crew! We got to experience what farm life is like doing jobs around the farm! The animals don’t take days off so that means work needs to be done every day, thank you Cheryl for having us and pouring into us!

In the afternoon we had the pleasure of teaming up with workers at Arrows Restaurant. Kids got plugged right into serving, bussing tables, working the cash register and cleaning dishes. It was a fast paced environment where everyone needs to do their job effectively to serve the people well. All the kids left saying they would love to work at Arrows and when asked why, they all responded with something about the person they worked with….which is a great testament to Arrows….thank you!

07/07/2025

Session 3 day one: we started our morning off at Gateway Mission doing a little retail work. This is a great way to start our session to get a feel for workers abilities, communication, work ethic and stamina in a really great environment, they did great!

In the afternoon we headed over to Pater Bobcat Service to do a little more manual labor, test our ability to work as a team and see how we worked in a little hotter/dirtier environment. Thank you Mark for opening up your shop, we learned a lot today!

07/03/2025

Session 2 day nine: we got to spend the day at The Pines Golf Course. It is so great working at a place that kind of feels like home. Today was hot and we had to clear the outer rim of the range and do some other projects around clubhouse. We cut out early to celebrate a great session 2 and do some friendly competitions! Thank you!

07/02/2025

Session 2 day eight: we got to spend most of the day at CareLinc Home Medical Equipment and Supply doing some projects for them around the business. Today we focused on following directions and steps that were given by their employees so that we could ensure the best products get put out. Asking questions was a must today to ensure quality, thank you!