{"id":1013,"date":"2012-10-17T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cablesandkits.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2017-08-17T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T20:14:29","slug":"street-grace-service-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cablesandkits.com\/blog\/street-grace-service-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Grace – Service Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Core Values…We talk about them around our office. \u00a0Phrases like \u201cWhat\u2019s at your core?\u201d can be heard and repeated until they blend into the background noise. \u00a0Sadly, sometimes we simply dismiss these phrases because we assume what they voice are present. \u00a0In this case, association does not result in manifestation.\u00a0 In order to embody our Core Values it requires taking the words off the page and living them out. \u00a0It involves getting hands dirty and tough conversations. \u00a0This is how you differentiate an idea from a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Among the values we hold at CK, the one that\u2019s more central, pivotal, and resonates the deepest and loudest within me is Service. \u00a0The act of serving, loving, supporting and just being there for those around you, both inside and outside your immediate circle of influence, is a way to demonstrate and live out Service. \u00a0At CK we put action to our beliefs through projects and initiatives designed to express this. \u00a0Projects like the one we recently completed with Street Grace.<\/p>\n

Street Grace<\/a> is an organization that fights the commercial sexual exploitation of children. They mobilize resources, advocacy, prevention, and restoration. Prevention is always better than a cure. That\u2019s why Street Grace maintains a network of resources, mainly in the form of facilities which provide environments and situations designed to mitigate the chances children will end up on the streets and in the sex trade. In part, the organization does this through homes that provide safety, security, guidance, and most importantly stability. At risk girls are placed in homes with house parents who teach them life skills and love them in a way that instills both confidence and sustained sufficiency. Ultimately, Street Grace creates an atmosphere that nurtures the girls for success.<\/p>\n

We had the privilege of partnering with 12Stone Church<\/a> by helping with some minor repairs, painting, and providing games and recreation for one of the Street Grace homes. \u00a0CK volunteers, alongside several others, painted nearly the entire inside of the home, assisted with roof and eave repairs, painted shutters, built a garden, installed a volleyball court, tore down and replaced shelving downstairs. \u00a0Through the whole experience we worked alongside these amazing girls; their eyes glowed bright with determination, hope, and joy.<\/p>\n

Take time to invest in people. Serve them. You never know the fruit of the seeds you plant in the lives of others.<\/p>\n

Below is a video from our project. (Please excuse\u00a0the\u00a0sound in some spots…it was very windy.<\/em>)<\/p>\n