LifeGuide & NLC | Recapping our 2024 Community Impact Project

On Friday, April 26th and Saturday, April 27th, 2024, LifeGuide team members and clients showed up for an “Extreme Makeover” Community Impact Project at New Life Community in Carlisle. We set out with one goal in mind: To bless the socks off of NLC and those they serve.

Consider this:

• 68% of households within a six-block radius of NLC are single-parent families.
• Nearly 19% of Carlisle residents live at or below the poverty level.
• Of the 2000 homeless people in Cumberland County, more than 1/4 (560) are 18 or younger.

The result of the 48-hour Extreme Makeover was nothing short of awe-inspiring! Together, we were able to completely transform NLC’s youth wing and their newly created Marketplace, which is dedicated to empowering individuals with opportunities for economic self-sufficiency and community engagement.

All told, we raised $37,000 and had more than 120 volunteers of all ages and walks of life show up to paint, demo, lay flooring, assemble, move, organize, clean, cook, and so much more. Ryan Brown, NLC’s Lead Pastor, shared after the event, “It might seem like ‘just’ painting or ‘just’ laying some flooring, but the work your team did here today has literally moved our ministry months, even years, into the future.”

On behalf of our team, THANK YOU to everyone who participated and donated. We truly have the best clients in the world, and I couldn’t be more grateful!

By the Numbers

• $37,000 raised
• 120 volunteers & 600+ total volunteer hours between Friday and Saturday
• 19 gallons of paint purchased for the Youth Center
• 3 ping pong tables, 1 air hockey table, 1 foosball table, 2 Nintendo Switches, 2 TVs with stands, 3 area rugs, 1 lockable cabinet, 5 round tables, 30 chairs, 6 love seats, 1 epic seating area, 5 couch racks, and slat walls and shelving donated/purchased, assembled, and moved into place (with 3 sets of modular furniture getting set up THIS WEEK!)
• 700 sq. ft. of flooring laid in the LifeWorks Marketplace
• Thousands of weeds pulled
• 10,000+lbs of homemade lasagna devoured (ok, this may be an exaggeration, but Friday’s homemade Italian dinner feast was so good…not to mention all the Rita’s Italian Ice, Firehouse Subs, and Italian Taxi subs, and countless desserts we all devoured!

Thank you to our Community Partners

A big THANK YOU to our community partners who helped make this event a reality!

• Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard of Carlisle
• Firehouse Subs in Carlisle
• The Italian Taxi
• Eric Hench Carpet
• Dave Hooke Team at KW of Central PA
• Kirbtech
• The Tuckey Companies
• 2 Generations Embroidery & Silkscreening