Rotary Club of Des Moines Gets Their Paint On!

Coordinators Glenn Bishop and Steve Swank

The Rotary Club of Des Moines spent Saturday, November 19th, working on the Family Shelter Unit Project funded by the Rotary District 5030 Homelessness Grant.  The Homelessness grant was instituted earlier this year and the Rotary Club of Des Moines applied for the grant and was approved.  The club then partnered with the Federal Way Multi-Service Center (MSC), which runs a transitional housing shelter for homeless families in Des Moines with the goal of helping them get off the street and eventually into more permanent housing.  The Federal Way MSC places families into these shelters for 90 days until more permanent housing can be found.  The shelter serves over 800 people each year and has a waiting year  list of 1,400.  With the rapid turnover of families moving in and out of the shelter, there is a need to completely repaint the units and replace furniture.  The Rotary Club of Des Moines was able to paint an entire home on Saturday and plans to do five more in January.  For more information about the Family Shelter Unit Project, please visit the Rotary Club of Des Moines website.

Members of Rotary Club of Des Moines and Volunteers

President Mark Rusnak

Admiring each others calluses?

Lisa Meinecke painting the wall and herself!

Maniac with a brush, Eleanor Bishop!

Hot Cocoa Break

Tony Hettler

Jim Polhamus

Dr. Michael Brown

Future Rotarians?

Photos courtesy of Lisa Meinecke.