101 Volunteers Attend the Annual LERT Chainsaw Training and Service Workday at Walcamp

This past weekend, Lutheran Church Charities held the annual LERT chainsaw training and service event workday at Walcamp in Kingston, Illinois. On Friday evening, May 3, Ed Boerman, LCC Chainsaw Instructor & ISA Certified Arborist, taught the Basic Chainsaw class to 40 LERT team volunteers. Derek Kowalczyk, LCC Chainsaw Instructor, taught Rigging & Knots, and Boom Lift Safety to 39 advanced LERT team members.

Then on Saturday, May 4, 101 basic and advanced chainsaw certified LERT team members worked as chainsaw, heavy equipment, and boom lift operators, draggers and rigging safety crew to clear Walcamp grounds of downed or damaged trees, limbs, and brush.

These 101 LERT team volunteers came from the following 23 churches in Illinois and Wisconsin

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Illinois:
Christ Our Savior – Dixon
Cross Helmar – Yorkville
Faith – Oak Lawn
Immanuel – Belvidere
Immanuel – Des Plaines
Immanuel – Dundee
Immanuel – Freeport
Immanuel – Palatine
Joyful Harvest – Johnsburg
Living Waters – Peoria
Lord of Life – LaFox
Prince of Peace – Palatine
Shepherd of the Hills – McHenry
St. John – Wheaton
St. Luke – Montgomery
St. Matthew – Hawthorn Woods
St. Peter – Hampshire
St. Peter – Schaumburg
Trinity – Genoa
Trinity – Lisle
Trinity – Roselle
Zion – Ottawa

Wisconsin:
Our Redeemer - Wauwatosa

It was a beautiful day to enjoy being outside in God’s creation with much work being accomplished, chainsaw lessons practiced, and teamwork enjoyed with brothers and sisters in Christ. Walcamp Director Bill Indelli expressed his thanks to all present for their willingness to serve to prepare the campgrounds for the ministry they do.