90 Volunteers Attend Annual LERT Chainsaw Training and Workday at Walcamp

Lutheran Church Charities held the annual LERT chainsaw training and service event workday at Walcamp in Kingston, Illinois. On Friday evening, April 27, Ed Boerman, LCC Chainsaw Instructor and ISA Certified Arborist, taught the Basic Chainsaw class to fifty-four LERT volunteers. On Saturday, April 28, ninety basic and advanced chainsaw certified LERT team members worked as chainsaw and heavy equipment operators, draggers and safety observers to clear Walcamp grounds of downed or damaged trees, limbs and brush.

Bill Indelli, Site Operations Director, was very happy with all the volunteers who came and worked so hard. He stated, “Praise God for all these folks! There was so much more done than I ever expected!” The ninety LERT volunteers came from the following twenty-five churches in Illinois and Wisconsin

Illinois Teams:
Cross, Yorkville
Good Shepherd, Elgin
Good Shepherd, Rock Falls
Immanuel, Belvidere
Immanuel, Dundee
Immanuel, Freeport
Immanuel, Lindenwood
Immanuel, Palatine
Living Waters, Peoria
Lord of Life, LaFox
Prince of Peace, Palatine
Shepherd of the Hills, McHenry
St. Luke, Montgomery
St. John, Lombard
St. John, Wheaton
St. Peter, Gilberts
St. Peter, Hampshire
St. Peter, Morrison
Trinity, Genoa
Trinity, Lisle
Trinity, Roselle
Trinity, Tinley Park
Zion, Beecher
Zion, Ottawa

Wisconsin Team:
St. Paul, Grafton, WI

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.

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