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Additional funds came from a variety of fund-raising activities the young people planned during the year, including a yard sale, a rock-a-thon, a \u201csub\u201d sale, a stock shares promotion, a concert, and dinners.<\/p>\nBREWSTER, MA (August 2, 2007) – The youth group of the Cape Cod Covenant Church of Brewster completed its first missions trip this summer to Lexington, North Carolina, and it all started because of CHIC.
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\nWhile at CHIC last year, youth group member Allie Holland was one of the winners of the \u201cDeal or No Deal\u201d fun event for CHIC participants and won $1,000 to be used for a missions trip. She decided to apply that money towards her church youth group\u2019s first missions trip.<\/p>\n
Additional funds came from a variety of fund-raising activities the young people planned during the year, including a yard sale, a rock-a-thon, a \u201csub\u201d sale, a stock shares promotion, a concert, and dinners.<\/p>\n
The senior high team had eight students participating: Holland, Jaci Slattery, Lucy White, Steph Braman, Peter Horgan, Jess Hopkins, Catherine Baker, and Dave Thompson. Three adults also were included – Rick Baker, Jess Boose, and Meredith Peters.<\/p>\n
The team participated in a group work camp with 400 other teenagers, staying at the Lexington Middle School. The team repaired houses by doing lots of painting and light construction. The trip was highly rewarding, especially in areas of spiritual formation and growth, as students shared in daily devotions and evening worship programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone we helped was so appreciative, it made working much more enjoyable,\u201d Holland said of her experience. \u201cI loved getting to know all the people in our youth group better.”<\/p>\n
Those sentiments were echoed by another student, Jess Hopkins. “I really enjoyed the whole experience – it was so rewarding to know you made a difference and helped someone.”<\/p>\n