Christmas In Action - Non-Profit
http://www.christmasinaction.net

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to our website. Now that we are in our seventh year, we feel so blessed by our community and how they have supported our efforts to help the elderly, low income and disabled people in our area.

In December of 1999, at a meeting in City Hall, I first heard about Christmas in April. I was so moved by the video and presentation that I knew I had to get involved in this wonderful Christian based program.

Johnson County is blessed with many organizations that help people in our area in so many different ways. One area I found that we were lacking was an organization that helped the low income, disabled and elderly to stay safe in their homes. So many of these people were on a fixed income and unable to afford to keep their home in good repair. It was easy to see why many lost hope as their homes where falling apart around them. With no one to help them, they felt abandoned and alone.

Our hearts and minds went to work on how we could get such a wonderful program going. We assembled a wonderful board of caring people who had the same goals in mind and began to put the love of Christ into action by putting hard work and Christian values in the forefront of serving others in our community.

As we looked around our community, it did not take long to find homes in need of repair. We began by raise funds for repairs to the homes we selected for our work day each April. So many wonderful people and businesses in our area have given funds and supplies to help us to repair these homes.

Thanks to so many volunteers and skilled workers who gave of their time and talents, we began to put on new roofs, redo electrical wiring, repair bad plumbing and repaint inside and out! Through our Safe at Home division of Christmas in Action we are able to build wheelchair ramps, and install safety grab bars, and other small repairs year round.

Since we have started we have redone over 30 homes and built twenty wheel chair ramps, thanks to our wonderful Cleburne fire department!

So welcome to our website. Feel free to visit and browse around. Email us, ask questions, Sign up and be a part of a wonderful community effort to help others in need.

Your friends in Christ,

Peter Svendsen
Vice-President