Day 2

Today we helped clear lots of tall weeds. We worked with the church from Newton MA. The block we were on had only two residents living on the street. Every other house was vacant. By the end of the day, we had all the tall weeds down & could see down the street completely. One of the residents on this street had their water & elecricity shut off. They are senior citizens who are handicapped & have no where to go.

SIDE NOTE: There is a church group staying at our church in Northville. They are helping out the Joy-Southfield connection we are involved in too. They were cleaning out this house while we cleared lots. We were told that this house had rats living in it, and that there was a hole in the back of the house a person could walk through. In addition to that, they are hoarders. The people staying at our church had to wear haz-mat suits to do this job. We were also told that Joy-Southfield is trying to get these particular people better living conditions.

We met Tony today too. He is in charge of the community develpoment in this area. He also works at Kronks Gym and told us about "K9" winning his match the other night. I'm not a boxing fan, but this was aired on HBO & apparently is a pretty big deal!  He also invited our group to come tour the gym sometime. (Potential field trip for Jr. High??)

On to the Tiger's game!