Marsh Foundation Youth Spend Spring Break Serving Others

VAN WERT, Ohio – For the past several years, the youth at The Marsh Foundation have completed service projects during their spring break that revolve around the theme of serving others. This year, they continued their efforts.

Activities coordinator Sherry Grone coordinated the week’s projects. On two different days, boys from campus visited The Lima Rescue Mission where they volunteered their time to prepare and serve a meal. A group of girls spent time volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. In addition, a group of independent living aged youth prepared and served the meal Friday evening at the Van Wert Bread & Bowl at First United Methodist.

According to Grone, the projects were in an effort to make the youth more aware of issues such as homelessness and hunger. Service is a strong component of The Marsh program that works to instill a sense of stewardship in its youth.

George, Hilinda and Katie Marsh left a strong legacy by being compassionate and helping the less fortunate in the Van Wert community. Hilinda, especially, left behind writings that were very spiritual in nature. In her funeral memorial it was quoted, “Many were the days when she went about in her well-provisioned carriage, helping the sick and needy, in the very joy of her Master who went about doing good. In the church [she was] a humble and conscientious follower of the Christ; a leader for years in the Ladies’ Society of the church.  Our sense of loss is deep; we shall ever hold her services in grateful remembrance.”  The Marsh Foundation continues to build on and carry out that legacy and this is the inspiration behind these service projects.

Serving children and families since 1922, The Marsh Foundation is a not-for-profit children’s services agency that provides behavioral treatment in a variety of settings. Services include group homes, foster care, an intensive treatment program and independent living. Located in Van Wert, Ohio, the organization’s group homes are licensed for up to 36 children ages 7 – 17, offers an on-campus school for grades 2 – 12 and provides a variety of clinical services to group home residents, foster children and community members.

The mission of The Marsh Foundation is to inspire hope, to teach and to care for children and families. For more information about The Marsh, visit www.marshfoundation.org.

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