April 23, 2024
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Photos: Volunteers converge on Bureau County for annual WorkCamp

Young adult volunteers come together for home improvement projects aimed at lower income residents

By Kim Shute

Young adult volunteers from Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Michigan lead by team leaders Reese Wamhoff of LaMoille, Shon Purcell of Broken Arrow, OK and Tom Bunfill of Sullivan, IL remove a porch from a DePue home and rebuild it along with a wheelchair ramp. WorkCamp is a not-for-profit that provides home repair and improvement projects for lower income residents of the county. (Kim Shute)

Bureau County WorkCamp 2022 is underway.

Young adult volunteers from Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Michigan lead by team leaders Reese Wamhoff of LaMoille, Shon Purcell of Broken Arrow, OK and Tom Bunfill of Sullivan, IL remove a porch from a DePue home and rebuild it along with a wheelchair ramp.

WorkCamp is a not-for-profit that provides home repair and improvement projects for lower income residents of the county.

Bureau County WorkCamp volunteers install a wheelchair ramp on a home in DePue that signed up for assistance with home improvement or repair projects. The annual event pairs young adult volunteers and families in need of repairs for a two week round of home improvements. (Kim Shute)