The Need’s Already Here

Camp Renew Teaches Students They Don’t Have To Travel Far To Serve Others

Posted: June 14, 2012

Volunteers Morgan Shank (right) and Dalton Stoltzfus, both 15, line up support beams for a wheelchair ramp at a home on Myrtle Street in Harrisonburg on Wednesday. The students’ week of service, sponsored by Renew, is dedicated to strengthening relationships while serving people in need close to home. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Evan Yoder, 16, (bottom) checks the level on a handrail as Renew volunteers build a wheelchair ramp on Myrtle Street. With him are team leader Asher Knopp, 18, and Jacob Gwynne, 15 (right).

HARRISONBURG — You don’t have to go far to find people in need.

That’s why, rather than packing up for a service trip in a faraway community, more than 200 local middle and high school...



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