August 6th-8th 2008

Resonate 08 was an awesome three day event which saw large numbers of people work incredibly hard to benefit many other people. A huge thank you to all who took the time to be involved in the event and to those who organised it.

Day 1 | Joiners Square Park

Energy levels were high and God had put the rain on hold. Day one of Resonate 08 was here and we were ready to go! Everyone went to Joiners Square Park for a day of fresh air, litter picking and painting. The fence surrounding half the park was our biggest challenge but was completed with time to spare. The roundabout and swings were given a fresh coat of paint and we disposed of plenty of rubbish and broken glass. All-in-all, Joiners Square was a big success and it was great at the end of the day to see kids already enjoying their new-look park!

Day 2 | Trentham High School & Women's Safe House

Always ready to rise to a challenge, the Resonate teams tackled two big projects; Trentham High School and a women’s safe house. While the future of Trentham High School is uncertain there are still young people to invest in and so there is still work to do! The men were sent back to school to paint a number of classrooms while the women had the task of glossing doors, skirting boards and radiators in the three storey safe house. By the end of the day there quite a few light heads from gloss-fumes but knowing what we were doing, why and who we were doing for kept us all going and no light-heads were about to stop us! Day two…challenging but successful!

Day 3 | When... Distribution Centre

Okay, so energy levels were not quite as high as Day One but that was not going to stop us! The team went to the When… Distribution Centre, a 15,500 square foot warehouse full of brand new clothing and household goods to distribute to those in need across the city. Resonate volunteers were put to task, sorting boxes of clothing and distributing them around the city. Some of the ladies from the safe house were on the receiving end of When… goods and it made the hard graft worthwhile to see their faces as they saw what was being given to them.