COMMUNITY SERVICE
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Our Community Service Team identifies, educates and inspires our community to engage in compassionate service. There are ample opportunities for each of us to reach out, step up, and BE LOVE in action in the greater Dallas area. Look for these opportunities throughout the year and make a difference.
Community Support Projects!
- Share your idea – Submit your community support project ideas that reflect our values and mission.
- Get involved – If you’re passionate about a project already suggested, join in and help bring it to life!
- Align with purpose – Every project should reflect CSLDallas’ core values of love, unity, service, and spiritual growth.
- Be the lead – If you submit an idea, be prepared to take the lead on the project and help guide it from concept to completion.
Our Initiatives
Murushasha Community School
CSLDallas and Spirit Tours partner to fully support the Murushasha Community School in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. This community school is located in the area of the world where Mountain Gorillas live. Rev Karen Fry went on a gorilla trek in March 2022. Afterward, her guide took her to this community school and asked her to personally sponsor 6 children so they could stay in school. At the time, this school had 40 students.
CSLDallas raises funds to support new buildings, classrooms, benches, latrines, teachers’ pay, and more so these children have a place to learn. In addition, people have chosen to sponsor students so they can stay in school, have lunch provided for them each day, and have a uniform to wear. This only costs $180 per year, per student. Collectively, we are currently sponsoring 24 scholars.
Because we are now sponsoring students, the number of students in the school has grown from 40 to 250 because their parents and the children themselves are hoping that they, too, can be sponsored. Together, we can build this school up, ensure the teachers have better compensation, and students are able to attend school in an area of great need in Uganda.
Thanks to this community school, the students do not have to walk 3-hours, one way in the mountains to attend the closest governments subsidized school.
Thank you to everyone that is supporting this project!
Gooch Elementary
The Gooch Elementary Garden Project
The Gooch Elementary Garden Project is a collaborative initiative aimed at transforming an underutilized space into a vibrant educational place for students. The project begins with a thorough clean-up, including clearing garden beds, repairing structures, replacing old benches, and painting to revitalize the area. With the support of volunteers, the garden will become an interactive learning environment where students can explore sustainability, teamwork, and environmental stewardship. This revitalized garden will enhance the school’s aesthetics while providing a lasting resource for education, creativity, and community connection, fostering pride and ownership among all involved.
Green Community
CSLDallas is a green community. We practice this in our kitchens, offices, and around our entire campus. We also inspire our community members to take up a green consciousness in their homes workplaces, and while they are out and about in their daily lives.