Cameron Community Ministries received help from Kodak at the annual United Way Day Of Caring and from the Presbyterian Mission Madness in April. Eight hardworking Kodak folks spent 10 hours at Cameron Community Ministries on Friday, April 25. They rebuilt a fence, tore down a partition and built a platform floor, painted the basement, put together a shed and built storage shelves.

Then on Saturday, April 26, fourteen youth and adults volunteered four hours of labor by rotating the stock of canned food, cleaning shelves, scrubbing walls and steps, tidying up the tutoring area, sorting books and creating a beautiful bulletin board.

Tucked in the city's northwest on 48 Cameron Street between Lyell and Otis Streets, Cameron Community Ministries each year serves over 30,000 meals. These include lunches Monday-Saturday between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Kid's Café Monday-Thursday from 5-5:30 p.m. and Sunday Celebrations at 4:30 p.m. On Christmas and Thanksgiving one can always find a house full of people gathered to serve and share food together.

Cameron also operates a Clothing House where community members, with a $1 annual membership, are allowed to "shop" for clothes free of charge each month. About 600 families are aided with donations of gently used clothing and household goods. Volunteers and donations are always needed to effectively run the Clothing House.

During the school year, volunteer Learning Partners help about 30 first through fourth graders with their homework, reading and math skills. Parents and teachers of the after school participants have reported improved study habits and much higher grades. This program offers opportunities for adults to make a difference in the lives of children and for children to make differences in their own lives as well as the tutors who work with them.