Chesapeake Church Summit Men Cut, Load, and Deliver Free Firewood to Needy Families during 7th Annual Firewood for Families. For many families, this is will be their only source of heat during the winter months. Armed with trucks, wood splitters and cutters, axes and willing hands and spirit, more than 150 Summit Men’s group members from Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown cut and loaded 45 truck loads of wood to deliver to 22 less fortunate families. The men delivered between a half cord to three cords of firewood at each stop. For many, the firewood will be their only source of heat during the winter months. This is the seventh consecutive year that Chesapeake Church has spearheaded the Firewood for Families endeavor. This year brought the largest number of volunteers and more than doubled the amount of deliveries, 90 percent of the deliveries were Calvert County residents. “The need is out there and it is strong,” said Chet Taylor, Chesapeake Church’s Summit Men’s Leader. “The men at the church answered the call to serve. I hear the stories of how the men who delivered the wood are just as touched as the firewood recipients when they return to the church. It […]
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