Ordway Workcamp to Bring Nearly 150 Volunteers for Free Home Repairs for Local Residents

Description: The Town of Ordway will host the Ordway Workcamp beginning June 14, 2026, bringing up to 148 teen and adult volunteers to provide free home repairs for elderly, disabled and low-income residents through Group Mission Trips...

Desire Sprosty

Town Clerk

719-267-3134

Press Release (pre-camp)

Town of Ordway is bringing up to 150 teenagers and adults to improve the homes of elderly, disabled, and low-income residents.

Town of Ordway: As many as 26 residents will benefit from the work of a projected 148 adult and teenage volunteers at the Ordway Workcamp, coming to the area on June 14th 2026. The Workcamp will provide free home repairs through Group Mission Trips, sponsored locally by Town of Ordway.

Group Mission Trips is a non-profit, interdenominational Christian volunteer home-repair organization headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. This summer, over 10,000 young people and adults will participate in 25 Workcamps in communities across the United States.

At each Workcamp, teenagers and adults—members of church youth groups—volunteer a week of their time to repair homes throughout the community.

“These really are remarkable young people,” said Tim Gilmour, President of Group Mission Trips. “Each one is actually paying for the privilege of working in your community. Workcamp registration fees are used to cover costs for food, insurance, and building materials.”

The Workcamp participants will be housed at Crowley County High School, with the campers sleeping on classroom floors, eating in the cafeteria, and enjoying evening programs in the gym. “This service to the community would be impossible without the wonderful cooperation of the Crowley County High School,” remarked Mayor Jerry Barber. Group Mission Trips will reimburse all costs to the lodging facility.

With humble beginnings going back to the early 1990s, Group Mission Trips has been partnering with and helping communities across the United States and the world. As the non-profit mission ministry of Group Cares, Group Mission Trips works hard to bring meaningful service to the communities we serve. Since the beginning, thousands upon thousands of mission trip participants have volunteered millions of hours serving people in need.

All these years later, one constant remains true: Group Mission Trips strongly believes in providing opportunities for teenagers to encounter Jesus through serving others either in their own backyard or halfway across the globe.

This summer’s 20 Workcamps will take place in different states, including Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Group Mission Trips has hosted over 480,000 participants who have provided more than 14 million hours of volunteer service directly to people in need.

Repairs offered through the Workcamp include interior and exterior painting, weatherization, porch and wheelchair ramp construction, and other work.

Best Regards

Desire S

Ordway Town Clerk

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