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Watch as the Montrose Church volunteers share their experiences of working with the athletes at Special Olympics CV CAN Tri-Valley Games on April 21, 2012.

“I felt like I wasn’t helping them, they were helping me!”  Perry Moore, Worship Arts Pastor and Special Olympics Volunteer

If you're interested in volunteering at Special Olympics Summer Games, June 9-10, 2012, contact Kim Villa at volunteers@montrosechurch.org.

I would like to thank each one of you who served at Saturday's Special Olympics and share this letter we received from Grace Chase, Vice President CV CAN, Special Olympics Chairman: 

On Saturday, April 21st something very special happened in the Crescenta Valley. There was a gathering of over 800 people…students, community leaders and neighbors who came together for a Special Olympics Track and Field Meet at Crescenta Valley High School. It was a beautiful day, not because the sun was shining and the sky was blue…it was beautiful to witness the celebration of peaceful competition, goodwill and the triumph of the human spirit...(read full post)

Volunteer Now! (Ages 14+) RSVP to kim.villa@montrosechurch.org Fill out and return the Volunteer Registration to Kim at the Ministry Office, or at the Connections Center between weekend services Join us on April 21 as we partner with CV CAN to host the Third Annual CV CAN Games for Tri-Valley Special Olympics at Crescenta Valley High School. We are so privileged to participate in such a great event to celebrate and honor the athletic accomplishments of our intellectually disabled friends in the ...

Here's a recent letter I received from Craig Farestveit, one of our many Montrose Church volunteers who served at our Community Impact events at Hubert Humphrey Park last year: Dear Kim, I have owed you a “Thank You” for a while now for asking me to volunteer.  I have to admit that my first internal response when asked to volunteer is how to best say “no” without appearing to be as selfish as I am with my schedule.  I appreciate that you just kept asking in such a kind manner.  Yo...