What is ShareFest? Each of our churches is an individual light to the Tri-Cities community. The question is this: How bright of a light can we shine if we bring all our churches together for one week? . As the churches in the Tri-Cities show, in a tangible way, that we care for the community, it will send a great message showing our love for God and the love our churches have for the people in the community. The result will be: Proclamation + Demonstration = Transformation!     Here are the results for ShareFest 2008 Churches working together: 30 Volunteers: 2,200 Projects: 173 Units of blood donated to Red Cross: 180 Lives saved from donated blood: 540 Pounds of food donated to local food banks: 2,700 Money donated to local agencies: $54,000 Skills Development Mission Young Life Olive Crest at Bailie Youth Ranch Money saved to Tri-City community over the last 4 years: Just over $1,000,000 (Figure is based on 8600 volunteers, over the last 4 years, working at least 6 hours at a rate of $19.53 per hour. This rate is set by Washington State as the value put per hour on a volunteer. Source is Benton-Franklin Volunteer Center). Giving back to the Tri-City community in a big way: Priceless! Here is what ShareFest has accomplished in the last 4 years: Volunteers: 8,600 Projects: 573 Units of blood donated to Red Cross: 580 Lives saved from donated blood: 1,740 Pounds of food donated to local food banks: 17,200 (~ 9 tons) Money donated to local agencies: $168,000 Grace Clinic Domestic Violence Services Boys & Girls Club Innkeepers Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery Community Action Committee Adult Drug Court Jail Treatment Center Benton-Franklin Substance Abuse Coalition Skills Development Mission Young Life Olive Crest at Bailie Youth Ranch We look forward to having you partner with the many Tri-Cities churches who have already signed up to be a part of ShareFest.