Mission goal to help those in greatest need

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This is done free of charge as an outreach of love and compassion to the homeowner.

“We just do it to bless someone else. It’s just such a wonderful feeling,” Maroney said.

He added people get nominated for the Backyard Mission for a host of reasons.

“It could be health issues, finances, changes in life that are hard to navigate,” he said. “As long as the person owns the home and can use the help, we do it free of charge.”

Maroney added there is no preaching taking place to the homeowner. “This is not an evangelistic tool,” he said.

It’s just people helping people. Backyard Mission evolved out of a previous mission effort that sent local youth south of the border to help on projects there. However, treatment by U.S. Customs officials at the border had organizers reassessing the endeavour. They opted to instead stay “in their own backyard” – Chatham – to help locally. That began in 2009.