SUBMITTED BY RICHIE LAWRY –
Last weekend, over 160 young people from the Arkansas-Louisiana Pathfinder organization came from communities all over Arkansas and Louisiana to the Mena area to conduct a “Serve Others” Camporee. The Arkansas-Louisiana Pathfinders are part of a worldwide program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They offer a wide range of learning experiences for young people 10 to 15 years of age. Pathfinders are similar in many respects to Scouting but have an added spiritual emphasis.

On Friday, September 25th, the Pathfinders performed various “Serving Others” activities in the Mena area. The projects included picking up trash and cleaning up at the Polk County Fairgrounds, clearing several miles of trails for the National Forest Service, working on flower beds at The Oaks, making and serving sack lunches at the Mena Seventh-day Adventist Church Soup Kitchen, taking down trees and cleaning up brush at the PCDC Adult Education & Wellness Center, and doing needed clean-up for a local widow.
On Saturday afternoon, September 26th, the young people went door to door throughout Mena collecting over 1500 items of canned food to assist the Soup Kitchen sponsored by the Mena Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Arkansas-Louisiana Pathfinder Director, Lloyd Clapp, said, “We really appreciate the Christian Motorcycle Association staff and facilities. We were honored to be able to serve the community of Mena in a small way.”
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Jeri Pearson
Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.

A wonderful story of today’s kids and their dedication to God and man. I wish we could have been there to see all of the outreach being done. I do pray that the Pathfinders enjoyed their stay in Mena and will plan another Camporee in Mena next year!
These young people are the church of today – not just the ‘church of the future.” May they be blessed!