Mission of Service for Frank A. Wickstead

Action in the World:

Frank’s affiliation with the Ro-nald McDonald House started a few years ago while going through Primary Integration Training and was encouraged to find a Mission of Service. The RMH houses the parents and direct family members of children experiencing long term hospitalization. One project was to provide food and prepare dinner for 60. Frank volunteered to organize the event, create the menu, buy the food, help prepare, serve, and clean up. These quarterly events happened in 2009 and will continue into 2010. At least 6 MKP brothers help at each event and have been encouraged to bring friends and family which they/we do.

Frank was a member of a group that built a bridge at Woodlands Gardens which is a local public park in Decatur Georgia that continues to evolve. The bridge was a project they had in their planning. The bridge was built out of wood from a tree that had fallen in the park that had been previously prepared into lumber. It took various brothers 3 days to complete. Frank to design the bridge, pick up materials, coor-dinate, and delegate. The Georgia MKP paid for all the materials. The park administrator was very happy with the product and the representatives of MKP.