Homes & Hope Legacy Trolley Tour and Lunch

ICCF Community Homes traces its founding to a group of volunteers at Eastern Ave Christian Reformed Church who 50 years ago renovated a house in the neighborhood and sold it to a low-income family. That’s why we began the ICCF Homes & Hope Legacy Society’s 50th Anniversary Trolley Tour at the church where it all began.

Once on the road, the trolleys passed scores of homes and multi-family buildings that ICCF has renovated or built throughout the years. Trolley riders also heard how lives were enriched, not only by these buildings, but also by the equipping services ICCF provided. They then returned to the church for lunch, followed by a program featuring a Q&A with Ryan VerWys and Jonathan Bradford.

In his closing remarks, Hank Kroondyk focused on the quotation: Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant, saying: “We know that seasons don’t just come and go; they build on each other. What’s planted in the spring is harvested in fall. What lies dormant in the winter, sprouts and blossoms in the spring. We’ve seen the harvest that’s been reaped from ICCF’s 50 years of ministry. We’ve also seen some ICCF seeds that will blossom and bear fruit in the years to come.”

The annual Homes & Hope Legacy Luncheon is a special gathering of donors who have (or are considering) included a contribution to ICCF Community Homes in their estate plans. For more event photos, visit iccf.org/planned-gifts and click on “Legacy Trolley Tour and Lunch 2024”.