SouthsideCentral loves the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, and for good reason. They’re an amazing organization that works to make the region better in things like tourism initiatives, workforce development, educational outreach and business support. It’s well worth it to join the chamber.
The chamber’s February Business After Hours was held at God’s Pit Crew and SouthsideCentral was there! We’ve got a PhotoCentral series of articles on the Business After Hours event. After that was over, we took a tour of the massive warehouse and you will get a chance to see how much this wonderful organization can do. Let’s get started with Part #1 of this series now!
God’s Pit Crew is located on North Main St. in Danville across from the Old Dutch Shopping Center. Let’s head inside and learn more about the organization.
The business office of God’ Pit Crew is highly impressive. Everything on the walls tell parts of their stories.
For the Business After Hours, they rearranged their conference room to make space for the food and drinks.
Here are some of the door prizes that God’s Pit Crew will be giving out.
Donna Ashworth is manning the welcoming table tonight.
Here’s some of the wall decorations as you walk into the business offices.
The conference room is named in honor of John Paul Seamster, a God’s Pit Crew member.
If you look upwards, you’ll see the background of God’s Pit Crew, starting with Randy Johnson’s vision to create the organization.
Here’s more of the story. Note the timeline on the bottom showing the disasters that they’ve responded to.
Hurricane Katrina and the God’s Pit Crew’s response were the main factors in expanding the organization to do even more.
That’s the end of Part #1, but we’ll have Part #2 (and more) coming up soon on SouthsideCentral!
Great people make for a Great Organization. God’s Pit Crew is proof of that.
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Very fancy looking place for a charity. I would be more likely to contribute funds to a place that maintained a more modest facility. They also have some very fancy vehicles they drive around town for what looks like personal use. I have seen them on personal missions at grocery stores and shopping centers.
Jus’ sayin’
Yes, I agree they tend to toot their horn a lot, and flash those fancy 18 wheelers. Is it a club or a real charity?
It’s a real charity. You’ll see a lot more once we get into their warehouse.
It is a charity, but a lot of time and resources seem to go to things that not really needed. They seem to have a lot of fancy stuff. I prefer to donate to charities who do not spend so much on themselves. I have never seen GPC publish an accounting for the money they receive, maybe I just have missed it. I think people in Danville would be shocked if they could see the salaries some of the people there make.
It just came out last week that Wounded Warrior project spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on “retreats” and meetings. Things like that are disappointing.
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Thank you all so much for your feedback about our God’s Pit Crew trucks and warehouse. We are so thankful that our trucks look fancy because they are very old and have many many miles on them. We work very
hard to maintain what God has afforded us to have. We strive to keep our warehouse very nice and many volunteers continuously donate their time to help us do so. We believe that it is our duty to give God
our very best in how we present our ministry (trucks, building, etc…). We give God all of the glory for what He has entrusted us with. Spreading the word and work of God’s Pit Crew is important and we
do so humbly. Our operation including our finances are audited by an outside agency and are made public. We encourage everyone to come by our facility. We would love to give you a tour and
share with you about how good God is and the amazing stories of how He’s blessed us to be able to bless others.
While I understand your zeal to have a nice place, it is just my opinion that the people who work at GPC should not necessarily take a vow of poverty, they maybe should not take a salary that is higher than the average working family in Danville has. I would hold up the employees of the Salvation Army as a great example. The people who work there are shockingly underpaid, and that is their choice. As for GPC vehicles, I have witnessed (with my own eyes) employees of GPC using company vehicles parked in shopping center parking lots and being used for personal business. Some people think nothing of that, but a lot of other people do.
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