SACRAMENTO — Parkside Community Church is taking a different approach after a vandal stole their pride progress banner off their front lawn.
Church passersby will see a sign that reads “Hey Zach, do you want to talk about it?” More than 20 people have already visited the QR code featured on it which takes you to a letter to Zach, from the church.
It all began when what appears to be a young man was recently caught on security cameras at the church cutting down and stealing their pride progress banner. CBS13 blurred his face in the video above because it’s believed he may be a teen. Someone can be heard off-camera shouting his name, Zach, which is how the church got the idea to reach out to him.
“It was very unusual to get actual video of someone taking down the sign,” Cheryl McDonald of Parkside Community Church said. “We were quite surprised.”
The church said banner vandals are nothing new, but what is new is their approach to addressing them. The church decided to lend a listening ear, rather than report the incident to police.