Day of Service 2010

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: Wal-Mart, Dr. E. A. Tillman and Associates
Organization Served: Okaloosa County Schools within the City of Crestview: Shoal River Middle School, Davidson Middle School, Riverside Elementary School, Bob Sikes Elementary School, Northwood Elementary School, Walker Elementary School
Influencers: Pat Riley, Manager Wal-Mart; Dr. E. A. Tillman, Dr. E. A. Tillman and Associates; Shoal River Middle School - Nurse Bobby, Davidson Middle School - Nurse Kelly, Riverside Elementary School - Nurse Christy, Bob Sikes Elementary School - Nurse Kim, Northwood Elementary School - Nurse Alisha, Walker Elementary School - Nurse Jennifer
Total people involved: 21
Total volunteer hours: 25

The Young Women and Young Men of the Crestview Second Ward prepared 300 hygiene kits for schools within the City of Crestview.  Key contents of the kits were donated by the Community Partners.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Photo 1: Lowes was one of the business exhibitors, with examples of many of their preparedness products.

Community Partners: Northwest Florida State College; City of Niceville; AmeriCorps; Bass Pro Shops; Lowe's; The Home Depot; Northwestern Florida Blood Services; American Red Cross; Trauma Intervention Programs, Inc.; Boy Scouts of America; Okaloosa County; Master Gardeners; and The Humane Society and Adoption Center and Animal Control at PAWS
Religious Partners:Striving for Perfection Ministries; Catholic Charities Organization Served: Community as a whole
Influencers: N/A
Total people involved: 52
Total volunteer hours: 260

Free educational event for preparing for the upcoming hurricane season and for other emergencies.  Open-house setting, with informative exhibits provided by many volunteers, including civic agencies, businesses, and members of the community, as well as a Northwest Florida Blood Services Blood Drive.  A special focus on home preparedness included long-term food storage, with food storage and preparation exhibits.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: Crestview - Wal-Mart, Publix, Pic-n-Sav, and Winn-Dixie; Niceville - Food World, Dollar General (Niceville), Dollar General (Bluewater Bay), and Food Depot; Fort Walton Beach - Publix, YMCA
Religious Partners:Crestview - First Presbyterian Church and Our Savior Lutheran Church Organization Served: Crestview - Crestview Sharing and Caring, First Presbyterian Church Soup Kitchen, and Our Savior Lutheran Church Soup Kitchen; Niceville - Niceville Sharing and Caring; Fort Walton Beach - Fort ew - Walton Beach Sharing and Caring
Influencers: Robin Marston, President and Madge Timmons, 1st VP, Crestview Sharing and Caring; Charles Gage, First Presbyterian Church Soup Kitchen; Diane Shaheen, Our Savior Lutheran Church Soup Kitchen; Andrew Sullivan, President, Fort Walton Beach Sharing and Caring
Total people involved: 114
Total volunteer hours: 331

Conducted food drive at several stores and within several neighborhoods.  The food was provided to various local food banks.  The food drive methods included a combination of manned booths at store entrances, unmanned donation stations, and neighborhood drives.  Amounts collected:
Crestview - 2083 lbs.
Niceville - 3100 lbs.
Fort Walton Beach - 1500 lbs.
Total – 6683 lbs.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: Bridgeway Council on Aging; City of Crestview Parks and Recreation
Religious Partners:None Organization Served: Bridgeway Council on Aging; City of Crestview
Influencers: Letty Sain and Glenda Harding, Bridgeway Council on Aging; Mayor Cadle with the City of Crestview
Total people involved: 111
Total volunteer hours: 210

This dual effort included (1) providing yard work for elderly residents of eight homes in coordination with the Bridgeway Council on Aging and (2) sodding walking trails (22 pallets of sod) in Twin Hills Park in coordination with the City of Crestview.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: Children in Crisis Landscape Team; Fort Walton Beach High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Religious Partners:Shalimar United Methodist Church Organization Served: Children in Crisis
Influencers: Ken Hair, Executive Director, Children in Crisis
Total people involved: 43
Total volunteer hours: 344

Children in Crisis is a Fort Walton Beach agency that assists abused, neglected and abandoned children.  Laid 28 pallets of sod to improve their facility site.  This effort was part of an ongoing relationship with this agency.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: None
Religious Partners:None Organization Served: Ronald McDonald House of Pensacola
Influencers: Carey Stabinaugh, Ronald McDonald House of Pensacola
Total people involved: 6
Total volunteer hours: 18

Crestview First and Second Wards produced and donated 400 handmade note cards to the Ronald McDonald House of Pensacola.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Stake: Fort Walton Beach

Community Partners: None
Religious Partners:None Organization Served: Crestview First Presbyterian Church; Pensacola Sacred Heart Children's Hospital
Influencers: Kike Burke, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital
Total people involved: 6
Total volunteer hours: 18

Crestview First and Second Wards made and donated quilts and baby blankets to charity: two quilts donated to the Crestview First Presbyterian Church and nine baby blankets donated to the Pensacola Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.

Contact Person: Thomas Murray

Name of Organization:

Helping Hands and Linking Arms

Location and Time:

Paxton, Florida.

7:00 am to 4:00 pm

Activity/responsibility:

Assisting a homeowner to reroof his home.

Tools or skills required:

Roofing tool and skills.

Ages:

16+

Additional Notes:

Additional information will be provided as the project planning continues.

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Helping Hands and Linking Arms

Location and Time:

Escambia Farms.

Time TBD

Activity/responsibility:

Roofing project to assist another Church in the community, with the Olive Branch taking the lead.

Tools or skills required:

Roofing tools and skills.

Ages:

12+

Additional Notes:

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Helping Hands and Linking Arms

Location and Time:

Garnier’s Beach Park
Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Activity/responsibility:

Refurbish this Fort Walton Beach park.

Potential Community Partners include the City of Fort Walton Beach, local service organizations, and residents.

Beneficiaries include the City of Fort Walton Beach and the Park visitors.

Tools or skills required:

Landscaping tools.

Ages:

8+

Additional Notes:

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Helping Hands and Linking Arms

Location and Time:

Food stores throughout Okaloosa and Walton Counties.

April 24, 2010
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Activity/responsibility:

Conceived to be executed throughout the Stake, with the Paxton Branch taking the overall lead, with each Ward and Branch organized to coordinate the effort within their Unit boundaries.

Potential Community Partners include community service agencies, other Churches, businesses, and individuals.  This particular project has great potential for involving children and youth, with adult supervision.  The ideal scenario would be to have enough participation that all food stores within Okaloosa and Walton Counties would be donation locations, with children/youth/adults greeting the store patrons as they entered and asking them to buy an extra can of food and drop it off on the way out of the store.

Beneficiaries include organizations providing food to the needy.  The specific organizations will be determined during the project development.

Tools or skills required:

None.

Ages:

8+

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Helping Hands and Linking Arms

Location and Time:

Northwest Florida State College
Niceville Campus
Building K, College Mall
100 College Blvd.
Niceville, FL

April 17, 2010
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Activity/responsibility:

Come visit this free educational Expo.  Better prepare yourself, your family, and your business.  Volunteers from civic agencies, businesses, and the community are coming together from throughout the area to help us prepare for life’s emergencies.

Emergency Preparedness Exhibits:
• Family and business preparedness plans
• Emergency equipment
• Community Emer. Response Team (CERT)
• Trauma intervention
• Home protection
• Emergency kits
• CPR/First Aid
• HAM Radio operation

Food Storage and Food Preparation Exhibits:
• Gardening
• Canning
• Wheat storage
• Wheat grinding and bread making
• Wheat sprouts
• Water purification and storage
• Food storage and rotation
• It stores well; but, can I eat it?

Tools or skills required:

Emergency and home preparedness skills.

Ages:

12+

Additional Notes:

Additional information will be provided as the project planning continues.

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Contact Person: Thomas Murray

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