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Rivercrest Ward
Stake: Columbus Georgia Stake
Community Partners: Johnson Elementary School
Organization Served: Johnson Elementary School
Influencers: staff at the school
Total people involved: 80
Total volunteer hours: 200
The only numbers that I have at this time would be: We had around 80 people, representing 25 or so families from the Rivercreast Ward. We did landscaping for Johnson Elementary school planting over 70 plants, putting out 50 bails of pine straw. Totaling over 200 hours of service to the school.
Contact Person: brown32
Flatrock Ward, Columbus Georgia
Stake: Columbus Georgia Stake
Community Partners: Feeding the Valley
Organization Served: Feeding the Valley (formerly Second Harvest Food Bank)
Influencers: members and Feeding the Valley staff
Total people involved: 61
Total volunteer hours: 160 hours
The Flatrock Ward collected over 600 lbs. of canned food items from people in their neighborhoods, and raised over $340 which was donated to the director of Feeding the Valley, a food bank in Columbus, GA. The staff at the food bank expressed their gratitude for the service numerous times. Channel 10 Local News also had a short feature on the volunteers at the food bank on the 6 and 10 pm newscasts.
Contact Person: brown32
Columbus Georgia LDS Church members join with US Postal Service in food
Stake: Columbus Georgia
Community Partners: Feeding The Valley Food Bank, U.S. Postal Service
Organization Served: Feeding The Valley Food Bank
Influencers: David Shemwell, Food Bank Manager
Total people involved: 14 (not including U.S. Postal Workers)
Total volunteer hours: 50 hours (not including U.S. Postal Worker hours)
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Columbus Georgia joined with volunteers from the Feeding The Valley Food Bank to partner with the U.S. Postal Service in their annual food drive. Postal workers would pick up food donations as they deliverd mail on their routes. The mail trucks would then return to the post office and volunteers would unload the food donations from the mail trucks into rolling bins to be transported to the Feeding The Valley Food Bank. An estimated 50,000 pounds of food was collected. The Feeding The Valley Food Bank supplies food and basic necessities to approximately 60,000 area residents in need.
Contact Person: Carl Walton
Columbus Georgia LDS women make hygiene kits for Haiti
Stake: Columbus Georgia
Community Partners: Humanity Assistance Department of LDS Church
Organization Served: citizens of Haiti
Influencers: LDS Church Humanitain Aid Department
Total people involved: 13
Total volunteer hours: 30
Women from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints purchased supplies for and assembled hygiene kits to send to Haiti, which was recently devastated by an earthquake. All total, 26 comprehensive hygiene kits were assembled to be sent to Haiti.
Contact Person: Carl Walton
Columbus Georgia LDS Church volunteers at local food bank
Stake: Columbus Georgia
Community Partners: Feeding The Valley Food Bank, United Way
Organization Served: Feeding The Valley Food Bank
Influencers: David Shemwell, Food Bank Manager
Total people involved: 76
Total volunteer hours: 190
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Columbus, Georgia collected food and monetary donations in their neighborhoods for a Family Home Evening activity on Monday, April 19th. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, 11 sisters from the church volunteered at the Feeding The Valley Food Bank. The following Saturday, 50 members combined with about 15 volunteers from the United Way to help sort food donations and prepare grocery kits to distribute to needy individuals in the community. All total, about 600 pounds of food and several hundred dollars were collected in members neighborhoods, followed by 190 hours of service rendered at the food bank. The local television news station covered the event on its 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm news broadcasts.
Contact Person: Carl Walton
Scheduled Events
Columbus GA Stake, Flat Rock Ward - Volunteering with Feed the Valley Food Bank
Name of Organization:
Feed the Valley Food Bank
Location and Time:
Week of April 24th
(main activity on Sat April 24th, 2010)
5928 Coca Cola Blvd
Columbus, Ga 31909
Activity/responsibility:
Multiple activities happening to include collection of donations in neighborhoods, sorting of donations at the food bank, preparation of assistance packages, general maintenance work at the food bank facility.
Tools or skills required:
No special skills required for general work.
For food bank facility maintenance work, required skills & tools TBD
Ages:
For all ages (depending on the specific activity).
Additional Notes:
Download flyer:
Links: www.feedingthevalley.org
Contact Person: Carl Walton
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Columbus Georgia Stake Day of Service (Columbus, GA)
Name of Organization:
Edgewood Ward, Flatrock Ward, Rivercrest Ward,
Location and Time:
Columbus Georgia
Activity/responsibility:
Building homes with Habitat for Humanity, assisting area homeless shelters, and helping with local food bank.
Tools or skills required:
skilled and unskilled labor are welcome with Habitat.
Ages:
18+ for Habitat, younger ages welcome at the other sites
Additional Notes:
Download flyer:
Contact Person: Clifford Holley
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