News Reports for Day of Service 2011

Below are news media reports from across the Southeastern United States about the Day of Service.

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The Augusta Chronicle

Augusta, Georgia

As with previous camp-outs, fathers and sons spent late nights in tents and long days among trees -- but these trees were toppled and their tents were far from home.
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WDEF News

Ringgold

Several churches of different denominations band together to help area storm victims. Volunteers from Christ United Methodist and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped residents on Cherokee Valley Road today in Ringgold.
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myfoxAtlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

ATLANTA - Nearly three dozen volunteers returned to Georgia Sunday afternoon after helping tornado victims in Alabama. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Atlanta spent the weekend clearing trees and debris from communities near Birmingham.
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WAGA-FOX

Spaulding and Lamar counties, Georgia

Hundreds of volunteers gathered for a week of work helping tornado victims in Spaulding and Lamar counties, Georgia.
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al.com

Birmingham, Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are often unwelcome guests when they knock at the front door wearing white dress shirts and holding a Book of Mormon. But after a tornado, when Mormon missionaries arrive in work clothes carrying chainsaws to help clear fallen trees, they are a welcome sight. More than 4,000 volunteers for "Mormon Helping Hands" have been working in tornado-ravaged areas.
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fayobserver.com

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Sometimes, God speaks from the whirlwind, as he did to Job. Other times, he speaks with a quiet knock on the door, the morning after the whirlwind has passed. That's what happened to Iris and Susan Elkins the day after an April 16 tornado left them virtual prisoners in their Cottonade home. Mounds of storm debris and fallen pine trees left them unable to get any farther than their front porch. But there was just enough room for Lonnie Blevins to knock. Soon, Blevins and a host of help from the Church of Latter Day Saints were swarming over the neighborhood, including the Elkins' debris-blocked ranch house.
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Mormon Times

Montgomery, Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Close to 100 volunteers from the Montgomery Alabama Stake found joy in serving with the 10th Annual Joy to Life Foundation’s "Walk of Life" on April 16, which raised nearly $200,000 that will be used for mammograms for the poor and uninsured.
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Bartow County, Georgia

Mormons and Baptists banded together to clean up smashed trees in people's yards in Bartow County, Georgia, after tornados and other churches are involved in distributing meals to people whose homes have been damaged.
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MyFox Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Nearly three dozen volunteers returned to Georgia Sunday afternoon after helping tornado victims in Alabama. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Atlanta spent the weekend clearing trees and debris from communities near Birmingham.
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Texarkana Gazette

Texarkana, TX

A front page picture of volunteers working together to build and beautify a courtyard for The Faith, Love, and Hope Youth Corporation in Texarkana, AR.
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News Reports for Day of Service 2010

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YouTube

South Florida

Hundreds of volunteers with helping hands took to their South Florida streets and neighborhoods to provide both relief and service to private and public sectors in their communities on Saturday, April 24, 2010. From assisting the homeless in Ft. Lauderdale to beautifying neighborhoods and parks in Miami, volunteers both young and old were eager to help those in need during a time where economic hardships have fallen upon many families and local agencies.
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Florida Today - The Times

Cocoa, Rockledge

Volunteers spruce up school grounds - Good-hearted pitch in countywide

BY SUSANNE CERVENKA • FLORIDA TODAY • APRIL 25, 2010

COCOA — Leola Dawkins let out a big sigh of relief when she thought about all of the people weeding and pruning the landscaping at Cambridge Elementary.

"Oh, it's a great help," the school's master head custodian said. "It makes me feel really good that you have (the volunteers). It makes you want to come out and do more."
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PULSE - A Newsletter for the Staff of The Blood Alliance

Flagler, Jacksonville & St. Augustine, FL as well as SouthEast, GA & Beaufort, SC

The Church of the Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints (LDS) has arranged to host a “Fill the Blood and Food Banks — A Day of Service” on April 24, in Clay, Duval and St. John’s Counties, involving some 1,000 members and as many non-member friends and neighbors. The mission of A Day of Service is to “link arms” with other citizens, churches, civic organizations, and government agencies to strengthen local communities with meaningful service projects that will help those in need, build friendships and bolster spirits. A Day of Service is a national effort involving the entire Southeastern United States (11 states) with over 50,000 volunteers. To meet their goals, LDS partnered with The Blood Alliance (TBA), Second Harvest North Florida, NEFARC, and Hands On to make significant contributions of blood and food. LDS arranged for Proclamations and Resolutions for A Day of Service that were signed by several Mayors, Council Members and Boards of County Commissioners in all participating regions. TBA representatives were present at each Proclamation to thank LDS and the various county leaders for their support.
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Florida Today

Space Coast

City seeks volunteers for Earth Day project FLORIDA TODAY STAFF • APRIL 21, 2010

"The city of Rockledge is inviting the community to help celebrate Earth Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the recently upgraded Dr. Robert A. Anderson Park, 1220 Pluckebaum Road.

".....On Saturday, volunteers -- both individuals and in groups -- will be asked to help plant the butterfly garden, label wetland plants and trees and remove debris. Kennedy Middle School students and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Rockledge have volunteered to help. Individuals and small groups of volunteers are asked to show up Saturday morning ready to work...."
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WPDE Channel 15 News

Mrytle Beach, South Carolina

"The purpose of this project in its entirety is to make sure cemeteries are protected from both natural disasters and man made disasters," Emrick said as his crew wrapped up for the morning.
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Carolina Live

Mrytle Beach, South Carolina

"The purpose of this project in its entirety is to make sure cemeteries are protected from both natural disasters and man made disasters," Emrick said as his crew wrapped up for the morning.
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The Chesterfield County News and Shopper

Cheraw, South Carolina

Community comes together to clean-up historic Foundry Hill Cementery
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The Link,page 24

Cheraw, South Carolina

Cemetery Clean-up Planned
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Grand Strand

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for Conway and Myrtle Beach will be assisting Horry County on the Cemetery Project over the next couple of weeks.
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The Sun-Sentinel

Ft. Lauderdale

An upcoming community service project will beautify a Miramar park. The Joining Hands in a Day of Service event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon May 1 at Shirley Branca Park, 6900 Miramar Parkway. The event, which is being organized in conjunction with area houses of worship, sprang out of a luncheon with local religious leaders, said Vice Mayor Troy Samuels.
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