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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TCPalms

Vero Beach, FL

Interfaith group's Day of Service April 30 in Indian River County By staff report INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Vero Beach Mayor Jay Kramer has issued a proclamation declaring the last Saturday in April as the Indian River County Day of Service. On April 30, at 8 a.m., at the west end of Indian River Mall, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in partnership with The Community Church of Vero Beach, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, Unity Center of Vero Beach, Indian River Youth Guidance, and many other volunteers from the community will join hands and link arms for the third annual Indian River County Day of Service. Fourteen projects are planned, which will benefit individuals and service agencies in the community, including Harvest Food and Outreach Center, Senior Resource Association, Indian River Habitat For Humanity, The Source, Hibiscus Children's Center, The Humane Society of Vero Beach, the Indian River County Blood Bank, and Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge. A wide variety of projects, from beautifying a block in Vero to writing thank you cards and distributing lunches, will allow for families and seniors to help. All volunteers are encouraged to register online. Corporate and individual sponsors interested in participating through donations are invited to respond for this and future events. See http://www.ircdayofservice.org to register online, or call Sissy Vickers at 772-501-2592 for more information.
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The Texarkana Gazette

Texarkana, Tx

Volunteers from the Texarkana, TX congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partner with The Faith, Love, and Hope Youth Corporation, The Children's Advocacy Center of CASA, and Keep Arkansas Beautiful for a Day of Service on April 30, 2011
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ABC 11

TV News report of the tornado and high winds that damaged the Fayetteville, NC area and the clean up efforts by local LDS volunteers.
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Newsroom

Salt Lake City

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are helping with cleanup and recovery efforts after a series of violent tornadoes struck the southern United States.
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Sun Sentinal.com

Miami, Florida

More than 160 volunteers participated in the second annual Joining Hands in a Day of Service, an initiative started by City Commissioner Troy Samuels. For the first event in 2010, Samuels sent out invitations to churches and other organizations to help give Shirley Branca Park a face-lift. That park was picked because the city already had planned improvements for it, as was the case for Fairway Park this year.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Newsroom Blog

Salt Lake City

Churches, community groups, city workers and businesses pitched in for the 2nd Annual Day of Service in Miramar, Florida, earlier this month.
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Sun-Sentinel

Ft.Lauderdale area

Miramar residents recently braved the sun of an early Saturday morning to help spruce up Fairway Park. More than 160 volunteers participated in the second annual Joining Hands in a Day of Service, an initiative started by City Commissioner Troy Samuels. For the first event in 2010, Samuels sent out invitations to churches and other organizations to help give Shirley Branca Park a face-lift. That park was picked because the city already had planned improvements for it, as was the case for Fairway Park this year.
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The Apex Herald

Apex, North Carolina

A large number of volunteers were needed to help sort and box food at the Mormon temple in Apex.Usually anyone setting a world record hopes the mark will last for a very long time. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Apex feel just the opposite. They helped set a new world standard Saturday and they are hoping the record is broken as soon as possible. The N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham raised 540,508 pounds of food for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina over the weekend, unofficially shattering the Guiness World Record of collecting the most food in one location in a 24-hour period by more than 31,000 pounds.
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La Conexion

Durham, NC

DURHAM- La escuela de Ciencias y Matemáticas de esta ciudad, logró junto el esfuerzo de sus socios, -entre ellos la iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, supermercados, vecinos, y empresas-, romper el récord mundial de Guinness de recolección de alimentos, -509.147 libras-, en 24 horas.
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QuePasa

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Report of Day of Service activities in North Carolina
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Cheraw, South Carolina

Local Churches and organizations are joining hands and linking arms with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in sponsoring a second annual clean-up day at the Foundry Hill Cemetary.
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The Huntsville Times

Huntsville, AL

Mormons offering free seminars to the public The second annual Disaster & Family Preparedness Seminar, scheduled for April 17, 9 a.m. until 2:45 p.m., was on his mind when John Nolan saw a man walking dogs in his neighborhood. "My mind leapt immediately to his taking care of his food storage," said Nolan, who is the volunteer communications coordinator for the local churches of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "The people from The Ark will be there to talk about such things." Hardly any aspect of disaster preparedness, including caring for one's pets in an emergency, will be left out of the free community seminar.
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Gwinnett Daily Post

Lawrenceville, GA

LDS Church hosts Running from Hunger With hunger problems in the United States at a 14-year high, the Lilburn Georgia Stake, a group of 13 congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale counties, has planned an event to help restock the shelves of local food pantries. The LDS church is partnering with other community organizations to host Running from Hunger, a 5K family fun run/walk and food drive, on April 24 at Tribble Mill Park in Lawrenceville. Before the race, local church units will also hold community food drives. In lieu of an entry free, individual participants are asked to donate 10 cans of nonperishable food items and families are asked to donate 40 cans. About 600 participants are expected for the event. All food collected will be given to local food banks for distribution directly to families in the communities who need it most. This event is part of the second annual Day of Service in Georgia, which is the largest statewide outreach of community service to date. Georgia is one of 12 Southeastern states involved in this year’s Day of Service. The efforts are being spearheaded by local LDS congregations from Texas to Georgia and from Virginia to Florida.
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Hometown News

Brevard County

Volunteers needed to 'Rebuild & Renew' Brevard

One thousand hands are better than two.

This idea served as the inspiration for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to create the Helping Hands and Linking Arms Day of Service.

After much success last year, the Cocoa Florida stake of the church, alongside other faith-based organizations, service groups and civic leaders, will once again host the April 24 event in various locations throughout the county.

Volunteer teams are currently being formed to spend the day working on several large- and small-scale projects to benefit local organizations that cannot afford their necessary repairs.
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The chattanoogan.com

Chattanooga

East Chattanooga Community Service Day Is April 24 posted March 25, 2010 East Chattanooga Weed and Seed and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will partner with community members on April 24, in the neighborhoods of East Chattanooga for a community clean-up and revitalization project. Some of the buildings being affected include Friendship Haven Nursing Home, Orchard Knob Middle School, as well as various churches and homes in the area. James Moreland, community organizer, said, “The details are being finalized now and we feel a lot of very meaningful service will be performed this day.” Over 1600 volunteers are expected to lend a hand, as part of the second annual Day of Service for 11 states in the Southeast for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its goal is to strengthen local communities with meaningful service projects that will help those in need, beautify communities, build friendships and bolster the spirits of those who serve and those who are recipients of the services. Last year’s inaugural Day of Service yielded over 47,700 volunteers with over 223,000 man hours donated. Community partners include a myriad of local organizations like Pepsi, Hungry Howie’s Pizza, Kenco Warehousing, and many others.
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WAVE3 Television

Louisville Kentucky

The earthquake after-effects and local disasters were tied together for this story on THE Louisville Emergency Preparedness Fair. Both the Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear issued proclamations. The article also referenced the three local FEMA declared disasters which struck this area over the last 2 years. video of the event from WAVE3 Television can be found here: http://tiny.cc/so3ll
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Texarkana Gazette

Texarkana, TX

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for “Helping Hands and Linking Arms” to join them in a Day of Service on May 1 in Texarkana. Volunteers are needed on both sides of the state line to help with such service projects as assisting Harvest Texarkana and repainting and revitalizing homes of the elderly and disabled in the Rose Hill neighborhood.
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Hattisburgamerican.com

Hattisburg, Mississippi

As a token of service to their community, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plan to tidy the county's neglected resting places on April 24.
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The Chattanoogan.com

Chattanooga, TN

East Chattanooga Weed and Seed, Chattanooga Eastside Taskforce and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with many other faith-based and community organizations, are linking arms on Saturday, April 24, for a Day of Service in the East Chattanooga community. The day will begin with registration behind Parkridge Medical Center at 8 a.m. and culminate with closing ceremonies at approximately 3 p.m. Service projects will be available for all ages and skill levels and include landscaping, graffiti eradication, collecting of supplies, as well as painting and sprucing up local daycares, nursing homes and public schools.
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CBS4.com

Miami, FL

Sunday will be a day of prayers and pitching in as South Floridians come together to remember those who died in a massive earthquake in Haiti last week and raise money and supplies for those who survived.
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