Day of Service 2010

Stake: Durham North Carolina Stake

Community Partners: No partners on this project
Organization Served: AnimalKind
Influencers: Rhonda Brenton and Brian Oswald
Total people involved: 26
Total volunteer hours: 78

On Saturday, April 24, 2010, 26 volunteers gathered in Chapel Hill as part of the Day of Service to complete five volunteer projects for AnimalKind including preparing catnip letters, assembling mint matchbooks, stuffing envelopes, labeling fundraising materials, and enjoying the fellowship inherent in service.
From 9am until 12pm, the volunteers compiled all five projects and all left knowing they had helped address the problem of euthanasia of abandoned dogs and cats.”

Contact Person: stevepeltz

Stake: Durham North Carolina Stake

Community Partners: Moldenhauer Landscaping
Organization Served: SECU Family House (A hospitality house for families with adult patients at the UNC Hospitals)
Influencers: Brian Gurney Mark Moldenhauer
Total people involved: 47
Total volunteer hours: 166

We built four large, raised garden boxes, filled them with soil, and spread mulch around the perimeter of the boxes.
We also removed the large rocks from a drainage area, re-lined the area, and replaced large rocks in four drainage system ditches on the premises.

http://peterpeets.com/lds/2010/youtube_SECU.html

Contact Person: stevepeltz

Stake: Durham North Carolina Stake

Community Partners: No partners on this project
Organization Served: Stratford Elderly Residential Facility
Influencers: Richard Rust
Total people involved: 30
Total volunteer hours: 95

All of the volunteers performed/worked exceptionally well.  Some volunteers decorated bulletin boards beautifully.  A group played board games, bingo, etc., with several of the residents.  We had excellent musical performances going on throughout a two-hour period in two locations at the Stratford including the main dining area and the gathering area of the Alzheimer’s section.  Our performances included group singing, duets, children playing the violin and the piano and chimes, trombone playing, and a selection of classical piano music.  In advance of our service, two families paid to have the piano in the Alzheimer’s unit tuned.  Cost of the materials for the bulletin boards was also covered by the volunteers.

http://peterpeets.com/lds/2010/youtube_Stratford.html

Contact Person: stevepeltz

Stake: Durham North Carolina Stake

Community Partners: No partners on this project
Organization Served: Stratford Elderly Residential Facility
Influencers: Pamela Anderson
Total people involved: 7
Total volunteer hours: 25

• Replanted plants and raised herb beds.
• Fish pond was emptied, repaired, and cleaned and then refilled with fresh water.
• Soil around the pond was turned and then new plants were planted around pond perimeter.
• Blew and swept up the grounds.

http://peterpeets.com/lds/2010/youtube_Stratford.html

Contact Person: stevepeltz

Name of Organization:

SECU Family House (A hospitality house for families with adult patients at the UNC Hospitals)

Location and Time:

SECU Family House
123 Old Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hil, NC 27517
(next to Ronald Mc Donald House on Manning Drive)

Time: 9:00 AM - 12 Noon

Activity/responsibility:

• Fix drainage issues on walkway and out into parking lot.
• Install several raised planting beds off parking lot to start our own garden for our residents.

Tools or skills required:

Hammer, saw, and some carpenter skills needed by at least one volunteer.
At least one volunteer should also have some knowledge of drainage issues and repairs.
No other prior skills required for most volunteers.

Ages:

12+

Additional Notes:

Download flyer:

Links: http://www.secufamilyhouse.org

Contact Person: Katherine Shakespeare - Email address: kshakes@email.unc.edu

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Name of Organization:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Durham Stake Center

Location and Time:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Durham Stake Center
1050 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

9:00am-12:00 noon

Activity/responsibility:

AnimalKind is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing low-income families with financial assistance to get their pets spayed or neutered. Service activities will include:
• Preparation of a mass mailing announcement for the AnimalKind Spay and Neuter helpline for animal groups across the state. (requires stuffing a letter and some magnets into envelopes.)
• Stuffing envelopes with applications for the voucher program (materials supplied: applications, envelopes, return address labels and stamps)
• Assembling donation cards for sale. (requires taping an insert into each card, matching it with an envelope and placing them in clear cello sleeves with the proper labels. This is very detail oriented in making sure there are no smudges/wrinkles on the cards or cello.)
• Making mint matchbooks (requires cutting and stapling.)
• Assembling catnip packets (requires placing a pinch of catnip into small envelopes and labeling them.)

25-30 volunteers are needed.

Tools or skills required:

AnimalKind will supply all the necessary supplies for the tasks. Volunteers are needed that are detail-oriented and can cut and staple. Neatness is a must!

Ages:

No particular age requirement but for some activities it may get boring for young children. Teen working with an adult is fine.

Additional Notes:

Download flyer:

Links: http://www.animalkind.org/home.html

Contact Person: Rhonda Brenton

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Name of Organization:

The Stratford (formerly known as Shepherd House)

Location and Time:

405 Smith Level Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(corner of Culbreth and Smith Level Road)

Time: 9:30-12:30

Activity/responsibility:

10 volunteers needed for outdoor activities:
• Replant plants and raised herb beds
• Fish pond needs to be cleaned by taking out 1/3 of the old water. Needs 6 new fish (gold and angel).
• Raised pond needs to work to get it running and also some earth and plants can be fill up around pond perimeter
• Blow and sweep up the grounds
• Need mechanical person to look prior to the day to get pond water flowing to prep for planting around pond.

Tools or skills required:

Outdoor volunteers should bring gloves and planting trowels.

Ages:

Teens and adults

Additional Notes:

Download flyer:

Links:

Contact Person: Pamela Anderson, 919-932-3076

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Name of Organization:

The Stratford (formerly known as Shepherd House)

Location and Time:

405 Smith Level Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(corner of Culbreth and Smith Level Road)

Time: 9:30 AM -  Noon

Activity/responsibility:

NOTE: THIS ACTIVITY CURRENTLY HAS 22 VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP AND IS NOW CLOSED TO FURTHER SIGN-UPS.
PLEASE PICK A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY

15-20 volunteers were needed to participate in a variety of indoor activities:
• Two-three bulletin boards need to be “scrapbooked” with spring decoration, which needs four volunteers.
• Additional packets of bulletin board decorations for three seasons or holidays, which the staff can use later, organized in plastic bags.
• Other activities include working with residents (writing letters, playing board games, musical program, magic show etc.)

Tools or skills required:

No previous skills or experience necessary.

Ages:

Teens and adults

Additional Notes:

Download flyer:

Links:

Contact Person: Richard Rust, Phone: 919-933-5428 Email: rdrustch@aol.com

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