If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be… (John 12: 26)
March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015
Find a better You while serving like the Savior.
Pick a project below (Click on the project title to sign-up)!*
Save a life at the Stake Center -- Give Blood (Sponsor Code: LDS)
Chapel Hill First Ward
Contact Amber Hathaway for more information - ambermariehathaway@gmail.comHomeStart Shelter in Chapel Hill:
Maximum Volunteers: 33 People / Meeting place TBD / Location: 2505 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- Garden (till the ground and sow some seeds) 4 people
- Clean out storage shed and trash dumpster and back small shed (need a truck and some gloves) 4 people
- Clean out gutters (only people that can climb a ladder) 4 people
- Spray round up that they have on some crab grass 1 person
- Playground maintenance (check structures and pour concrete for some riding toys) 4 people
- Check toys and bikes (if broken take to dump and air up tires for bikes) 4 people
- Organize and sort baby supplies closet without blocking electrical panels 2 people
- Organize move out closet into kits (need 12 small cardboard boxes) 2 people
- Sort out closet to make Christmas bins more cohesive equally distributed decorations 2 people
- Possible light cleaning 3 People
- Possible power washing if someone has one 2 People
Bolin Creek Clean Up Project:
Maximum Volunteers: 45 People (3 groups of 15 people) / Meeting place TBD / Location: Hamilton RD near Rainbow Soccer Field on Cleland RD
- Pick up trash and debris at 4 areas on the trail, park and Public Housing
- Safety Vests will be provided and must be worn
- Bring work gloves or garden gloves
- Wear old clothes, long sleeves and work boots or galoshes. Some areas of clean up will be right next to the creek bed or the ground may be very wet
- Trash bags, a few garden gloves and a few trash grabbers will be given to us
- Wheel barrows, garden carts or wagons will be needed for easy hauling of the trash to designated sites nearby
- We will need approximately 2 shovels for any shards of glass to pick up
- 2 Pruning sheers will be needed
- Little kids will get to make "No Littering" signs
- Minors will need a consent form signed (High School age children will get credit for Service Hours)
- Be prepared to have a lot to clean up.
- We will have an opportunity to have the residents from the nearby Public Housing help clean up litter near their apartments and get to know them
- All ages are welcome
Piedmont Wildlife Center:
- Rebuild a chicken run that was destroyed by snow 6 people
- Build bluebird boxes 10 people
- Bring work gloves
Chapel Hill Second WardMaximum Volunteers: 16 People (ages 8 & up) / Meeting place: TBD / Location: 364 Leigh Farm Road, Durham, NC 27707 at Piedmont Wildlife Center.
Contact Sean Knight for more information - krackerjack08@gmail.com
CLOSED: Kearsley Eagle Scout Project: building an exercise station along the American Tobacco Trail. Meet between 9:30 and 10am at the American Tobacco Trail access next to Herndon Park (511 Scott King Rd, 27713)
ATT Cleanup (near Ben's Project) including vegetation trimming. Meet at 10am in the park parking lot
Herndon Park Clean-up: including raking out the mulch under the swings in the park, cleanup of the vegetated area in the middle of the park’s loop drive, and building a few benches in several areas of the park. Meet at 10am in the park parking lot
Setup for Community Seniors Dance -- *Jukebox Jive* Dance for Community Seniors will be at the Stake Center the evening of March 14th, hosted by the Tri-Ward Youth. Setup help will include hanging decorations and lights, setting up tables and chairs, assisting with sound equipment, etc. 10 volunteers needed from 3-5pm.
Community Seniors Dance -- *Jukebox Jive* Community Seniors Dance from 6-8pm at the Stake Center, hosted by the Tri-Ward Youth. Volunteers needed to help with parking and assisting guests to and from their vehicles. Other volunteers will assist inside with refreshments and guest comfort. 3 parking and 2 hospitality volunteers needed from 5:30-8:30pm.
Cleanup from Community Seniors Dance -- Includes taking down decorations and lights, tables, chairs, sound equipment, etc. Youth will also assist. 5 volunteers needed from 8:15-9:30pm.
Durham First Ward
Contact Katherine S. Broderick for more information - katshakes at gmail.comAll of these service projects are scheduled from 9:00-11:30am
Spring Clean-up at Urban Ministries Location: Urban Ministries of Durham. Appropriate for older children, teens, and adults. Volunteers should come with gloves and sturdy shoes. If possible bring: rakes, shovels, electric hedgers, loppers, hand pruners (for trimming back trees and shrubs), edger for the sidewalk areas. Maximum number of volunteers = 35
CLOSED: Painting Touch-ups at Urban Ministries Location: Urban Ministries of Durham Appropriate for adults with some experience painting (trim, walls, etc.). Volunteers should come with a paint brush. Volunteers should have some experience painting, though they needn't be professional painters. Most of the work will be touch-ups. Maximum number of volunteers = 6
Staining Wooden Fencing at Urban Ministries Location: Urban Ministries of Durham Appropriate for mature teens and adults. Volunteers will be staining the wooden surrounds that fence in the A/C and trash areas at Urban Ministries. Volunteers should have some experience handling a brush and roller. If possible bring: rollers, brushes, pans. Maximum number of volunteers = 6
CLOSED: Assembling PB&J Sandwiches Location: Primary Room at the Stake Center (1050 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill) Appropriate for children, teens, and adults. Volunteers will assemble and individually bag 600 PB&J sandwiches, for Urban Ministries to distribute to those in need. Maximum number of volunteers = 25
Dividing Powdered Milk into Sandwich Bags Location: TBD Appropriate for children, teens, and adults. Volunteers will divide bulk powdered milk into individual portions, for Urban Ministries to distribute to those in need. Maximum number of volunteers = 40
Durham Second Ward
Contact Ruth Tolman for more information - ruthtolman@gmail.com
BillionGraves project If you're not familiar, this is where you go to a cemetery and take photos of gravestones then upload them via a smartphone app to a website. Then you (and anyone in the world) transcribes the grave info into a searchable database. Good for all ages and abilities (can just transcribe at a computer, or go out to graves where kids can clean off leaves, etc from stones).
Durham Fourth Ward
Choose from one of the many other projects.
Durham Fifth Branch
Choose from one of the many other projects.
Durham Young Single Adult Ward
Choose from one of the many other projects.
Henderson Ward
Contact Margret Key for more information - kylady51@gmail.com
More information to come
Mebane Ward
Contact Monica Vaughn for more information - coremonica@gmail.com
more information to come
Historic Occoneechee Speedway: Clearing a large area in the middle of the race track at the Historic Occoneechee Speedway. Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open and is the only track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season. The site is now heavily forested in 40 year old pines and sycamores. Visible still are the grandstands which once held thousands of enthusiastic fans and the mile–long oval track where such legends as Fireball Roberts, Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett, Louise Smith and Junior Johnson once spent their Sundays competing in the "Strictly Stock" and Grand National series. Location: Elizabeth Brady, 0.3 N of US 70 Business. We are looking to see if we can get a wood chipper to help with the clean up. 30 people
Family History Help: Help with in-house historical group at Ary Mount and Occoneechee Speedway with any family history information that they are having a hard time with.
Pittsboro Branch
Contact Mel Spencer for more information - mel@ceisoftware.com
Ward Service to Ward Members: Sign up at church!
Roxboro Branch
Contact Mark Phillips for more information - mtpcougar84@gmail.com
Wood cutting project for the Christian Help Center.
South Boston Branch
Contact Leah Davis for more information - dougd50@yahoo.com
Blue Horse Mukwa Horse Rescue in Chase City, VA. doing whatever is needed at the time. Could include painting barns, cleaning stalls, repairing fencing, or even clearing garden debris.
