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LDS Church to participate in San Jose interfaith blood drive, Valley Catholic Online reports
Our take: This article is an informative advance for the Interfaith Community Blood Drive in July. From the Valley Catholic Online: Parishioners across the Diocese of San Jose, Calif., will roll up their sleeves during the month of July to give blood at one of seven parish collection sites during...
Mormon volunteers help Mission Viejo bloom
About 350 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) arrived at Oso Viejo Park, behind the Norman P. Murray Center at 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, with shovels in hand wearing the familiar Mormon Helping Hands yellow vests, to participate in the annual Mormon...
Grief leads to service at Mormon Helping Hands project
A total of 277 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers, each sporting a bright yellow vest, worked at the El Toro Cemetery in the Orange County, California city of Lake Forest. The Santa Margarita California Stake members were part of the 70,000 volunteers participating at the event sponsored by The...
Mormon Helping Hands: Fix Up, Clean Up, Build It in California and Hawaii
Thousands of Mormon Helping Hands volunteers painted, collected food, planted trees, cleaned and fixed up the states of California and Hawaii. Mormon Helping Hands are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) anxious to make a difference by being good neighbors in...
Today in the Bloggernacle: Helping hands in Sacramento and 'Stop It!'
Helping hands: See how this community comes together in Sacramento to get much done in little time at the North Laguna Park last weekend. In “Sacramento Mormon Helping Hands 2012,” watch raking, cementing, painting, cleaning, and other types of hard working that result in a beautiful park cleanup...
Fire damages building at Los Angeles California Temple
Mormon Life says: Arson investigators are still trying to determine whether the fire was an accident or arson.
Investigators were trying to determine the cause of a fire that damaged a building early Tuesday at the site of the Mormon temple in Westwood. The structure was a house under construction on the...
They Gave Up Their Christmas
Members of a congregation in California offer service as a Christmas present to the Christ child.
Sacramento stake is honored as Civic Organization of the Year for Mormon Helping Hands project
On Oct. 29, the Volunteer Center of Sacramento recognized the Sacramento California Stake with the 2010 Volunteer Spirit Award as the Civic Organization of the Year. The award is presented to a service and/or faith based organization that has made a significant contribution to the community. The...
