Tagged with "Natural Disaster"
Mormon volunteers give more than 80,000 hours of service to Hurricane Sandy victims
MR says: 200 missionaries from surrounding states were brought in to help, too. Volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are continuing efforts to help East Coast residents recover from Hurricane Sandy. Local leaders cancelled or abbreviated worship services to give members more time...
Mormon Helping Hands :: Hurricane Sandy
MR says: Thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to volunteer to assist in the recovery efforts within these communities. On Sunday, November 11th, thousands of Mormons cancelled their church services and arrived by air, bus and train from all across the country to help.
New round of Mormon Helping Hands Sandy cleanup projects scheduled
MR says: Read the Church's state by state updates of the cleanup efforts. Members and missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along the East Coast are organizing projects to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Church members in areas hit by the storm have worked to help...
Returning Home After a Disaster
If you think evacuating from your home would be difficult, how would you feel about returning to your home after the emergency? Would you know what safety precautions to take? How would you deal with the emotional trauma of seeing your home after the disaster if your house was damaged or even destroyed?
Mormon Helping Hands cleanup after Sandy
MR says: The service is great for missionary moments, too. One woman said of the members, "It was awe-inspiring; it gave me hope for the future." Members and missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provided assistance this weekend to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Local Church...
Members on the East Coast begin cleaning up wreckage from storm
An 8-year-old boy from an LDS family from Montrose, Pennsylvania, is counted among at least 82 people whose deaths have been linked to Hurricane Sandy. The boy, Matthew Stahl, was killed when an upright branch snapped off a large tree on his family’s property. Someone had come to the door to...
Food Storage Essentials: Building a food storage: How much is peace of mind worth?
MR says: 5 reasons to focus on being prepared. Hurricane Sandy provides a stark reminder of the unpredictability of our weather. The drought affecting many areas of the country this summer was another reminder of the uncertainties of life. It's not as hard as you might think to store some food and water...
Widget for LDS response to Hurricane Sandy
MR says: Add this widget to your blog to help raise money for relief. If you are interested in promoting the Church’s response to Hurricane Sandy, LDS Philanthropies has created a widget that you can embed in your blogs and websites. For the large widget, use this...
500 LDS missionaries help with Hurricane Sandy cleanup
MR says: Mission President Calderwood said missionaries will continue to provide whatever help they can for the next few days and weeks. Local missionaries and leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent Wednesday giving aid to communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Local Church...
Members brace as Hurricane Sandy hits East Coast
MR says: Updates from local church leaders of areas hit by the storm. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement: "The Church continues to monitor the situation and is prepared to respond as needed. Prior to the storm, local leaders were in contact with Church...
In the eye of the storm, Mormons meet needs of membership
I thought I was reliving a scene from The Wizard of Oz for a brief moment this afternoon as I saw a large piece of metal hurtle through the air. Then the continual sound of wailing sirens below and large gusts of wind shaking my 28th floor apartment recalled to me that I was, in fact, in mid-town,...
Official Church statement on Hurricane Sandy
MR says: I love that the Church is already assisting with humanitarian help. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement today regarding people impacted by Hurricane Sandy, now a post-tropical storm: Our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by post-tropical...
Flood cleanup continues in Santa Clara, Utah
Community members in southern Utah swung into gear to clean up in the aftermath of a burst retention basin Sept. 11. Heavy rains in the area filled the 90-year-old earthen dam in Santa Clara, Utah, to capacity. Water spilled over the dam and eventually the pressure caused the dam to break. A...
Mud relief: Service with a smile
MR says: There's a great photo gallery of all the volunteer work that happened. Hailstones were still visible in mud — two days after a storm that triggered a mudslide — as volunteers pitched one shovelful after another out of Jacobs Ranch basements in Saratoga Springs. Eleven homes were significantly...
Mormon Helping Hands clean up from Hurricane Isaac
Within days after Hurricane Isaac hit the Gulf Coast near New Orleans, hundreds of Mormon Helping Hands volunteers were in the impacted areas cleaning up. This coming weekend, more than 1,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi...
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