Inspirational Piano/Organ Concert
The community is invited to attend an Evening of Music featuring Glenda Draper of Calgary, Alberta, Canada who will be performing special arrangements of hymns and other selections of inspirational music on the organ and the piano at 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Winter Haven, located at 1958 9th Street Southeast. Admission is...Mormons Assemble Snack Kits and Collect ...
Volunteers from the Winter Haven congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered recently to help victims of domestic violence. For the month prior to this Day of Service, cell phones and items were collected for snack kits to be donated to the Harbor House Service. The snack kits are given to comfort families the first night they are in the emergency...Mormons Assist Junior Diabetes Research ...
Volunteers from the Christina Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lakeland helped staff the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation Walk held at Lake Hollingsworth recently. The walks help raise money for research. Volunteers provided support for the event by manning the booths, registration, t-shirt hand out, food, and the children’s area , etc. Thirty-three...Cleaning Up Lake Parker Park
Volunteers from The Crystal Lake Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently picked up litter in the Lake Parker Park and along the lakeshore as part of the Day of Service. This was one of many projects being carried out throughout the Southeastern United States. The City of Lakeland Department of Parks and Services provided the garbage bags, litter pickers,...Mormons Cleaning-Up The Fitzgerald Cemet...
Thirty-six volunteers from the Gibsonia Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met at the Fitzgerald Cemetery in South Lakeland on the Day of Service, Saturday, April 24, 2010. The Gibsonia Ward chose to help restore a portion of the Fitzgerald Cemetery on Fitzgerald Road in Lakeland, which was in poor condition. Volunteers spent a total of 102 hours on the...Keeping Polk County Beautiful at South C...
The Lakeland Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partnered with Keep Polk County Beautiful and recently cleaned up the area of South Crystal Lake Drive in Lakeland. Forty adults and youth donated a total of two hundred hours cleaning up the area. This will be an ongoing project for the congregation, and the adopt a highway sign for The Church will remain...Helping Hands for Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity (Lake Wales Ward) Members of the Lake Wales congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently spent a Saturday morning helping with a Habitat for Humanity building project. This effort was one of hundreds of service projects going on throughout the Southeast for the annual Day of Service. Seventeen volunteers donated 41 hours of labor...Shining Up Sunshine Foundation Dream Vil...
(Citrus Ridge Ward of Davenport) Members of the Citrus Ridge Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently volunteered at the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village in Davenport. Volunteers helped prepare for their big Spring event. Thirty-nine volunteers spent a total of ninety-four hours pressure washing, painting, pruning, raking, and scrubbing, the entry,...Serving at Relay for Life
Relay for Life–American Cancer Society (Lake Hamilton Ward of Haines City) Twenty-seven volunteers from the Lake Hamilton Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped at the Relay for Life in Haines City and Auburndale, Florida. A total of 128.5 hours were donated. Volunteers helped with set-up and assisted with booths starting Friday afternoon and...The Great American Clean-Up in Highlands
Members of The Highlands Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partnered with Keep Polk County Beautiful, Inc. to participate in “The Great American Cleanup” event. Forty-five volunteers gave a total of ninety service hours. “The Great American Cleanup” is a nationwide cleanup initiative held during March, April and May during which volunteers choose a...Finding Joy Serving Others on Day of Ser...
“Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently participated in ten community service projects in Polk County on a Day of Service. This has become an annual event to be held on the last Saturday of April. This year we had 390 volunteers, both members and friends who joined with us. A total of 1157.5 volunteer hours were donated to help our community. Lori...Two Young Men Become Eagles
Beau Waters and Anthony Padgett, both members of the Boy Scout Troop 557 sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Winter Haven, have achieved the highest honor in the Boy Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. To earn the rank of Eagle, a scout must earn 21 merit badges and plan and develop a service project that demonstrates leadership. Waters’ project was...Day of Service
The second annual Day of Service has been scheduled for Saturday, April 24, 2010. The purpose of this event sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “is for churches, civic organizations and government agencies to link arms to strengthen local communities with meaningful service projects that will help those in need, beautify communities, build friendships, and...Finding Joy–Mormon Women’s C...
An annual women’s conference to commemorate the anniversary of the Relief Society will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 5850 Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. The theme for this year’s annual event is “Finding Joy”. The conference will be highlighted by breakfast being...
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