Posts Tagged ‘justserve’
Mile Long Table Features Service Opportunities for Church Members & Missionaries
By Corey Christiansen, Denver Metro News Media Specialist Celebrating Colorado’s 150th birthday outdoors in sweltering 95-degree heat with 5,000 strangers may not sound like an ideal party, but for one special night this was the absolute best birthday party in town. This gigantic gala was known as the Mile Long Table, an event where strangers…
Read MoreTabernacle Choir Watch Party Features Community Service Project and Live Performance from The Piano Guys
By Corey Christiansen, Denver Metro News Media Specialist Several thousand members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently packed into Denver’s new CoBank Arena for an incredible night of music and service. The main attraction for the evening was to watch a rebroadcast of the June 24-25 performance of The Tabernacle Choir…
Read MoreDenver Area Youth Make Incredible Impact on Global Youth Service Day, Get Visit from Denver Broncos Lineman Garett Bolles
By Corey Christiansen, Denver Metro Area News Media Specialist When 17-year-old Taz Carlson from Denver looked out over the gigantic crowd of youth that recently gathered at the Denver Stake Center, he got excited. “We’ve got a lot of energy and a lot of heart for this sort of stuff,” he said. The “stuff” meant…
Read MoreMile Long Table Gives Denver Community Perfect Way to Connect
By Corey Christiansen, Denver Metro Area News Media Specialist They arrived early on a hot and clear July morning a bit daunted by the task in front of them. Thirty young missionaries from the Denver Colorado North Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepted a task through JustServe to help prepare…
Read MoreParker’s Bree Robinson Starts Service Club at Ponderosa High School
By Mindy Risenmay, Parker South Stake Media Specialist Bree Robinson is a member of the Parker South Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a senior at Ponderosa High School in Parker. Last year, a leader spoke to her about starting a club at her high school, a service club. Bree…
Read MoreDean Banner Dedicates Life to Service, Helps Brighton Become JustServe City
By Allie Shortt, Brighton Stake Media Specialist & Corey Christiansen, Denver Region Media Specialist When Dean Banner retired in 2007, he was just starting to go to work. Over the past 18 years, Banner has dedicated his retirement time to service and being an active member of his church and community. He and his wife,…
Read MoreParker Family Helps Guatemalan Family Find Their Footing in America
By Corey Christiansen, Denver Region Media Specialist As a former missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Venezuela, Parker’s Tom Fobert recently sought out opportunities to help Venezuelan refugees who were resettling in the Denver area. Having learned Spanish on his mission, Tom offered his services as a translator, but he…
Read MoreDenver Missionaries Help Pack 115,000 Meals for 9/11 Day of Service
By Corey Christiansen, Denver News Media Specialist Denver, Colorado – “Never Forget” is an important reminder of the 9/11 victims and the incredible bravery of so many first responders that day. More than two decades later, “Never Forget” has also become a clarion call to remind individuals of the amazing things they can accomplish when…
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