Posts Tagged ‘service’
IMPACT Humanity Receives Reusable Water Bottles From Young Women’s Group
Young women ages 11-17 gathered together recently to assemble a donation for IMPACT for distribution to the homeless. IMPACT is dedicated to helping individuals and families in need and the homeless to regain their humanity. IMPACT has many programs that provide long-term and short-term solutions and one of those is IMPACT Humanity. IMPACT Humanity is…
Read MoreToday Is The National Day of Service!
September 11th each year is both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Rememberance. According to NationalService.gov: On this day Americans across the country are called to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service…
Read MoreArvada Church Members Participate in the #TrashTagChallenge
This spring the hashtag #trashtag has gone viral worldwide prompting people to clean up litter and trash on beaches, roadsides, parks etc. In an effort to make our neighborhoods cleaner members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that make up the congregations in Arvada were encouraged to work with neighbors, friends, and…
Read MoreFort Logan National Cemetery Joint Service Project
On Saturday, May 4, members of The Church of Jesus Christ joined with Catholic friends to lay sod, and to perform other landscaping work, at various gravesites throughout Fort Logan National Cemetery. Approximately 80 volunteers worked over several hours to beautify gravesites for the several hundred individuals who were buried at the cemetery in recent…
Read MoreColorado Teen Creates High School Just Serve Club
In the fall of 2018 one high school teen had an idea to spread the light of Christ to more people by creating a “Just Serve” club at her high school, Discover Canyon Campus. Abbie Adams sought out the necessary signature from a principal and obtained a teacher sponsor. Then she set up a booth during…
Read MoreBoulder Stake Makes Large Donation to EFAA
Members of the Boulder Stake and the Bishop’s Storehouse donated nearly 1,500 pounds of food and toiletries to the Emergency Family Assistance Association. The EFAA serves the Boulder community in need of basic food and housing and they were thrilled to have a large January donation following the holidays. Individuals in the Boulder Stake collected…
Read MoreArvada Youth Teams With Catholic Charities, Friends and Neighbors to Help the Homeless
This fall, as John Fielding Toronto was preparing to plan and organize an Eagle Scout project, his father suggested that he contact Mark Hahn, who is over Volunteer and Parish Relations at Catholic Charities, for service project ideas. Mark was a great help to John Fielding, putting him in touch with Denver’s Samaritan House, a…
Read MoreMagnify the Money You Give on Colorado Gives Day
For all who have volunteered time, talent or energy to others in need, it’s easy to understand the feeling of wanting to do more. You might wish for deeper pockets or unlimited resources to make your giving more significant. Today is the day where a bit of that wish comes true. December 4 is…
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