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A Message about Mormon Helping Hands

by Steve Demetras

Public Affairs High Councilman

   Under the direction of Elder L. Whitney Clayton of the Presidency of the Seventy, all of the stakes of the Church in California have been encouraged to coordinate activities for a statewide Mormon Helping Hands day of service on Saturday, May 8, 2010. The unifying theme is “Renewing California Parks."

   
The purposes of this state-wide event are to:

       Help Improve Communities

       Strengthen Church Members

       Share the Gospel Indirectly

       Build Relationships with Opinion Leaders

       Enhance the Reputation of the Church

   Under the banner of “Mormon Helping Hands,” Lodi Stake members will join with them to renew and beautify local parks and community areas in four areas of our Stake; Lodi, Galt, Ione-Jackson, and San Andreas-Murphys. While Church members have always been involved in community service, this is an opportunity for all of us in our area to concentrate our efforts on one day and in one area—California’s parks.

   We all enjoy our local parks and spend time there, particularly with our young children. We will be blessed to help beautify these locations for other families. Besides helping our local parks, it will be satisfying to know that throughout the state similar improvements are being made.

   We will be identified by our distinctive vests as we give service. It will be a great chance to rub shoulders with our neighbors and friends of other faiths in a non-threatening way. By such opportunities we can improve the reputation of the Church and generate awareness about the Church.

   Please make this a priority event for your family as we give service to others, an important characteristic of the followers of Jesus Christ.

   In this blog you can find the projects in your city. Please share it with others, and we'll see you May 8!

LODI

If you missed the sign-ups on Sunday, but want to participate, go to the park you would like to help with at

8 a.m. SHARP. 

Please call project managers with specific questions.

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Play Structure Clean-up 

(6-8 locations)

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Meet at Beckman Park 1426 W. Century Blvd. and Rick will take you to the parks.

Project: Cleaning playgrounds at various parks. 

Bring: hoses, spray bottles, sponges, scrub brushes, and gloves.

Project Manager:  Rick Cook 329-6053

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Beckman Park

1426 W Century Blvd

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Project: Easy weeding. 

Bring: gloves, trowels, and anything you have that will help you pull out weeds.

Project Manger:  Steve Koepple

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Zupo Field

350 N. Washington St.

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Project:  Taking out a vinyl fence.  Only men  older boys needed for this project.  

Bring: shovels, brooms, and gloves.

Project Manager: Mark Stoltenberg (369-3503)

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Lodi Lake

1101 W. Turner Rd. 

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Project:  Hand pruning, filling wheelbarrows with debris, moving wheelbarrows to dump truck.  

Bring: wheelbarrows, hand pruners, shears, and gloves.

Project Manager:  Garth Johnson (368-3127)

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Century Park

Corner of Century and Church St.

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Project:  Pruning on north and south boundaries, scraping weeds from basketball court.  

Bring: gloves, flat nosed shovels, pruning shears, and weed eaters manned by experienced people.

Project Manager:  Eric Holden (339-4252)

GALT

In the event of pouring rain: May 15th
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 
Make sure all tools are well marked   
Everyone Please see the fliers, and the sign-ups


With a potluck barbeque to follow at McFarland Ranch.
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McFarland Ranch

8899 Orr Rd Galt, California 95632 
@8:00 a.m

http://mcfarlandranch.org/ 

Removing existing 5 strand barb-wire fencing and t-bar :Adult Men

Bring: Long pants, long sleeves, leather gloves, apron

McFarland Ranch Family Projects: 

Planting & Staking 80 trees: (holes will be pre-augured) Families (Primary Age Children)

Assembly & Placement of PVC irrigation lines into pre-dug trenches (to irrigate trees): Families

Additional projects for young children.

Bring shovels, metal garden rakes, hand trowels (for children), gardening gloves, pvc pipe cutting tool

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Rae House
Meet at Greer School at 8:00 a.m. located at 248 West A. Street Galt.

204 Oak Ave.

Galt, CA  95632

http://galthistory.org/history/raehist.htm

Repairing the fence on the side yard, weeding, clipping rose bushes, general yard maintenance. 

(Young Women & Young Men)

Bring any of these items you have:  Electric portable drills, hand pruners, gloves, shovels

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Painting"A" Street Sound Wall 

Meet at Greer School at 8:00 a.m. located at 248 West A. Street Galt 

Painting : Young Women & Young Men 

Bring: Paint roller, paint tray, paint clothes

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Dead Man's Gulch

Meet at The Church at 8:00 a.m. located at 972 Vintage Oak Ave. 

 Replacing burnt boards in the observation Deck.  Adults (High Priests, wives)

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Various Area Parks
Meet at The Church at 8:00 a.m. located at 972 Vintage Oak Ave. Galt
Painting tables, signs, and benches at area parks.  Adults (High Priests, wives) 

Bring:  paint rollers (city will provide sleeves), paint tray, sandpaper or sponge sander, putty knife, rags, drop cloths or tarps, 5 gallon bucket

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Questions for all GALT projects please call: 
Bev Cooper at 209-329-1663 or 
Chrissy Marriott at 209-224-4858

JACKSON

Amador County Fairgrounds

18621 Sherwood St.
Plymouth, CA 95669

http://amadorcountyfair.com/

• Various painting projects 
• Paint sprayers for experienced operators
• Hand painting projects for youth
• Planter area gardening
• Building gazebo at Veteran's Park which is next to the county fairground

MURPHYS & SAN ANDREAS

Calaveras County Fairgrounds
101 Frogtown Rd.
Angels Camp, CA, 95222

• Painting/striping the parking lot
• Painting the entrance, turnstiles, bathroom and fence
• Setting up and improving display areas
• Weeding of planters and grounds

The fairgrounds will provide lunch for all participants.

IONE

Howard Park -MAY 1st

600 S. Church St.
Ione, CA  95650

http://www.ione-ca.com/home/ione/Park.htm

• Painting of several small booth type buildings
• Several planting boxes will be prepared or flowers and if city has the flowers ready, they will be planted.
• Several picnic table tops and benches will be replaced and painted.
• The fence by the stage area will be torn down as one of our projects.
• If time permits, we will also do some interior painting (bathrooms) in Evelyon Bishop Hall at the park.