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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)