#44

Luke, Miles and I volunteered at the Special Olympics yesterday! (Jake and Grant were planning on coming, but we had an unexpectedly awesome turn out from my young women and couldn't fit everyone in our van! As it was there were 9 of us in a 7-seater! Shhhh....) It was a great day making bracelets with the athletes in their Olympic village and cheering them on in events. Luke's prayer tonight included: "please help us to find more ways to do service." He got it. :). -Kami

#43

Late Thursday night, Lindsey got a call from Emily. She had to move out of her house yesterday and all of her moving transportation fell through. Lindsey dropped everything and went over to fill our car with her things. Yesterday, I drove the carload of things to Salt Lake and helped her move in to her new apartment.

#42

Our whole family drove from Philly to Atlanta for the viewing and funeral of our dear friends' baby. Though we didn't perform any acts of service, we felt strongly about being there to show our love, support and to "mourn with those that mourn." -Kami

#41

I worked one evening with the Young Women at a child donation service called Cradles to Crayons. They make kid packs full of essential and fun items for needy children. It was awesome! -Kami

#40

This is probably the BIGGEST service I will perform all year: I am currently in the middle of planning and preparing for the largest fundraiser of the year for Luke's school - the Red & Blue Fair. I am the second in "command" for the entire event - in charge of all carnival games, blow up toys, charting for the table rentals, purchasing supplies, finding parent volunteers to man each event, etc, etc, etc....the big day is May 17 - Grant's first birthday. -Kami

#39

We purchased two different discount cards from neighborhood kids sports fundraisers. -Kami

#38

Miles picked up trash at Luke's school.

#37

The conductor of our stake Easter musical begged me to participate. I was resistant because I am so busy right now. I finally agreed feeling as though I was serving HER. In the end, though, as with most service, I was the one who benefitted the most. -Kami

#36

Made a cake for the cub scouts cake auction fund raiser. It made $32. -Kami

#35

Filled in for a friend in organizing and conducting a stake musical number. -Kami

#34

Jacob has been going out of his way at work to connect people on projects that have absolutely nothing to do with his job. This has made some friends very happy!

#33

I cooked 9 big meals (from scratch) for 14 people over a 5 day spring break. Often staying up till 1 am completing the next day's breakfast This may not seem like service, but it felt like it ....( even though I do love cooking! ;) -Kami

#32

For a month, I drove quite a distance 3 days a week to pick up and take home a little girl from preschool because her mom didn't have a car. - Kami

#31

At the last minute, I watched a friend's little girls all day while she took her mom to the ER. - Kami

# 30

Hi All!

I enjoy using the skills I have developed in my career to help others. I thought it would be nice to share a restoration I completed for our good friend Ana. She gave us a place to stay in February when we traveled back to Maine to photograph a wedding. She has always been very kind and generous to us and that kindness and generosity came to light again during our visit. We stayed up late to chat and catch up on our last evening there and the conversation led to family and old family photos. Ana showed us this image of her Grandfather and told us how much it meant to her. It was in rough shape and she commented on its condition and how she doesn't have a good copy of the image. I offered to fix it up and she entrusted the original copy to me. Click on the thumbnail for the results!     - Reid

#29

Attended the birthday celebration of a member of the Cherokee County Republican Black Council....to show support for this cause and to meet the US congressional candidate.
Dave and Kalenn

#28

We went to a fundraising dinner to help young Hispanic girls go to camp, and paid double the amount asked for, for the meal. PS...yummy!
Dave and Kalenn

#27

I sponsored a young man in his fundraiser for wrestling.
Dave

#25

I sent a sympathy card to a business associate whose mother passed away this week.
Dave

#24

I made cookies and gave some to our renter, Andres.

Kalenn

#23

I contributed to Relay for Life
Kalenn