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Tacenda Grand Master

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Our stake is involved in the JustServe website. You can be notified by email of service opportunities in the local area.

http://www.justserve.org/

I entered my zip and there were no service opportunities. I even enlarged the area to up to 50 miles, still nothing. Darn, I was excited about this!
rockpond Grand Master

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I entered my zip and there were no service opportunities. I even enlarged the area to up to 50 miles, still nothing. Darn, I was excited about this!

Yeah... I first heard about JustServe.org about a year ago. It's gonna be a process to get it really going. But I think it will be worth it in the long run. Our stake has just this year started to engage with the site.

Calm Grand Master

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That is strange as I got something in West Valley and in Orem. Unless I misremember where you live.

Rain Grand Master

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I entered my zip and there were no service opportunities. I even enlarged the area to up to 50 miles, still nothing. Darn, I was excited about this!

That's because it hasn't opened up everywhere yet. After the first pilot round they found they needed to find enough projects first and then tell ward members about it because if they registered first and found nothing or little they didn't come back for a long time if at all.

I first registered in August before they had opened the area. Nothing there. By October I had been called as a specialist and it wasn't long before projects started going up all around Mesa with all the specialists called here. Now I find things have slowed in Mesa, but are picking up in Tempe, Phoenix, Scottsdale and some smaller cities.

I've found it takes time sometimes to get a project up, if it ever gets up at all. Some jump right on it. Some need a lot of time to approve of being connected to the website.

So have patience. Make sure your notifications are turned on. Then when they open up your area you will figure it out from the emails coming in.

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Calm Grand Master

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Just as an FYI, this deals with the chronic homeless (including homeless vets) and not all homeless in Utah in general from what I understand.  We still need to figure out how to help those who are temporary homeless more effectively.  (I only bring this up because if I am right in my recall of this, we need to still pay attention to a significant part of the homeless population, it would be unfortunate for people to assume most are being cared for in this way if they are not)
 
Let me know if you need a reference
 
Never mind, will do it anyway to pass the time:
 

we are on track with our ten year plan to provide housing opportunities to all chronic homeless persons and homeless veterans
 

 

MYTH: People who are homeless stay homeless for a long time.

FACT: Only 3.9 percent of Utah’s homeless are considered chronically homeless or experience homelessness for long periods of time. Of those experiencing homelessness, 45 percent of single adults and 31 percent of families stayed in shelter less than one week during 2013.


http://jobs.utah.gov/housing/scso/documents/homelessness2014.pdf

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rockpond Grand Master

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Just as an FYI, this deals with the chronic homeless (including homeless vets) and not all homeless in Utah in general from what I understand.  We still need to figure out how to help those who are temporary homeless more effectively.  (I only bring this up because if I am right in my recall of this, we need to still pay attention to a significant part of the homeless population, it would be unfortunate for people to assume most are being cared for in this way if they are not)

 

Let me know if you need a reference

 

Never mind, will do it anyway to pass the time:

 

http://jobs.utah.gov/housing/scso/documents/homelessness2014.pdf

 

Yes, thanks for the clarification.  The initiative in the article I linked deals specifically with the "chronically homeless".  (That distinction alone was interesting for me to better understand.)

 

I thought it was cool that their first thought was:  "We need Lloyd Pendleton!"

rockpond Grand Master

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Just a small mention of our church in this article but it was an interfaith effort to produce meals for the hungry in Ohio and Haiti...

 

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2015/02/27/church-and-friends-produce-750000-meals-for-needy-in-five-days.html

 

 

I like this one because creating dry, ready-to-ship or store meals like this seems like something we could repeat for many other areas of the world and for emergency preparedness right here at home.

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Ham Clam Community Regular

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Our stake is involved in the JustServe website. You can be notified by email of service opportunities in the local area.

 

http://www.justserve.org/

It just came to my stake (Missouri) too, Don't forget that your stake has to go around to organizations to get them to sign up. Hope it catches on.

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VideoGameJunkie Grand Master

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There's a Gofundme account for a family that lost their house and everything in a fire. I donated $1,000 so find that donation on the side if you want to see my real name.

 

http://www.gofundme.com/Irwin-fire-fund

 

Please take time to donate. Any donation will help a family that runs a Salvation Army and has to live in a hotel right now. My female friend who is a Mormon and showed me the link wants to get the church involved to show the family how the church works.

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I would just like to share what's been going on in the island state of Chuuk.. 

 

Chuuk is a group of islands that is part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the South Pacific. It is an independent country that has a compact with the United States. I recently returned from my mission there two weeks ago. The island was hit by super typhoon Maysak just a few days before I left. Everything was destroyed. We held out in the church with locals and members as homes blew away and trees were destroyed. It is believed 95% of homes were destroyed and 80% of the local food source is gone.

 

So here'es where the church comes in: 

The country is extremely poor and the government doesn't have any money set aside for disasters like this. Luckily, the church was quick to step in. The Church there is actually pretty strong, Chuukese people are very receptive to the gospel. They don't even have a stake, yet there were as many as 2,000 people at the last district conference (district being a step below a stake). With members being spread across hundreds of miles of ocean and remote islands, to see that many saints in one building was amazing. Anyways, the area presidency and humanitarian services in Tokyo were able to send hundreds of bags of rice and tools within a matter of a few days. It's not enough to sustain the entire population, but it's a start. The missionaries there are hard at work helping with relief efforts. A camaign has been set up to buy food and supplies for the people there. I will provide a link below if you want to donate:

 

gofundme.com/chuuk

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Calm Grand Master

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Here is a bit of info on the storm;

 

A day after Bavi dissipated, a low-pressure area formed southwest of Marshall Islands. It slowly drifted northwestward and became more organised over the next two days.[22] The next day, the JMA started tracking the system as a tropical depression.[23] On March 27, the JTWC started tracking the system as a tropical depression, and designated it 04W.[24] Moving west-northwestward, the system's center became more consolidated with convective banding becoming wrapped into it. The JTWC upgraded 04W to a tropical storm the same day.[25] The JMA followed suit later that day, when it was named Maysak.[26] On March 28, Maysak developed an eye,[27] and the JMA further upgraded it to a severe tropical storm.[28] The eye became more well defined with deep convection persisting along the southern quadrant of the storm. The overcast became more consolidated,[29] as the JMA upgraded Maysak to a typhoon on the same day.[30] On March 29, Maysak rapidly intensified over a period of 6 hours, attaining 1-min maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h (145 mph), making it a Category 4 equivalent on the SSHWS.[31] On the next day, Maysak further intensified into a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon. On April 1, the PAGASA stated tracking on the system, naming it as Chedeng.[32]

Typhoon Maysak passed directly over Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia on March 29, causing extensive damage. High winds, measured up to 114 km/h (71 mph) at the local National Weather Service office, downed numerous trees, power lines, and tore off roofs. An estimated 80–90 percent of homes in Chuuk sustained damage. Power to most of the island was knocked out and communication was difficult. Early reports indicate that five people lost their lives.[33] A few days before Maysak made landfall, PAGASA stated that the country's official dry season had started.[34]

 

 

 
I was wondering if it had any relation to the one my nephew had gone tracting in, but apparently looking at the dates and locations he was in Typhoon Bavi which appears to have been much milder, even if they had to coax the beaches back down to the beaches and off the roads and repair all the roofs.  The place the typhoon had traveled from before it hit them had lost 100 homes though...which would mean lost everything given their level of poverty already..
Calm Grand Master

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If the Church has a presence in the area, they may have a project going....it is the middle of the night or I would call them, but perhaps someone who is more familiar with the area would know the right questions to ask...I might shoot off an email to my nephew to see what is happening in his area.

 

Anyway, here is their info and you might want to call them to see if there is any other efforts organized yet:

 

LDS Philanthropies

1450 N. University Ave.
Provo, UT 84604
801-356-5300
ldsphilanthropies@ldschurch.org

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