Humanitarian Service in Atlanta
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsors humanitarian relief and development projects around the world that benefit those of all faiths. These projects include emergency relief assistance in times of disaster and programs that strengthen the self-reliance of individuals, families and communities.
Hundreds of full-time volunteers with skills and experience in education, agriculture, social work, business and medicine serve throughout the world as part of these humanitarian projects. These relief efforts include responses to the recent tsunamis, the earthquake in Haiti, the hurricanes in Louisiana and Texas and the famines in Ethiopia.
While projects are carried out all over the world, local Church units are also engaged in humanitarian efforts for the benefit of our communities. In Georgia, local Church members participated in large scale in disaster relief in the Albany flooding of the Flint River in 1994 and the Austell floods of 2009.
In 2010, Mormon congregations throughout Georgia linked arms with local organizations and other faiths in a Day of Service that helped to clean up, revitalize, and refurbish local municipalities, schools, and parks, as well as to provide aid to worthy non-profits.
Atlanta Ward Relief Society President helps provide care for the poor and needy.
Canned goods from a food drive, specially requested and marked packaged beans and rice kits, and toiletry kits are donated to the Community Action Center of Sandy Springs Georgia.
Volunteers clear an area to build a wheelchair ramp for the widow of a deceased WWII veteran during an area wide day of service.
These types of projects are carried out by the adults as well as youth all over Georgia each year. While communities benefit with each project, we all benefit from the efforts we make to join together with our neighbors in humanitarian service.
