Humanitarian Service in Payson and Surrounding Area
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 Payson and the surrounding area, local church members have and continue to participate in numerous humanitarian projects.
Service rendered by local members has included projects such as food and clothing drives, shipping supplies to a Texas orphanage, cleaning out a spillway in Spanish Fork Canyon, tree planting and much, much more.
These types of projects are carried out by Church members all over Payson and the surrounding area 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.
