"It was heartwarming to see so many women gather together to work on some projects that would be going to help people in our community”
Women Unite for Saturday of Service
September 17, 2022 - Lori Mortensen
It was a big day for community service. On Saturday, September 17, 2022, women from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints met at the Stake Center at 3431 Hacienda Road in Cameron Park from 10am to 2pm for a special opportunity to serve their community. Entitled, “Charity Never Faileth,” attendees rolled up their sleeves and helped with a variety of service projects. Projects included making blankets for Linus Project, sewing surgery comfort pillows for Marshall Hospital, crocheting washcloths bundled with a bar of soap for the Upper Room, writing Sunshine Letters for Snowline Hospice, and donating gently used children’s books for Kids in Need.
“It was heartwarming to see so many women gather together to work on some projects that would be going to help people in our community,” said volunteer, Cheryl Trapani from Cameron Park. “Many of the women there were from the Georgetown area which was is in the middle of a potential evacuation wildfire alert. They put their troubles aside for a few hours to help others.”
The numbers were impressive. During the four-hour event (including a salad bar lunch), at least 150 women and young women (ages 11-18) tied 30 blankets for the Linus Project that would be donated to First Responders in the county to comfort children in need, wrote 200 sunshine letters to uplift local senior citizens who may have minimal outside contact, sewed 129 post-surgery pillows for Marshall Hospital patients, crocheted 12 washcloths (with 40 more still in the works) for patrons of the Upper Room, and collected 230 gently used children’s books.
“This is the first time in a couple of years,” said organizer and Stake Relief Society President, Corin Atkinson, of Placerville, “the stake women in the county have been able to gather in large numbers to serve our fellow brothers and sisters. It was such a treat and smiles abounded!”
A special “Just Serve” table was featured at the event as well, where attendees could learn more about these and other volunteer organizations featured at “JustServe,”an online resource that offers a multitude of other volunteer opportunities in our area and across the nation.
It was a big day—for volunteers and the people who would benefit through these important service organizations. For more information about JustServe, visit their website at http://www.JustServe.org.
