Church Response to Haiti Earthquake

SALT LAKE CITY 13 January 2010 We express our sympathy and prayers on behalf of the citizens of Haiti following the recent devastating earthquake. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is immediately shipping humanitarian relief, including personal hygiene kits and supplies for newborns. Efforts are underway to determine further humanitarian response in coordination with government and disaster relief organizations. Donations for relief efforts can be made at http://give.lds.org/emergencyresponse.

All missionaries serving in the country are safe, and we continue efforts to account for Church members in the area.

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I belong to the church that ships immediate relief--not only humanitarian, but spiritual relief too. And that makes me proud (but I suppose it humbles me too).

Thursday, July 2, 2009

My mom turned 50 and raised a thousand dollars

My mom never celebrates herself. So we knew she would need a little help accepting the idea of having a party thrown in her honor. Another thing about my mom is she always wants to help--with everything--including her own 50th birthday party. But I got tons of help from aunts and friends and other family so she was doing as little as she could stand.

We had a smashing celebration complete with a live band (my brother is so talented), all you can eat soft-serve icecream sundaes, pom-pom decorations (thank you, Martha), and a million people who also wanted to celebrate my mom.

What more could you want?

Well, my mom wanted a cause--a reason (other than herself) to have a party. She decided to use her birthday as a way to educate her family and friends about cystic fibrosis. This serious condition has effected some very close family friends, and she wanted to help raise money to fund research. So in adition to the smashing celebration, we had pamphlets about cystic fibrosis, a giving basket where people could donate money to the cause, and we had a very special guest (a darling baby with cystic fibrosis).

We raised very close to $1000 for the Cystic Fi brosis Foundation, and ate way too much ice cream.