Serving God through Serving Others

Friend October 2020 “Mother Theresa and the Rescue” Mother Theresa had great faith in and love for God, She knew that God loved all people, and she spent her whole life loving and helping them. At age 72 she heard about some children that were stranded in a hospital with no food or help during a war in Lebanon. She went to help them and was able to help get them to safety with faith in God’s help.

Friend May 2019 “Keeping the Orphans Warm” George Muller, a Christian, served God by helping orphans. He had strong faith that God would help him help them. Once, when the heater went out in one of his orphanages, he prayed that a warm wind would come to keep the children warm and that the workers would have a desire to get the work done quickly. His prayer was answered.

 Friend February 2020 “Go and Do” President Henry B. Eyring tells about growing up during a time when many people were out of work and homeless. The Relief Society president collected clothes from neighbors and washed them and put them in boxes on her back porch for anyone who needed clothes. She followed God’s command to help those in need and helped hundreds of Heavenly Father’s children. Activity: Follow the paths to see how these children made a difference!

Friend June 2023 “Service After the Storm” Jacob and his brother helped a family friend clean out their house after a hurricane flooded it. He knew that if Jesus had been there he would have done the same thing. He wanted to be someone Jesus could always trust to help. He asked his dad what they were going to do to help Jesus next.

Heavenly Father Wants Us to Serve Others

Friend November 2022 “A Happy Helper” Felix helps his mom get ready for Grandpa’s visit. Activity: Heavenly Father wants us to help others. Point to ways these children are helping.

Heavenly Father Sometimes Uses Others to Help Answer Prayers

Friend October 2019 “The Little Red Harmonica” Katie uses her music points to get two harmonicas. She gives one to her little brother. She loved seeing how happy it made him, but then he became devastated when he lost it.  Kaity helped him look for it, but no luck. Ryan says a prayer asking for help in finding it, but still no luck. Katie prays for her brother and an idea comes to her. She gives her harmonica to him. Katie told Ryan that Heavenly Father was letting her help him answer Ryan’s prayer.

Pray to Know How and Who to Serve

Friend May 2020 “The Little Red Bread Wagon” The Bishop asked ward members to help others. Sammy’s father prayed to know what to do, and the idea came to make bread to share. Sammy helped his father decide who to take bread to, and he helped him deliver the bread with his wagon.

Listen to the Holy Ghost

Friend October 2024 “The Sunflower Bouquet” During Sacrament meeting Amalie noticed that their next-door neighbor, Sister Aisha, wasn’t singing and looked sad. She wished she could do something to help her feel better. The next week while riding her bike she saw a field and a sign that said free sunflowers. A name came to her mind: Sister Aisha. She thought that maybe sunflowers would brighten her day. When Sister Aisha saw them, she smiled. Amalie hadn’t seen her smile in a long time. They were Sister Aisha’s favorite flowers. Amalie hadn’t known they were Sister Aisha’s favorite flowers! But the Holy Ghost had prompted her to make a bouquet for Sister Aisha, and Amalie was grateful she had listened.

Friend October 2024 “Make a Sunflower Card”

Following Jesus’ Example of Service

Love and care for them

Friend November 2018 “What I Know” Action rhyme about serving people like Jesus—because we love them.

Friend January 2018 “Following Paw Prints” As Derek was following paw prints in the snow, he helped his neighbors along the way. He likes to follow the example of Jesus by helping others. (Also do the activity of finding ways Derek can help family members.)

Service Helps the Receiver and the Giver

We learn from those we serve.

Friend July 2017 “Best Camp Ever!” A boy is assigned to be a buddy at camp to Bryant who is blind. The boy keeps a journal and writes about it. He is worried about the assignment, but he finds that it is exciting  and fun  when the person you are serving accomplishes difficult things. Bryant serves him too by being an example of perserverance in doing hard things.

We Worry Less About Ourselves when We Serve Others/ We are Also Blessed

Friend November 2020 “120 Happy People” A family does a service project every year on the birthday of their baby who died because serving helps them feel thankful for what they have, and when they feel thankful, then happiness replaces the sad feelings. For this years project they decide to thank you notes to people every day and help 120 people feel happy.

Friend August 2018 “The Lemonade Stand” After terrorist attacks, a girl and her friends are afraid. The girl also wants to help the victims but doesn’t know how. The neighborhood decides to host a lemonade stand to help raise money for the firefighters and their families. After helping with the lemonade stand, she feels better. Her mom tell she her that when she is being like Jesus, the Holy Ghost can help her feel happy and safe.

Friend June 2021 “Ombeni’s New Home” Ombeni’s family were refugees in the U.S. School was hard because he didn’t know the language and didn’t have any friends. His mother suggested he try to find someone to serve. He found a girl sitting alone at lunch and sat by her and smiled. She smiled back. It made him feel happy that he could help someone.

Service Helps Us Forget Our Problems

Friend December 2022 “Cookies, Hugs, and Love” Because of a hurricane and Covid, Eva’s family Christmas traditions of celebrating with family, friends, and neighbors was not possible. Eva was sad. Their family decided to buy food for people who lost their homes in the hurricane and Eva wanted to make cookies for the children in the shelter. Serving others helped her feel better.

Develop Empathy

Friend December 2019 “Martin’s Favorite Toys” Martin was not happy about having to move, but eventually he got used to his new home. One Sunday, he noticed a lot of new people at church. He found out that they were refugees. He wanted to help them, but he didn’t want to give them any of his toys because he brought them from his old house. Then he realized that many of the children had to leave everything behind. He remembered how hard it was for him to move, but at least he got to bring his things with him. He then wanted to give them his favorite toys to help them be happier.

Serving Others Can Lead to Friendship

Friend April 2022 “Matt and Mandy”

We Feel Happy when we Serve

Friend April 2024 “Bottles of Love” Isabela helped with a project at school to make “bottles of love,” which are plastic bottles filled with single-use plastics. The bottles were sent to an organization that made them into plastic bricks. The bricks could be used to build outdoor benches and houses for people in need.

Friend June 2023 “Drawing with Christian” Gabriel like to draw during sacrament meeting, but a boy named Christian sometimes and took his pencils and scribbled on Gabriel’s drawings. Christian couldn’t talk, and he didn’t sit still. Gabriel’s sister suggested they help him draw next time he came over to them. Christian had a big smile when they helped him draw the following Sunday. Gabriel enjoyed it too.

Friend July 2023 “The Garden Cleanup” The sister missionaries teach Jonah and his family about service, and then they all decide to do a service project at the overgrown school garden. They get others to help as well. Helping the missionaries was fun for Jonah. He wanted to be a missionary someday too. Until then, there were lots of ways he could serve. He could hardly wait to think of his next project!

Serving Even When It’s Difficult

Friend October 2024 “Margo and Paolo: Super Servers” Margo and Paulo’s family was helping a Brother move, but Margo and Paulo were overwhelmed by how many boxes there were. They decide to make it fun by making a contest out of it.

Service Without Thanks

Friend February 2022 “Bikes and Promises” Annie and her mom help a two boys get home after one fell off his bike. The mother of the boys didn’t thank them. Annie tells her mother, “People didn’t always thank Jesus for the good things He did. But that didn’t stop Him. So I won’t let it stop me either.”

Small Things Can Make a Difference

Friend September 2022 “Small Things Make a Difference!” Jed is the smallest in his class. Sometimes he wishes he could be taller, but regardless of his height he can do many good things.

Service Doesn’t have to be Perfect

Friend April 2020 “One Grey Square” Mariana’s stake had a goal to crochet 500 squares. The squares would then be joined together to make quilts and given to people who needed them. When Mariana went to turn in her square, she saw all the perfectly made squares. She was embarrassed because hers was crooked and had a few mistakes. She thought about shoving it in her pocket, but the lady taking the squares put it in the pile and then announced that her square was the 1000th square turned in. Everybody clapped. Mariana was glad she was a part of the special activity of helping people stay warm.

Friend Aug 1987 “The Bryan & Barney Circus” Children put on a circus to cheer up a sick friend. It doesn’t go well, but it does the job.

Simple Service

For the Strength of Youth June 2024 “(Simple) Service Superhero”

Service Prayer

Friend September 2019 “Praying Like Alma” Joplin got hit by a tornado and Isaac wants to go help,  but he’s too young.  While learning about Alma’s prayer for his son, Isaac got the idea to pray for the people of Joplin. He said prayers for them everyday.

Service Goals

Friend January 2021 “Matt and Mandy” Matt and Mandy make goals to serve people during the year.

Friend March 2021 “A Piano for Prophet” A boy named prophet set two goals: first, learn how to play the piano, and second, teach others how to play. Several people became interested in learning more about the church as they learned how to play using the Primary songs. (Link includes a Video of the story.)

Service Minded

Friend July 2021 “Helping at the Market” Marta finds a lost dog at the market and looks for its owner. Marta likes to help others. On the activity page find some people at the market that she and Mamá can help.

Friend June 2021 “Meet Karles from Puerto Rico” Karles loves to help people. After an earthquake he helped give out hygiene kits to others who had lost their homes and to those who were sick and elderly. Karles also helped at an international day of service, and he likes to help his parents with their chores. (See full story and photos at link.)

Karles followed Jesus by serving others after an earthquake. You can help others in your community too!

Challenge: Wherever you live, there are people who need help. You could donate to a food pantry, help your neighbors, or volunteer at a community organization with a parent or guardian.

Friend December 2018 “Saved from the Mud” Elder Parillo’s  parents were always doing things to help people, including letting people from their neighborhood sleep in their home whenever the houses flooded with mud.

Friend December 2018 “Brothers who Light the World” Brothers from Ghana like helping others. They use their piano playing talents to help others, they share their snacks at school with children who are hungry and have nothing to eat, and they like to teach the gospel to neighbors. (Link includes photos.)

Friend January 1989 “Oatmeal, Shovels, and Pyramids” Toby is always serving others, from his grandfather and  neighbor to his gymnastic teacher.

Friend September 2018 “Show and Tell” Lisa S., age 10, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, always looks for ways to serve at church. She looks for little children who need comfort or those who may feel alone. She passes out hymnbooks so that everyone can sing.

Setting an Example of Service

Friend February 2019 “Helper Like You” Jaylen watches her brother take bread to a neighbor, shovel another neighbor’s driveway, and then offer to help her build a snowman. She tells him that she wants to be a helper like him. (Link also includes an activity where children tell how they could help in each situation.)

Friend June 2017 “Show and Tell” Brandt secretly plans to clean up his grandma’s yard after a big storm, and his family sees him working and joins in.

Friend December 2016 “Cookies, Cans, and Christmas” A mother got out of  her car in the rain to help a homeless man pick up spilled cans in the road. It makes an impression on her kids.

Service Helps Us and Others Feel Happy

Friend February 2023 “Twelve Smiley Stickers” Antonio’s Primary teacher said that one way to become like Jesus is to serve others, and she gave them each a paper and some smiley stickers. Every time they served someone they got to put a smiley sticker on their paper. That week when Antonio was serving others he saw the happiness that it brought. Pretty soon he was serving not for stickers but because he liked it and it made him feel happy as well.

Friend June 2020 “Eli’s Helping Hand” Eli was sad when he missed a ball and his soccer team lost the game. At church he noticed that his friend Kate was feeling sad too because her body hurt from sitting in a wheelchair. He rocked her wheelchair to help her feel better. Afterwards, he realized that helping others made him feel happy too.

Friend September 2019 “Show and Tell” “We got an extra meal from a restaurant so that we could give it to someone who was hungry. We saw a police car parked nearby and asked the policeman if he had eaten lunch. He had not! He said he was hungry and that we were a blessing to him. We had the best feeling knowing we had helped someone.” Callister, Kerrigan, and Preston S., ages 7, 5, and 3, Texas, USA (picture of children and police officer)

Friend March 2018 A man drops some money and Brianna gives it to him. She has a wonderful feeling afterwards

Friend April 2016 “Off to Chicago” Alex is sad his brother will be gone for 3 days, but he makes a gift to help his brother not be lonely and that makes Alex feel better.

Friend August 1987 “The Popsicle Race” Children find creative ways to serve others using Popsicle sticks.

Serving with Love and Compassion

Acts 9:32–43.

• Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2023 “Acts 6-9” Consider inviting your family members to draw pictures of the stories in Acts 9:32–43. What do we learn about true discipleship from these stories? How can someone who is “full of good works,” as Tabitha was, help others believe in the Lord? (see Acts 9:36; “Chapter 60: Peter Brings Tabitha Back to Life,” in New Testament Stories, 156–57, or the corresponding video on ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

Friend September 2023 “Tabitha’s Miracle”

• New Testament Scripture Stories “Peter Brings Tabitha Back to Life”

Friend September 2023 “Working Hard to Help” Siblings raise a pig and lamb to sell at a county fair to earn money to help their friend who’s father is sick.

Friend September 2022 “Guess Who Loves You, Mrs. Banks!” Mrs. Banks, Roxy’s neighbor is sick and has to go to the hospital every day for treatments. Roxy wants to do something nice for her, so she starts leaving a flower on her porch every day. It makes Mrs. Banks feel special and loved, and Roxy was glad she could make her smile again.

Friend June 2021 “One Peach at a Time” When Sister Eubanks was a child she went to a church farm to help pick peaches. Pretty soon she and her sister didn’t want to do it anymore because the peach fuzz was making their arms itch. Their mother explained that the peaches would be going to feed families who needed food. After that they stopped worrying about their itchy arms because they were helping to feed families who needed food!

Friend July 2020 “The Secret Ingredient” Sister Franco’s primary teacher when she was young always brought chocolate cake for her class. Sister Franco didn’t like chocolate cake but one day she tried it because her primary teacher said it was made with a special ingredient. Later, Sister Franco found out that her teacher used her bus money to make the cakes, and had to walk 2 miles to church. The secret ingredient was love. 

Friend September 2024 “Flowers for My Neighbor” Peter felt sad for his neighbor who had lost her husband. He wanted to do something for her. He prayed and the thought came to give her flowers at Valentines. He worked hard to earn the money for flowers. She was really happy when he gave them to her and he felt warm and happy too.

Serving Those Who Need Comforted

Friend August 2022 “Jesus Promised Us Comfort”

• My mom, dad, and I gave blankets to a children’s hospital. The hospital workers said the blankets would help the kids not feel afraid anymore. I am glad that our blankets will help cheer the kids up and make them happy. It made me feel happy too. Brooklyn D., age 9, Texas, USA

Feeding the Hungry

Friend June 2022 “Meet Septream from Cambodia” Sometimes at school Septream notices friends who don’t have enough food. So he shares his snacks and lunch with them. (See photos at link)

Friend June 2024 “Serving at the Storehouse” Dominic and his mother help fill an order at the Bishop’s Storehouse. His mother explains that when we pay a fast offering the money helps buy food for those that need help. That is a way all the members of the Church help each other, so none go hungry.

Service Super Hero

Friend March 2018 “Matt and Mandy” Matt makes a super hero costume and secretly helps his mom.

Service Club

Friend November 2018 “Chalk Service” Nathan gave out invitations to be in a service club. For their first service they did nice sidewalk chalk messages at the homes of people who needed encouragement.

Friend July 2018 “The Service Club” Three siblings started their own service club. They first wrote thank you cards to people they appreciated and delivered them anonymously, and then they started delivering treats to people.

Family Traditions of Service

Friend November 2018 “Thanks and Giving”  Kate’s family have a tradition where every Thanksgiving each family gets some money from grandma to help someone in need. Kate’s family uses their money to make fleece blankets for children in the hospital.

Friend November 2018 “Our uncle passed away a couple of years ago. On his birthday right before he died, he asked us to help the homeless instead of giving him a present. So now every year on his birthday, we do things for the homeless. This year we made kits to give them. We can show Jesus love by helping others.” Ben and Paisley C., ages 8 and 3, Utah, USA

Service Helps Others Feel Loved

Friend December 2019 “The Red Paper Bird” Eve got sick and was very sad when she couldn’t go to the school Christmas party. Her teacher sent home a red bird Christmas craft the kids made during the party, and Eve’s brother and sister helped her make it. Whenever she looked at the red bird, she felt very loved. (Make the craft. Have a family member do a secret act of service for someone and leave the bird. Then that person does an act of service and leaves the bird. How many times can you pass the bird?)

Service to Elderly

Friend April 2021 “A New Friend for Wellington” Wellington helped his dad take care packages to a nursing home, butt he was a little nervous to talk to them because they were all older than him. His dad reminded him that they were all children of God. Wellington helped a lonely lady feel better by telling her that she was a child of God and she was never alone because she could pray to Heavenly Father.

Friend January 2021 “Meet Stella from Ghana” Stella and her family visit their 83 year old landlady almost everyday. They adopted her since she doesn’t have any family. They help her with housework to help keep her healthy. (See link for the story and photos)

Friend March 2016 “Baseball Bill” A family adventure day spending time at a nursing home is more fun than expected. Service makes you feel good.

Service for the Sick

Friend August 2022 “For Older Kids” When I got my hair cut, I donated it to make wigs for children who have lost their hair. I felt really happy because I was doing something important to help other kids who were sick. (Includes photo)

Friend August 2022 “The Cleaning Mission” Millie’s aunt is in the hospital and Millie wants to help her, so she and her mom go to her aunt’s home and clean.

Friend November 2018 Kate’s family make fleece blankets for children in the hospital.
Friend August 2017 “Sister Sheldon’s Miracle” Children make a quilt for their much loved Primary president who has cancer.

Friend July 2022 ” For Older Kids”

Community Service

July 2022 “Helping at the Park” Cleaning up the park

Friend March 2022 “Meet Alice from Fiji” Alice and her family started a youth volunteer team to help people in their area.

Friend January 2022 “Meet Ami from Japan” Ami helped with a ward food drive. She’s glad she could help feed the hungry like Jesus did. (See link for photos)

website JustServe.org 

Friend June 2021 “Jesus Served Others” “For my eighth birthday party, all my friends brought some school supplies, and together we made kits for kids who didn’t have things for school. It made me feel happy thinking how excited the kids would be to get the school kits. I loved serving with my friends and family. I know that serving others can bring us joy, peace, and love.” Abigail H., age 8, Utah, USA

Friend May 2021 “Meet Sophie” Sophie and her younger brother, Jacob, love to help their grandmother clean the beach by carefully removing pieces of glass and other items. They make sure the beach is clean and safe for both animals and people. (Photos)

Friend November 2020 “I Can Help” Bella helps sew masks for hospital workers.

Friend April 2020 “One Grey Square” Mariana’s stake had a goal to crochet 500 squares. The squares would then be joined together to make quilts. and given to hospital patients and people without homes. Mariana was excited to help.

Friend August 2019 “Show and Tell”

I volunteer at Give Kids the World, where kids with critical illnesses stay for a vacation. I help by serving them slushies, ice cream, hot dogs, soda, and other foods. Anna Sophia A., age 11, Florida, USA

Our city does an interfaith food drive every year. We pass out fliers and then pick up the food left on the doorsteps. When we delivered the food to the depot, I felt really excited. My mom said that feeling was the Holy Ghost. Walker N., age 7, Alberta, Canada

Friend May 2018 “Matt and Mandy” (Part 1)  Mandy wants to help the lonely kids at school. A friend mentioned that her old school had a friendliness campaign, and her mom mentions that student council elections are coming up.

Friend June 2018 “Matt and Mandy” (Part 2) Mandy decides to run for student council.

Friend May 2018 “Junior Helping Hands” When Hurricane Irma’s hit Florida, Autumn helped by collecting backpacks full of school supplies.

Friend November 2017 “The Yellow Angels” President Eyring’s visited Florida after the hurricanes. The LDS members who came to help were known as the yellow angels because of the yellow helping hands shirts they wore. “Sometimes you will be the angel the Lord sends to bear others up.”

Friend June 2017 “Making Dolls” Jackson makes dolls for refugees.

Friend June 2017 “Cousin Camp” Cousins do service projects with their grandma.

Friend April 2017 “Erika’s Dream Park” A neighborhood comes together to help make a dying girl’s dream come true of fixing up an old run down park.

Friend October 2023 “For Older Kids: Helping Others” Collecting food donations

Refugees

Friend March 2024 “A Chat with Will about Helping Refugees” Will baked and sold cookies to earn money to buy pans for refugees.

Friend October 2017 “ Helping Out, One Pencil at a Time” Caleb helps his school set up a program to help refugees children. He then took the collected school supply kits to the refugee camp.

Friend January 2017 “Salsa Service” Brooks makes and sells salsa to earn money to help refugees.

Food Bank

Friend November 2015 “Macaroni Helper” Ari’s family helps at the food bank.

Friend November 2022 “Conference Notes President Oaks shared the story of a man named Mr. Gabriel, who helped thousands of refugee children. He created “tree schools,” where children gathered for lessons under the shade of trees. When he saw a need, he helped! God inspires many people like Mr. Gabriel to do good.

This teaches me:

Friend June 2016 “Buckets of Mud” Tayson helps get mud out of people’s basements. Activity and Refreshment

Serving the Homeless

Friend November 2019 “Kindness Kits” A family collects some items and makes some muffins to take to some homeless.

Neighbor Service

Friend October 2023 “The Little Library” Janie loved to read and wanted to make a little library to help others by sharing books with them. She and her sister did a bake sale to earn money for supplies. Then she went door to door collecting donated books. Her mom and dad helped build the little library. She was so glad she could help her neighbors by sharing books in the little library.

Friend September 2022 “Find it” This family is helping their neighbors move in. Find the hidden items in the picture.

Friend November 2018 “Gavin and his family shoveled their elderly neighbors snow. It was fun at first, but doing it every time it snowed became tedious and difficult. One day, when they didn’t make it over,  Gavin saw the neighbor trying to do it himself, and Gavin realized how difficult it was for him. After that, shoveling for the neighbors wasn’t a chore, it was a joy.

Friend April 2018 “Furry Fun” Camila and her brother Tomás found a fun and furry way to serve their neighbors! Every Saturday, they walk dogs for people who have a hard time getting around.

Friend October 2017 “Helping Mrs. Brewster”

Friend August 1986 “The Extra Hug” A neighbor lady is always grumpy. Benjamin gives her hugs to help her feel better.

Friend June 1985 “The Picadilly Street Pirates” – A group of boys pretend to be good pirates that do service.

Natural Disaster Service

Friend August 2021 “Who Can We Help?” Tadiana’s family share their garden with people who might need a little help during Covid and they invite some lonely members to join them on a video call for their family scripture night.

Friend February 2020 “Show and Tell” We have family living in Tonga and were sad when a cyclone hit there. We decided to send water purifiers so that they could have clean drinking water. We worked to earn money to send three boxes of purifiers. Our family in Tonga had enough to share with their community. Christopher and Kalea L., both age 8, Saskatchewan, Canada

Friend October 2019 “The Great Family Shoe Hunt” A flood washed away people’s homes. Cameron wanted to help. The Primary was collecting shoes for the flood victims, and Cameron’s family did a shoe hunt for Family Home Evening.

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Friend March 2021 “Meet Victoria from the United Arab Emirates” Victoria and her sister made a video of them singing “I Am a Child of God” to help cheer up their teachers when Covid-19 hit. (Link includes photos)

Church Humanitarian Aid Fund

Friend February 2020 “Garage-Sale Service” TeAroha wanted to help some people in a village who had lost their homes. Her mother suggested they send money to the Church Humanitarian Aid Fund because they use money to help places like that. TeAroha sold some of her toys at a family garage sale and she did chores to earn money to donate.

Service Ideas

Friend August 2021 “Meet Porter from Poland” Porter likes to help out at home and school. Porter also helps out by participating in the BillionGraves project. He and his family take photos of headstones at a cemetery and then upload them so people can find information on their Polish ancestors.

Friend March 2019 “Show and Telll”  Children serve by playing the piano to bring spirit, picking up trash at school playground, helping with weeding.

Friend November 2018 Kate’s family make fleece blankets for children in the hospital.

Friend October 2018 “The Talents Team” Several great stories about children who did service projects such as collecting pencils for school children in Africa, making quilts for the needy, and collecting supplies for an orphanage in Guatemala. Photos are also included.

Friend September 2018 “Caring and Coconuts” Lui and his family share their garden food with others.

Friend August 2018 When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Hailey and London saw news stories about libraries whose books had been ruined in the flood. They decided to raise money for new books. They made “Texas Strong” stickers. People from all over bought the stickers. Hailey and London donated all the money to their favorite library in Houston.

Friend May 2018 “Cards and Caring” Brady made and sold cards to make money to help foster kids and refugees.

Friend January 2018 “Sharing Snacks and Smiles” Sam and Anastasia make snack kits for the homeless.

Friend December 2017 “Gabriel’s Cello” Gabriel played Christmas songs on his cello at a shopping center for tips to give to the food pantry to feed the homeless. (Includes photos)

Friend  November 2017 “Secret Service Sisters” Twin sisters decide to surprise their friends and family with secret service.

Friend October 2017 “Show and Tell” “I decided to collect and donate pet food for our local pet pantry program. I named it #operationfeedthepets. It made me feel good to help families that need help feeding their pets.” Julio A., age 7, Florida, USA

Friend June 2017 “Show and Tell” Two girls do a neighborhood food drive.

Friend March 2017 “Reading for Wheelchairs” Zach reads to people for 10 cents per minute and donates the money to buy wheelchairs for LDS Humanitarian Services.

Friend June 1988 “The Deseret Clarinet” A girl learns that giving things to Deseret Industries helps people, and she is then more willing to give away some of her old things. (Link also includes a list of the reasons DI was established.)

Friend April 1988 “Scavenger Hunt” While on a Scavenger hunt, some children find a frail, old lady who doesn’t have any food in her cupboards. They decide to do a different kind of Scavenger hunt and they collect food for the lady.

Friend October 1987 “The Pumpkin Phantom” A boy secretly gives away the pumpkins he grew so the children can have pumpkins to carve at Halloween.

Friend October 2015 “Happy to Help” – Children volunteer to help neighbor rake leaves.

“Mom’s Magic Bread “– Friend February 1985 – Boys learn that the magic of giving bread away comes from sharing love.

Emily’s Lawn Service” Friend June 2015- Girl earns money to give to a family whose father has cancer.

“Boots” Friend December 1984 Girl gives snow boots to another girl who doesn’t have any.

 Stories about children’s service projects. Includes photos of the children doing the service. February 2015, April 2015,  July 2015, June 2015,  May 2015, August 2015, September 2015, October 2015, December 2015, etc.

Friend December 2015 “The Woodpile” A family gives away their wood to help a family who needs it to heat their home.

Friend April 1984 “A Time to Act” “A girl will lose the opportunity to be volleyball captain if late for school again, but she does the right thing and helps a girl who becomes afraid crossing the street.