Inspirational Talk On Community Service

[bobtnn]

Hi all.....I have been pondering and praying about a talk I have to give tomorrow during our combined Relief Society/Priesthood meeting.

I have recently been called as Service Project Coordinator. Our Ward Service project will be a yearly event. It will be a canned food drive. I'm trying to come up with something inspirational that will motivate families to join in.

My thoughts at the moment was to give them statistics on hunger, give them a perspective of time (that's the one I'm really stuck on). We are to go out for 3 hours two Saturdays in a row (one to hang door "notes" requesting donations and the other to pick up any donations). I want to get the point across that if you have time to do this, do that, can't you make time and remember when you are in the service of your fellow being, you are in the service of your Lord.......but, I'm stuck on this perspective. Any suggestions AT ALL???

It would be great to get any feedback you may have!

Thanks so much,

Bobtnn

[Moksha]

I am contemplating these line:

"Ask not what your food pantry can give to you
ask rather what you can give to your food pantry"

or

"We shall fight them in the food lines, we shall solicit them in the hallways, we shall not surrender"

or

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of canned goods yearning to breath free"

[bobtnn]

I am contemplating these line:

"Ask not what your food pantry can give to you
ask rather what you can give to your food pantry"

or

"We shall fight them in the food lines, we shall solicit them in the hallways, we shall not surrender"

or

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of canned goods yearning to breath free"
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They are good ideas to possibly use......thanks for your input!!! It's very much appreciated!!!!

[pushka]

I am contemplating these line:

"Ask not what your food pantry can give to you
ask rather what you can give to your food pantry"

or

"We shall fight them in the food lines, we shall solicit them in the hallways, we shall not surrender"

or

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of canned goods yearning to breath free"
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LOL Moksha!! Excellent ideas!! :P

[Old Tex]

I am contemplating these line:

"Ask not what your food pantry can give to you
ask rather what you can give to your food pantry"

or

"We shall fight them in the food lines, we shall solicit them in the hallways, we shall not surrender"

or

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of canned goods yearning to breath free" [/b]

Very cleaver adaptations...my congratulations

1. Jack Kennedy

2. Winston Churchill

3. Inscription on Statue of Liberty....can't recall name of the author.

[Moksha]

3. Inscription on Statue of Liberty....can't recall name of the author.
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Emma Lazarus

[Annabelli]

Hi all.....I have been pondering and praying about a talk I have to give tomorrow during our combined Relief Society/Priesthood meeting.

I have recently been called as Service Project Coordinator. Our Ward Service project will be a yearly event. It will be a canned food drive. I'm trying to come up with something inspirational that will motivate families to join in.

My thoughts at the moment was to give them statistics on hunger, give them a perspective of time (that's the one I'm really stuck on). We are to go out for 3 hours two Saturdays in a row (one to hang door "notes" requesting donations and the other to pick up any donations). I want to get the point across that if you have time to do this, do that, can't you make time and remember when you are in the service of your fellow being, you are in the service of your Lord.......but, I'm stuck on this perspective. Any suggestions AT ALL???

It would be great to get any feedback you may have!

Thanks so much,

Bobtnn
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This is a little late for your present project but this is how we do it in my community. We make a community announcement in the newspaper and on the local news program (they have a spot on their program for this). We have several drop-off locations and our volunteers work at those locations taking in the canned goods and organize them. We receive not only canned goods but also boxed goods (cereal, pasta...etc). We have already arranged to send the donations to six or eight food banks. So basically our volunteers are just taking the items and putting them into marked boxes and then they are loaded and a few volunteers haul them to the food banks. People are much more interested in this because they can drop off their donations and do not have to wait at home. A lot of people just cannot walk through a neighborhood and carry heavy sacks and boxes. Also you are dependent on good weather conditions. It takes a lot more vehicles as well. People leave home about 10:30 a. m. on Saturdays so you do not find many people at home.

Sometimes the community has activities where they charge a small admission fee but will waive it to people who bring a few canned goods for the drive. I know the Zoo in a nearby town waives admission a couple of times a year for canned goods drives. In the Spring, our park waives the fee for paddle boating. DJ's will spin song request for canned goods dropped off at their radio stations.

Just have some fun with it and everyone will want to do it again in six months.