Utah AmeriCorps VISTA: community service

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Martin Luther King Day!

To honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. the community is joining together to give service on January 18th. Community Outreach Day, hosted by Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University in partnership with United Way, starts with a devotional and then service projects and ends with a candlelight processional. This day of service will allow community members to get involved and to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr's accomplishments. Service projects range from community clean up to service with the elderly. No preregistration is required. Simply attend registration at the Wilkinson Ballroom on BYU's campus at 8 a.m. After registration and a devotional, service projects will be assigned.
Sully Bryan, a VISTA in the United Way of Utah County's office, is helping plan this day of service. If you have questions you can contact her at, 801-691-5314. All VISTAs are encouraged to participate and to share this information with friends, family and other contacts.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Family Volunteer Day

On November 21st, more than 220 people, some 37 groups and families, gathered together to give service. Raquel Lopez, one of our Provo VISTAs, organized Family Volunteer Day, a national day of service. The day started out with a scrumptious breakfast of pancakes followed by many different service projects. Families helped rake leaves at the cemetery, decorate organizations for Christmas, helped disabled individuals make Christmas cards and decorations, helped build houses and much more. Many VISTAs attended and lent a hand making pancakes, registering volunteers, seting-up and cleaning. It was fun to see so many happy volunteers show up with a positive attitude towards service. It is wonderful that parents were instilling the values of service in their children at a young age. Good job to Raquel for working so hard to pull off this awesome day of service.