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We have ordered the book! All the content from this blog and more is in the book. Be on the lookout in your unit in the next month for the book to be made available!

If you are interested in your OWN copy - send us an e-mail at serviceinourmidst@hotmail.com. The hard cover is $38.00 and the soft cover is $25.00

The video will be aired TONIGHT in your home unit before the General Relief Society Broadcast.

Thank you for all your work and contributions this year. I am very pleased with the results... and we are already working on our ideas for next year.

I hope that you, like we, are able to feel the spirit of unity through these projects. It reaches out and brings us together.

As Sisters In Zion

It took the work of many for our video, "Errand of Angels" to be completed. Thank you for sharing your talent for the benefit of the sisters throughout the Stake. You truly were able to be instruments in the Lord's hands in bringing His spirit into ward buildings and homes across the Stake. Service has so many faces... sometimes it is as easy as giving of our time to share our talents. Thank you for giving. Thank your for strengthening us, as sisters in Zion.

Errand of Angels

"To be there for me when I needed them."

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"One summer when I was sick, a young sister dropped in with flowers! (3 carnations)What a very pleasant surprise...."

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"After I had surgery, my visiting teacher brought me a yummy cake and a beautiful red rose that lasted a whole week. The rose kept reminding me of her generousity and care."

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"A sister came and cleaned my home when I was down with cancer."

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"At a time when I was not feeling well, I received a goodie basket to help me feel better. The spontaneous visits are greatly appreciated."

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"A sister took a 2 1/2 year old little boy to the Crawford County Fair so his mother, who had just moved, could work at unpacking."

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"The Ward Relief Society President made a pie for Peggy and me."

Sweet Sacrifices to Ease My Trial

On December 8, 2008, I found a lump in my breast. I’ve often wondered what goes through someone’s mind in such a situation. My reaction was interesting. First, “Where did this come from?” “It’s huge!” “Why didn’t I notice this before?” Second, “This can’t be good!” “ I need to have this checked out right away.”

I told my husband when he woke up that morning about what I’d found. He was decidedly worried and suggested I call the doctor immediately. I think he knew, as well as I, that this was probably cancer.

This was not a good time to be sick! Not before Christmas. But cancer doesn’t wait for holidays. It doesn’t care if you are a Relief Society President with a Christmas Dinner and program the next evening. You just deal with it. My dear friend, Gail (she’s an RN) was in the kitchen at church helping with the dinner when I told her about the lump and asked what she thought. Her words, “call your doctor right away. I’ll call you every day until you do.” I assured her that I would.

I saw the doctor the following day. Things moved very quickly then. A mammogram, sonogram and biopsy confirmed our suspicions of cancer. I was referred to Roswell Breast Cancer and surgery was scheduled for a double mastectomy. I think I was in shock.

I’m so thankful for priesthood blessings. I wanted to be calm and positive and the blessing helped me beyond words. I knew I would get through this. It didn’t mean that it would be easy though. I would lose my breasts, my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. I’d deal with chemo and neulasta shots, infection, isolation and everything else that comes with being a cancer patient.
Through it all, I have had wonderful doctors and staff. Incredible friends and family. Relief Society sisters who cared and prayed, called, wrote, cleaned my house and delivered gifts. They were my Angels! Sister Terry Smith delivered a beautiful basket made by the Relief Society. It really touched my heart. It was so wonderful to see Terry with a big smile on her face and the basket in tow. We had a great visit.

My big concern was losing my hair. Funny what you worry about, huh? My sweet, wonderful friend, Fran-e Campbell told me that she would come and shave my head when the hair started coming out in handfuls. That day came too soon and then the hair was gone. She turned to me, handed me the clippers and said, “Now you shave my head.” What a sweet sacrifice. I shaved her head and then we looked into the mirror together. I will always be grateful to her for doing such a selfless act. It made facing my reflection so much easier. Thanks Fran-e.

It is said that adversity will make you stronger and teach you things if you let it. I have learned a lot about love, compassion and serving others. We all need one another so much. Especially when we face adversity. The love that we share with each other can really make a difference. It gives us hope. The Breast Cancer Society has a saying, “Hope wins the race.” It’s true. It means everything.

I have had people I don’t even know pray for me. I’ve had prayer shawls made for me. Sisters have put my name in Temples around the country. My sister was attending a Bar Mitzvah and the rabbi prayed for me. I have had words of encouragement from friends and family that swell my soul with joy. Yes! You can experience joy, even in adversity. And it is glorious.

My best friend and comfort has been my dear husband, John, who takes such good care of me. He never complained about all the extra work he took on while I was sick. Always encouraging and making me laugh. Telling me I’m beautiful without my hair. He shaved his head too. Now we are a matched set but I already knew that.

Being with others as they struggled with chemo was humbling. So many were so much worse off than I and yet so often their concern was how I was doing. I saw so much faith and courage. I thought a lot about the Savior and how he really knows each of us. He knows our suffering because he felt it too when he atoned for us. The realization of that fact gives us strength to deal with whatever comes because he really does understand. I can testify that when we love and serve one another, our Heavenly Father and the Savior smile and the heavens sing.
Thanks to all who have loved me through this journey. I love you too.

Sister Rhandy Ling, A survivor, Jamestown Ward

Cleaning the Chapel

The sisters in the Jamestown Ward are working hard to clean the chapel.
It is great working together. The boys in the picture are the photographers and helpers
too.

Blessings...

My family has been served and blessed by many people in many ways. Friendship, help, prayers, blessings, and the fatherly love of a Bishop.

My kids especially appreciated the missionaries jumping right in as they do and assembling our trampoline!

I have attached photos of two gifts we recieved that serve as constant reminders of the sisters love for my family.

Shannon, Jamestown Ward

Working For Our Ancestors

As soon as I read the news article in the Ensign last year, I signed up for indexing names from census records not previously available for geneologists. What a great way to help others! It was frustrating at times as I had a dial up account then and sometimes the census sheets were really, really slow coming. But I persevered and got them done. In 2008 I did 40,007 names. So far this year I've done 15,956 names. Now that I have a highspeed server it goes so much faster, I can do 3 or 4 pages instead of 1 or 2 each day.

Sometimes the hand writing with those old style fountain pens or dip in ink pens make for difficult and even at times impossible disciphering of the names. At times I type out a name that I haven't a clue on but just seems right. I like to think that's the Spirit of Elijah telling me what the name is.

Now for new.familysearch.com. This is a fun way to check for previous temple work for ancestors already done or to get names submitted to the temples to be done. We can't attend the temple very often so I submit the names to be done by the temples rather than print out cards to do ourselves. I've submitted hundreds of names so far. The last Stake Temple trip in April, 17 of the ladies had their endowments done and all the others have been done since then. 129 males are still waiting for theirs to be done, then the sealings can take place. I check my list of submitted names every other week so I can go into my PAF and mark them done.

It was gratifying to see that the work was completed for thousands of our ancestors from way back to the first years the temple work was being done for the dead! What a blessing for us and for them. The sad part is that several have had their work done numerous times which is such a waste! So many others are still waiting that could have been completed by now if the work was not duplicated so many times.

I feel so privileged and blessed to be able to do both indexing and submitting names to the temples, both forms of Missionary work!Now I need to buckle down and to the research for those names who are not able to be done because of lack of information and the generations that I have no record of as yet.

Marilyn Antill, Corry Branch

Born to Serve

One of things I love the most about being LDS is the emphasis on service. I definitely feel that I was born to serve others and I have worked very hard to instill this value in my children. It is a good feeling when you’ve taught your kids to serve and then get to see them cheerfully do so on their own. Since I have been in the Young Women’s Presidency in my Ward, I have had many opportunities to plan and participate in service projects with my Young Women. They always amaze me with their willingness to do whatever is asked of them and they usually find a way to have fun while accomplishing their task. Their attitudes are so positive and after the service is complete, they talk about it for the next few weeks. They even post pictures on their myspace and facebook pages. Not only are they building their mansions in Heaven, but they are also building great friendships and memories that will last throughout their lives. Service projects are also a great way for the youth to fellowship their non-member friends. Taking a friend on a service project generally proves to be a great, non-threatening environment in which to meet other members and get comfortable around them. Service is such an important principle of the gospel. Our Savior is the perfect example of service and I happily try to follow in his footsteps.

Trish Rhodes, Jamestown Ward

Kitchen Help at the Wedding

My niece was married in the Palmyra Temple on August lst. My husband and I were the Master and Mistress of Ceremonies, and I only tell you this because of what happened next. My brother- in -law forgot one small detail at the reception – he didn’t ask anyone to be in the kitchen. I took matters into my own hands and asked my daughter, Tiffany, and two other sisters, Stacey Micciche and Katie Swanson, to help. They said yes, and so we set out to cut all the fruit and continue to replace the food as the guests went through the line. It wasn’t what these ladies had planned to do that night but they pitched in anyway. We went through the food line last and sat down long enough to see the bride and groom dance their first dance.
But, the story doesn’t stop there. My sister had chosen to use glass place settings and real silverware, so now the insurmountable task of clean up had to begin or it would never get done. (But remember no kitchen staff) So Betsy Trusel began cleaning up the tables before we finished eating . I felt bad about that, but she cheerfully began and didn’t stop until every dirty dish, glass, and piece of silverware was back in the kitchen. She stacked all the plates together, the silverware together and saved the glasses for last. So Kate, Stacey and I began to wash, rinse and dry for the remainder of the night. But as we worked we found that singing and dancing while we worked made it fun. So dance, sing and work, we did.

The dance consisted of the four of us moving to the beat, while washing the dishes, dipping it in the rinse pan and then wiping it, while at the top of our lungs, singing the song. The DJ played this one song that struck our fancy and we sang it so loud a small crowd formed to watch and videotape our singing and dancing skills. It went something like this:

“It’s gonna take – All night Long, all night, all night, all night long”

The words seemed pretty appropriate under the circumstances, since that is exactly what it took us to finish the task. I will be forever grateful for the help of these wonderful sisters.

Georgia Ognibene, Jamestown Ward

Service at Girl's Camp 2009

1 Timothy 4:12
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

Each year at Girl’s Camp the Young Women in our stake participate in a service project. This year at an overnight activity that the girls attended in March they choose 3 service projects that were a little different from the traditional and then made some preliminary plans as to how they would accomplish these projects. The projects of their choosing were: Reverence Bags for those chapels and wards with high numbers of young children, Missionary Care Packages with items collected from the members in our stake, and then a YCL Pie Toss to help raise money for the mailing of our Care Packages. In addition to these projects the girls also knew that they would participate in the traditional service of doing something to improve or maintain the physical integrity of Camp Foster.

The Reverence Bags were filled with books, crayons, and file folder games for children to sit and quietly play while in Sacrament Meeting. The file folder games are quiet games that children can easily play during Sacrament Meeting that support gospel principles through matching, organizing, and placing various pieces in categories. The girls spent many hours coloring these games and cutting out the pieces. Unfortunately, we were not able to finish this project due to the weather. The paper, markers, and glue required did not mix well with high humidity and rain. This will be something that we will finish sometime this fall and then the YW will give them to the Bishops within our stake that perceive a need and would like to have these Reverence Bags to share with ward members in their specific chapels.

The project that we did for Camp Foster this year to developed out of need during camp. The Sunday just prior to camp there was a great deal of rain which made the trails very wet and in places muddy. That alone was not a big deal but on Wednesday—all day long—it rained and rained and as a result the paths and trails throughout camp were muddy and needed our attention. Thursday is the traditional day of service and the girls laid many bales of hay and rocks along the paths throughout camp to help with the mud. President Foster, President Miller, and Brother May helped us with this so that the girls were successful in this physical work that they learn so little of in our world of conveniences. The last part—probably the silly fun part as well—was the stomping down of the hay into the mud… In rows of 4 we walked up and down the hill along the main path until it was much more passable.

The Missionary Care Package Service Project was a GREAT success and true joy to participate in. In each ward building within our stake we placed a small box to assist the Young Women in the collection of donations for the missionaries that have left our stake and are currently serving in other places throughout the world. We collected simple items that would be helpful or perhaps just nice for our missionaries. A flyer was sent to each of the Relief Society Presidents within the stake and then the YW were also supposed to be our ‘spoke persons’ for this project. The collection time was approximately 2 months and then the girls were told to bring what was donated to camp. I am unable to adequately express the way I felt as the bags kept appearing during that first day of camp. I wish that I had counted the number of tubes of toothpaste, disposable razors, deodorant, and bags of candy that were given. We put together 7 boxes for missionaries that are either already serving or will be leaving this Fall. A couple of our Young Women have brothers that were missionaries and it was such a joy to listen to them as they chose items that they felt their brothers would like most or select a particular tie that they thought their brother would need or look best in. In addition to the items within the boxes the girls also wrote letters to each of the missionaries. Some of the letters were funny and meant to lift their spirits while others were full of very thoughtful sincere wishes for their well being. The generosity of the Saints in our stake made this a project of joy and giving—and caused the YW to stop, appreciate, think of the missionary they were giving to , and be grateful for the kindness of others.

The girls also planned a YCL (Youth Camp Leader) Pie Toss. The idea behind this was to help raise money to mail the Missionary Care Packages. The girls charge .25 to .50 cents per ticket and then drew names from a box of those that could throw a whip cream pie in a face of the YCL who raised the most money. The pies were tossed and smeared into the faces of a half dozen YCLs. This was a messy affair that brought about much laughing and silliness. It raised $68.00 but that is mostly due to the kindness of Bishops that came up on Wednesday night and upon hearing about our pie toss they generously donated to the cause in the hopes that their YCLs would be ‘creamed’.

I am unable to adequately express the success of what was accomplished in regards to these projects this year. As a leader it is always a blessing to work with those that you serve. BUT this year I feel a particularly fortunate to have been a part of the inspiration of the Young Women and their desire to serve the Lord and to do so with the enthusiasm of youth. The success of these projects was due to the love they have for those they served—what choice youth we have in our stake!!!
With love,
Diane Nilsen

My Guide Dog Puppy CODY

About five months after we moved here, I found a service dog school to raise another guide dog puppy. The school I found is called Freedom Guide Dogs and they are in Cassville, New York. On December 10, 2007 I got my new guide dog puppy to raise. He was a smooth coated collie named Cody. It was fun getting to raise a collie after raising two Labrador retrievers. I took him every where I went, like: Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply, Sam’s Club, JoAnn’s, Michaels, the Library, the beach, restaurants, bookstores, the mall, church, and other places.

When I was raising him I had to make sure he was used to stairs, traffic, crowds, cars, loud noises, all kinds of people, kids and animals and etc. People in Corry especially at the library and Wal-Mart were always supportive and helpful.

One of Cody’s favorite places to go was church. Every time I took him to church everyone was excited to see him and he was happy to see them too. Sometimes during each meeting he would be crazy, but as soon as the meeting started he would calm down. Everyone in my branch played a role in helping me to raise Cody. The kids would take turns walking him with me. I would sometimes sit with him during primary. And he would be ok. Everyone was happy to see him and was supportive and patient with him and me. My branch was his second family and I am thankful for their support and help when I was raising Cody. Today he is a guide dog working in Albany, New York. I am starting over raising another guide dog puppy and again my branch is being very supportive and patient with a wiggly, noisy puppy at church.

When I see the picture of Cody with his new blind owner it makes me happy to see that I have helped a stranger see the world through a different pair of eyes.

Laura Chaney, Corry Branch

Service - Impacts My Life

The only family I have is my community. Like Jesus told his mother and step father, I am about my father’s work for the kingdom. You see I was not wanted from birth and yet I live, because he lives in me. All of my life growing up, I help others to tell the truth, etc. I meet so many people young and old hungry for Jesus and to understand what is it all about. When I get an invite, or the spirit says so, I talk about the gospel. The work - service- impacts my life, all this year because it is he who sends me. I talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon. I don’t boast or take pride. I love being in the midst of things. Like when I went to the old folks home, disabled people and handicapped, they welcome a smile and a hello from me, even the sick. My health is failing but my spirit is still kicking. Service - what a wonderful impact. I hope one day to be in the temple. Jesus is action and so am I and so should we all be.

Sister Carmen Austin, Erie

I Asked and I Received Bountifully!

Sunday as I drove home from church, I was overwhelmed by the outside work I needed to do the next week. The big job was weeding two flower/shrub beds. Even with Olivia's (my daughter) help it would take all week. Plus the garden needed to be weeded and hoed. Since my health limits what I can do, I knew I needed HELP. I thought of my visiting teachers. After discussing my need with the RS president she called my visiting teachers. Sis Barnhart contacted me right away to set up the service. By the end of Sunday she reported back to me who was coming, the day, and time. I was SO EXCITED and relieved! I looked forward to their arrival on Tuesday. Olivia mowed the yard Monday. Tuesday I began the garden work. Tuesday early evening 7 people came to weed: Sis Barnhart, her 2 daughters Jen & Adrienne, and grandson John; and Sis Miller, her daughter Miranda and nephew Chris. We began just after 6pm and we finished both beds by 7:30pm. That is only 1 1/2 hours to weed 2 large flower beds. That is equal to at least 12 hours for one person. The beds look beautiful now! It gives me such peace and enjoyment to look at those beds. They are free of weeds! I can enjoy the beauty of the shrubs and flowers! It was GREAT to work with these special children of God. It was an easy, fast job with so many working together and very enjoyable. I am SO GRATEFUL for their help. My heart is full of tender feelings for my 7 angels. I asked and I received bountifully!

Jean Rolls, Warren Ward

St. Susan's Center

In the Service of Fathers

The sisters made boutonnieres for Father’s day out of chocolate kisses, floral tape, & artificial leaves. The sisters also accented them with small flowers.
Fun was had by all that participated and the priesthood liked their tokens of our appreciation for them and all they do.

The sisters that did not participate in the boutonniere activity were being taught how to crochet a prayer shawl by Sister Madelyn Crawford. It is not as easy as you might think, but we finally got it.

A Day Filled with Service

Having been called as a new Relief Society Presidency, myself and my enrichment counselor went out to do some visiting on Thursday morning, April 30, It was a pleasure to visit Sister Janet Haveron and have her show us her house and all of the work that she has done on it. It was great reconnecting with her as we have not see her in a while. We then stopped off to see Sister Sue Thompson and she was as busy as a little bee taking care of weddings at her bridal shop. It was nice just to stop and say Hi. We visited with Sister Donner who is recovering from hip surgery. She always loves to have visitors. We then headed for the Salvation Army where we assisted Sister Georgia Ognibene in donating $500 worth of humanitarian food to their food pantry. It was great to be part of that service. It is a great thing that our church is willing to donate to these different places in our communities. It not only benefits many people in providing needed food, but it shows our communities what our church represents. I am very grateful to be part of this gospel. One of the gentlemen helping to unload had been to our house with the missionaries for dinner on Christmas Eve. Maybe some seeds were planted and he may seek out the elders again and want to come to church. Service is a wonderful thing. Service helps us to feel better about ourselves. I know that I am always happier when I can do something for others. It was a wonderful day visiting and delivering this food.

My Neighbors Keeper

I live in Spring Court, which is a small Senior Citizen Complex in Olean, New York. I am one of the younger people there. The rest are mostly women in their late 80's. Housing has this lovely habit of springing inspections on us. So a little over a year ago, I decided that I would help Julia by cleaning her kitchen every Friday. She can't see, and has two daughters that are busy with their own lives and can't help her. Then after a bit , I took over her medicines. I put them in a daily holder so she can take them without having to get them out of the bottle. Otherwise, she wouldn't take them like she should. In all this time, I have not missed a Friday, except once when she went to the hospital over the weekend, once when she took a trip down south to see her son and one weekend when I was sick. Although, I was able to go to the apartment and do her meds that day anyways. I fully enjoy the time spent doing the job, although it doesn't take me long.

Sister Rose Lafrenz, Olean Ward

Setting the Example

At some point every day , there is an act of service being done somewhere in the world and thank goodness for that! Some people like to be “served” while others enjoy being the “server”. While both are needed in our crazy busy world, I prefer, for many reasons, to be the server.

Recently, I have had to face some unexpected health issues and the word “blindsided” does not even begin to describe the feelings this new information has introduced into mine and my families lives! As I flip-flop between feelings of self-pity and depression versus worthlessness and little to no hope, I try to grab onto that very thin string of love that my Heavenly Father has for me. Of this I have no doubt…so in order to pull myself out of the abyss of sadness that I feel on an almost daily basis, I do the only thing that I know will benefit myself and others. That is to lose my thoughts and myself in the act of service! By doing for someone else, I am also doing for myself, so serving is really a two-fold mission for me and my family . There is no better medicine or therapy!

At this point in our lives we still have two of our four children at home. My son is 15 and my daughter is 13…aahhh-teenagers!! Getting them to give freely of their precious time can be a challenge to say the least. Besides doing service projects for Young Womens and Young Mens, Relief Society, Boy Scouts, the local Y.M.C.A. and a Boy Scout camp close our home, well our kids tend to feel very “put upon” to say the least!!! Whenever the words service project come up it is usually followed by some very loud groaning and complaining. So how do we make it “FUN”? well I don’t think fun ever springs to mind but I do know that when my children are able to see a calming difference come over their mother when she is in the midst of serving or talking about the joys of helping others they are affected by that. They are able to see how both sides benefit from the blessings of serving. There is no better way than to be an example!

Anonymous

Warren Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Feedback from a Sister who delivered baskets:

As I delivered the baskets on Sunday the sisters were so happy to be thought of. I truly felt that it was an uplift to their week and a testimony to them that we care about them. It is always an awesome feeling to be an instrument in the Lord's hands in giving service to others.

Jamestown Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Response from Sisters who received a basket:

Please extend my thanks to the R.S. Sisters for the surprise package of "goodies". It was so thoughtful. *D* and I had a "cookie and milk party" Sunday afternoon. The cards were especially nice and it was like an early birthday gift. I really love you all so much and miss being with you especially on the special occasions.
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she was thrilled with her amazing basket...she loved it and had tears...

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Wow, I didn't know I would get a basket. How neat and lovely and surprising that was and is.. Thank you so much for the idea, as it sure has lifted my spirit to no end. In fact, going to have a roll for my dinner tonight. Not eating much, so that will do me up fine and dandy right now. Just fun finding the goodies in there... Inspired, I would say.

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Feedback from a Sister who delivered baskets:

As I delivered the first basket it was to a dear 90 year old sister, that used to play piano in Primary and Sacrament meeting for years, until she became too sick to attend church. When we arrived, her husband was a bit beside himself, so my mother talked to him and calmed him down, while I had the sad pleasure of holding her hand and telling her how beautiful she was, as she lay in bed unable to sit up any more and in so much pain that she hurt when you touched her. I don't think she cared so much about the basket in her sadden state, so maybe the delivery was for me. I think I was sent to see what condition this family was in. Maybe that basket will be for her husband to cheer him up.. he's been taking care of her day and night. The sisters and brethren in the ward began to take charge , and within the week this sister was taken to the hospital and it was found out she had a broken hip and wrist.... she was operated on and she is doing much better now... it all started with the basket...

The second basket went to a single sister in our ward with two daughters, one just about ready to go into YW and one just out of YW, that I had tried to re-activate while I was in the YW presidency. It was good to see the whole family and they made me feel right at home with big hug from each. They were grateful for being thought of.

The third basket went to another special sister in our ward, who I used to pick up for church the first year she joined the church. She is a very special lady and stood in Relief Society on Sunday to thank us publicly for the basket. She also told us she needed our prayers for her grandson, Jace, whose heart was not working properly. We told her we would and we would also add his name to the prayer rolls in the Temple. We didn't know that he was sick, but we knew we wanted to give her a basket to let her know how much she meant to us. There were several bags of baked good left over, and when I delivered her basket, I gave some to her grandchildren that live with her. (I didn't want them to eat up all of hers, and now she doesn't have to share..ha ha)

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I had the honor of taking one to Beverly Hallowell. She was very sick, but she told me that now she knew the sisters loved her. My heart jumped a beat just to know she knew that. She enjoyed the food with her daughter, Nora. This sister died three weeks later.

Sister Carrol Shephard, Jamestown Ward

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I delivered my basket to LB. She was receptive, very happy and surprised to receive the basket. She took each item out and looked at everything. I had a nice visit with L., her daughter and the dogs. She's been having a hard time with her back since her car accident. She said she would have to come to church to thank the sisters in person for the lovely basket which she really enjoyed. She appears to be a happy, gregarious sister. She's fun with a good sense of humor.

Sister Eunice Benson, Jamestown Ward

Erie 1st Ward Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Erie 2nd Ward Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Meadville Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Comments from one Sister who received a basket:

Little *M* was delighted with her book. She is in Kindergarten and already reads some, and took it with her to wherever she was spending the evening.

Fredonia Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Olean Baskets - Service In Our Midst

Franklin Ward Baskets

Service In Our Midst

"What a wonderful day. It fills my heart to know that we are working together for such a nice cause. You truly feel the spirit among the sisters. 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me'. Everything was wonderful. I think with winter ending, this was such an uplifting day. "

Heading to Heritage Park Nursing Home

"The Event was great and everyone just loved it..." ~ Beth Ramm, Fredonia Branch

Baskets for Young Women

Filling the Baskets

Nursing Home

St. Susan's Center

St. Susan's Center Chemo Caps

Bed Pockets

Bed Pockets

Rice Socks

Chemo Caps

Chemo Caps

Chicken Noodle Soup

Baked Goods

Baked Goods

Chicken Noodle Soup

Greeting Cards

Quote Books

Quote Books

Squares to be donated to Roswell Park Cancer Center

Scarves and Hats

Lap Quilts

Socks

Walker Bags

Chemo Caps

Greeting Cards

"This experience today has filled my heart and spirit with goodness. To be around so many of our sisters and perform good works. To join our efforts together for the benefit of someone else….even though we don’t know whom it will help. This is what it means to be a Latter-Day Saint Lady….and try to understand how our Savior could do so much for us…..We are making this a reality today."