Welfare Related Links
Church Donation to Utah Detox Facility Will Help Expand Programs
Posted: 30 January 2013A donation from the Church will help provide more room and beds at Salt Lake City’s VOA Detoxification Center. Individuals and businesses can contribute to the expansion project by going to www.voaut.org. Any amount donated will be matched. Full Story
A Life of Gospel Labor: Elder Glen L. Rudd, “Mr. Welfare,” Retires
Posted: 21 December 2012Elder Glen L. Rudd, 95, was assigned as the manager of Welfare Square in 1953 and has dedicated the last 60 years of his life to the Church’s welfare program. In December, he retired. Full Story
Eight Members Remain Missing in Wake of Typhoon Bopha
Posted: 14 December 2012Typhoon Bopha, a category four hurricane, hit the southern Philippine island of Mindano on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. There have been 540 confirmed deaths and reports of at least 400 missing people. Full Story
Peanut Butter Cannery Honored
Posted: 6 December 2012A Church cannery in Houston, Texas, was recently honored with a service award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Full Story
Church Makes Immunizations an Official Initiative, Provides Social Mobilization
Posted: 13 June 2012In May the Humanitarian Services Division of the Church announced that immunizations will join the ranks of the other major humanitarian initiatives—clean water, emergency response, food production, neonatal resuscitation training, vision care, and wheelchairs. Full Story
“It Rained, though the Ground Was Not Wet”
Posted: 24 May 2012The village of Sala-Jama is one of 22 sites along the border of Ethiopia and Somalia that received water last year through a partnership between the Church and a charity called International Relief and Development. That effort was part of a coordinated response to the drought in East Africa and just one of 111 emergencies and disasters the Church responded to last year in 90 countries. Full Story
Addiction Recovery Program Site Added to LDS.org
Posted: 16 May 2012A new website for the Addiction Recovery Program is helping members become aware of—and access—meetings and other helpful tools that can help lead to recovery through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Full Story
The Church Is Reaching Out and Helping
Posted: 16 March 2012Natural disasters across the globe, including the Japan earthquake, made 2011 the costliest year of disasters on record, according to a report issued by LDS Welfare Services. Throughout the year, the Church sent messages of hope and endurance as it distributed relief supplies to many areas of the world. Full Story
