12 Days of Service 2015

During stake conference the 12 Days of Service Calendar was presented to our stake as a guideline to unify our service efforts for the up coming year.   We encourage you to use it in your priesthood, relief society, young men, young women, primary and other auxiliary meetings when planning your activities for the year.  The goal is to provide you with a theme and ideas as you plan your activities.
 

We also encourage families to use it when planning wholesome activities throughout the year.  Feel free to download to your mobile device or print the calendar.

Back to School Service Project - Day of Service 2014

It's that time again for our Day of Service where we have the opportunity to reach out to our community and show them we are here to serve. 

This year we will be doing projects similar to what we did last year for Cypress Park Elementary, however, we will be helping three schools instead of one.  There will be plenty of work so we need as many of our members as possible to show up to help.  Please feel free to invite your families, neighbors, and less active members to help, we welcome anyone who would like to serve. 

Each ward/branch has been assigned to a school and is to report to that school to help at our day of service. We hope to make a large impact at these schools.  Our hope is that we can develop a relationship with these schools, similar to what we have with Cypress Park Elementary, so our members can continue to serve them in different capacities.

We will be collecting specific items for a Supply Drive for each school.  The same items will be collected for all the schools.  Each building has blue collection bins for each item, please bring your items on Sunday and your ward rep will collect them then.

Orlando Florida Hunters Creek Stake
Day of Service 2014
Back to School Service Project

Date: August 2   
Time: 8am to Noon
Locations:

Hunters Creek & Pleasant Hill
Highland's Elementary School
800 W Donegan Ave, Kissimmee

Poinciana & Wetherbee YSA
Chestnut Elementary School
4300 Chestnut St, Poinciana

St. Cloud, Kissimmee & Lake Nona
Lakeview Elementary School
2900 5th St, St Cloud

The following service projects will be done at each school:

* Outdoor landscaping or beautification
* Indoor deep cleaning projects and
* Helping teachers organize, clean, prepare, and decorate their classrooms

Supply Drive (items needed for donation):

• pre-k to adult shoes, any type
• belts
• tissues
• baby wipes
• copy paper

If you have any further questions please contact your ward Public Affairs representative or Bishopric member listed below.

Hunters Creek: Kneil Baron and Jose Toro
Kissimmee: Eric Hansen and Steve Bravato
Lake Nona: Mark Hahn and Missy Wise
Pleasant Hill: Jay Egg and Chad Tucker
Poinciana: Julio Cruz, Scott Dombrowski, Kathleen Kober
St. Cloud: Daniel Munns and Jessica Arrington
Wetherbee YSA: Michael Cajas 

Eagle Scout Court of Honor - Pleasant Hill Ward & Poinciana Branch

Friday, August 2, 2013 – Boy Scout Troop 394 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kissimmee honored the advancement of three of its Scouts to the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank of Boy Scouts of America.



From Left to Right: Cory & Cecilia Andersen with son Brandon, Matt & Tyra McCarl with son Landon,
Mike & Meredith Callaghan with son Benjamin

 

These three exemplary young men, Landon McCarl, Benjamin Callaghan, and Brandon Andersen, began their journey as Cub Scouts nearly a decade ago. They each earned the Arrow of Light award as Webelos scouts, the highest award in Cub Scouting. They then graduated into Boy Scouts when they turned eleven, where they each served in various leadership positions, and each one earned his Duty to God award for his church. All three boys completed the requirements to earn the Eagle Scout rank in 2013.

 

To attain the rank of Eagle Scout, a boy must earn 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community or church-related, leadership-focused service project to earn his Eagle. Landon McCarl chose to replace aging and worn out signs at the Central Florida Family and Youth Camp. Benjamin Callaghan collected and assembled comfort kits for the Orlando Red Cross. Brandon Andersen cleaned and beautified the Greenwood Cemetery in Kissimmee.

 

They join other outstanding American citizens who have become Eagle Scouts, among them Florida Governor Rick Scott, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, cinematographer Steven Spielberg, and comic strip writer Bill Amend. Only 3-4 % of boys that enter Boy Scouts continue on to earn the rank of Eagle.

 

Boy Scout Troop 394 has over the years done community service projects throughout Kissimmee, including Scouting for Food, Eagle Scout projects in several city parks, for churches, and for environmental organizations through the area.

 

Attached is a photo of the boys that have received their Eagle rank this past Friday. Photo by Lori Rucker. Article by Mike Callaghan.