Chainsaws were buzzing, mowers were humming, weeds were pulled, trees were planted and hearts were lifted as yellow-shirted “Mormon Helping Hands” volunteers joyfully served their communities across Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific on Saturday 28 October.
140 volunteers in Auckland braved rainy and muddy conditions to plant 4,000 trees on the Rosebank Peninsula in the suburb of Avondale.
“We wouldn’t be able to do this sort of thing without the help of groups like the Latter-day Saints,” said Neil Henderson from the Whau River Catchment Trust, Friends of the Whau.
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- Flaxmere Helping Hands 2017
- Helping Hand volunteers in Waterview Stake plant trees at Avondale
- Flaxmere Helping hands 2017
- Flaxmere Helping hands 2017
- Helping hands auckland 2017
- Auckland Helping Hands 2017
- Auckland Helping Hands 2017
- Auckland Helping Hands 2017
- Auckland helping hands 2017
- LDS volunteers helped clean up the area near a school on 28 October 2017.
- Apia Helping Hands 2017
- Apia Helping Hands 2017
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- Apia Helping Hands 2017
- Apia Samoa Central Stake Helping Hands Painted stairs at Head of State office 2017
- Samoa Helping Hands 2017
- Samoa Helping Hands 2017
- Pesega Samoa Stake Helping Hands Project October 2017
- Porirua volunteer for Helping Hands Service project
- Tonga Halaliku Stake Helping Hands project Oct 2017
- Tonga Halaliku Stake Helping Hands volunteers
- Mormon Tonga Halaliku Mormon Hands volunteers on Helping Hands project
- Mormons from Tonga Halaliku Stake volunteer at Helping Hands project
- Halaliku Stake volunteers serve at Mormon Helping Hands day service project
- Mormon volunteers from Tonga Halaliku Stake join Helping Hands service project
- Tonga Liahona Stake Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Tonga Liahona stake volunteer for Helping Hands project
- Mormons from Tonga Liahona Stake volunteer at Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormon Volunteers from Tonga Liahona stake volunteer at Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Tonga Liahona stake volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Tonga Liahona stake volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Upper Hutt stake, Wellington, volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormon Volunteers from Upper Hutt stake, Wellington, volunteer for Helping Hands Day 2017
- Mormon Volunteers from Matahau Stake, Tonga, Spruce Up Grounds at Lord Tu'ivakano's House for Helping Hands Day project 2017
- Mormons from Tonga Matahau Stake volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Tonga Matahau Stake volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Whangarei Stake volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Whangarei Helping Hands Day 2017
- Whangarei Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormon volunteers serve at Helping Hands service project 2017
- Mormons from Pago Pago volunteer for Helping Hands project 28 Oct 2017
- Amer. Samoa Pago Pago Stakes Helping Hands Project 2017
- Mormon volunteers from Pago Pago area volunteer for Helping Hands project 28 Oct 2017
- Mormons from stakes throughout Pago Pago volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Mormons from Pago Pago stakes volunteer for Helping Hands project 2017
- Tauranga Helping Hands 2017
- Tauranga Mormon Helping Hands volunteers clean and spruce up area in Edgecumbe 2017.
- Tauranga Mormon Helping Hands volunteers clean and spruce up area in Edgecumbe 2017.
- Tauranga Mormon Helping Hands volunteers clean Pongakawa School 2017.
- Tauranga Mormon Youth Helping Hands volunteers clean Pongakawa School 2017.
- Tauranga, Helping Hands Service Day 2017
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Director of public affairs for the Church in Auckland and Northland, Muriel Samuela, said, “We serve our communities because we love God and our fellow man. Jesus Christ went about doing good, and that’s what we strive to do. And when we lift others, we are uplifted ourselves.”
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Watch other videos of similar projects from Saturday.