The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, also known as the Mormons, celebrated their 75th anniversary
of their church welfare program by doing a day of service. The celebration was worldwide with each area
choosing its own service activity. In
the Lakeville area they chose to make pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer. Anthea Wilson, from the congregation, came up
with the idea as she had already made and donated a few pillowcases on her own.
First, a youth night of about 40-50 teenagers
made some. Then they had an event the
day after Thanksgiving. Around 60-70
people participated in the event! In
addition, people made them on their own throughout the rest of the year and
turned them in at the church.
I received an email from one of our drop off
sites saying that they didn’t have room for such a big delivery – wow!! The group
was donating 435 pillowcases! I picked
up the pillowcases from the home of Dan Brogan.
Luckily Dan’s children pitched in to help load up my van!!
Many of these pillowcases are going to bring
smiles to kids and families in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth. The remaining will be going to Children’s
Hospital in Minneapolis. What a great
effort by the group!! Thanks to each
and every one of you for each and every pillowcase!!
