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Scouts prepare 24,000 meals
January 27th, 2012
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Five Scout units sponsored by St. Andrew’s UMC prepared 24,000 dehydrated meals for Haitians during a March 5, 2011 Stop Hunger Now packaging event. A Boy Scout troop and a Cub Scout pack joined with three Girl Scout troops to package dehydrated high-protein meals for Haitians following the devastating earthquake … … read more
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Electrical engineer named scouting ministry specialist in Missouri
January 20th, 2012
Photo: Dr. J. Derald Morgan, a scouting ministry specialist in the Missouri Annual Conference, stands near the entrance to the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, the future site of the National Scout Jamboree. Morgan will be on the staff at that July 15-24, 2013, event which will be attended by some 45,000 Scouts. BRANSON WEST… … read more
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UM Men – The year in review
December 29th, 2011
Photo: Participants in the 2011 World Methodist Conference package 101,000 dehydrated meals as part of a Stop Hunger Now event sponsored by United Methodist Men. NASHVILLE, Tenn.–– The year 2011 might well be characterized as the year of the volunteer. During the year, the General Commission on UM Men recruited and trained … … read more
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Teen aids disabled and homeless vets
October 28th, 2011
Photo: Emilie Miller sits with items she has collected for homeless and disabled veterans. The Herald Photo by Andy Burris By Shawn Cetrone ROCK HILL, N.C.––Emilie Miller, 16, collected mounds of clothing, stacks of books and bundles of soap and laundry detergent for Alston Wilkes Society, a Columbia charity that serves disabled and … … read more