LDS Church Receives Community Service Award

Accepting on behalf of The Church are Llewanne Bass and Mark Miller with Charles Turner, Pennyrile RC&D Coordinator. (Diane Croney-Turner)

Kentucky’s Leaf Chronical newspaper announced the award bestowed by Mayor Dan Kemp and Pennyrile RC&D for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ volunteer service.  In April 2009, for their Annual Day of Service project, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partnered with Pennyrile RC&D, the city of Hopkinsville and thirty additional organizations and businesses in efforts to clear debris from the Attucks High School to prepare it for future renovation and preservation of the historic building.

Over 300 Latter-day Saints from the surrounding area, including Clarksville, TN, removed over 240 cubic yards of debris using over 1500 man hours during the Church’s annual Day of Service event.  A variety of such Day of Service events were performed by over 550 Latter-day Saint congregations throughout the Southeastern United States. (The local LDS Congregations are currently accepting proposals for service from the Clarksville community for the April 24, 2010 Day of Service.)