Spiffing up a playground in a low-income housing area
The Boston Stake joins with Relief Societies around the world in the #IWasAStranger.lds.org initiative to support refugees, broadly defined.
- Download a one-page overview of worldwide, stake, local, and personal ideas.
- Here are service organizations with whom we have worked.
- Find service ideas, upcoming regional service projects, contact us for local service projects in your town, or submit your service idea today. Also like and follow the Boston Relief Society page on Facebook.
- Ways to help during an emergency. Also see Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, “The Needs Before Us.”
We invite friends of all faiths and backgrounds to join with us.
Boston Stake Relief Society Service
Though our various members are involved in many charities around the Boston Area, we have two special partnerships:
NuDay Syria supports women and children inside Syria and neighboring Turkey. Past service projects include making fleece blankets, hats, scarves, and collecting items and packing containers to go into Syria and Turkey.
We also support blood drives through the American Red Cross, which is particularly valuable when parts of America are hit by disaster (Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, etc.). Those areas have a great need for blood, but are unable to hold blood drives locally. Our members and missionaries volunteer at blood drives here to help send blood to disaster zones.
Our Relief Society manages the Humanitarian Service hours of Missionaries serving locally in the Boston Area. Each missionary spends 2 – 10 hours each week serving organizations and people in need. They do not proselytize during these service hours. Relief Society Humanitarian Service Coordinators (RSHSC) connect with service organizations and organize missionaries according to community needs. Coordinators may also enlist the help of local residents to serve. We invite friends of all faiths and backgrounds to join with us.