Did you know there are tons of things you can do to help others, even while stuck at home?

Did you know that you can do your family history from your home. Cedar Rapids Public Library has the perfect way to try:

Great news! You can now access Ancestry.com directly from home with your library card. Visit https://www.crlibrary.org/resourcesservices/ to access this and other resources instantly.

JustServe.org is a website where the volunteer needs of organizations may be posted and volunteers may search for places to serve in the community, providing opportunities to help those in need and enhance the quality of life in the community.

We have an urgent need for volunteers who are healthy and able to work in our kitchen portioning food on the line and labeling our meals after packaging each weekday.

Ages 11+

This in public, please volunteer if you feel safe to do so.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f4fa5a62ba2f58-meals

We have been invited to participate in the Missing Maps Project this coming month. This is a service project that can be done from home. The Missing Maps project aims to map the most vulnerable places in the world (affected by humanitarian crises: disease epidemics, conflict, natural disasters, poverty, environmental crises).

The project is to digitize areas that do not have standardized addresses for emergency purposes. The idea is very similar to indexing, except you are tracing images on a map instead of transferring writing. Our assigned area will be Bandung Indonesia and we are #teamnephi. There will be a training session this Wednesday evening at 7pm via zoom for anyone interested. Some units are using this for their mutual and some are not. If you can't make it we will tape it.

Requirements are:

• Desktop or laptop computer (phone or tablet will not work)
• A mouse (a mouse touchpad on a laptop will not work, but you can buy a USB mouse for laptops).

Link to local training video with Susan Sims

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lnsmxzxcz7ed5n/missingmapstrainingApril2020.mp4?dl=0H

We need books! Mrs. Hart will be taking donation of books this summer. Brand new ones will go into the new Boulder Peak school and gently used ones will be donated to Toys for Tots or donated to our READ box program. So start spring cleaning!

This has been postponed until later in the summer (because of the virus) which gives you time to gather up stuff around your house that you would like to donate! They could really use the help! You can drop any donations off by their gate.