Resources

We have compiled a variety of quick online links and additional unique documents to help you create your own project for our next global day of action.
  1. Find ideas ranging from helping refugees to contributing creative talent and technical skills on lds.org here.
  2. Watch inspiring videos, learn about LDS charities, the humanitarian arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and find opportunities to serve in your area here.
  3. Just Serve functions as an online announcement board for organizations in need and volunteers searching opportunities alike. Search for leads in your area!
  4. Find “100 ways to Make a Difference in Your Community” from Youth Service America here.
  5. Pay it forward when you learn about and raise money for different global issues with this nonprofit found here.
  6. General Conference talks on Service…
  7. Scriptures…
  1. Learn how to host a family discovery activity with opportunities such as recording family stories, finding family names, or adding photos to personal memoirs on lds.org here.
  2. Find pictures, quotes, and other media resources in the LDS Media Library here.
  3. Revisit a Favorite Place from Childhood…see the idea on the Family Search website.
  4. Use an online tool to trace your ancestry such as Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, and familysearch.org
  5. Also use familysearch.org to learn how to index, a way to help others trace their ancestry!
  6. General Conference Talks on Family History…
  1. Watch the powerful Our Home video, learn about LDS doctrine on Environmental Stewardship and Conservation, and get ideas for what you can do on lds.org found here.
  2. Read the talk, Dominion and Compassion for the Earth, by General Authority Elder Marcus B. Nash.
  3. Learn about the conservation program emphasis within in the Boy Scouts of America and find a range of additional resources relating to conservation, ecology, and the environment here.
  4. Learn how to start a community garden in your community with ideas from the American Community Gardening Association.
  5. Volunteer with a nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation and sustainability such as; The Nature Conservancy or host your own National Trails Day through The American Hiking Society,

While any of the Day of Action category suggestions can be modified for younger participants, below are resources specifically geared for teaching opportunities that keep the young ones motivated and interested.

  1. Find all the Children’s Bible Videos produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here.
  2. Gospel related games and activities, also on lds.org.
  3.  Read a story and get good ideas about getting to know your neighbors here.
  4. Kids love to take pictures, find a photography contest or make your own family photography contest.
  5. Go here for ideas on incorporating the teachings from General Conference in our lives.
  6. A pdf with ideas for learning the Articles of Faith with your family.
  7. Why Does It Matter is an original pdf from the FatheringLeardership website to help us learn gospel principles as a family.
  8. General Conference Talks