From Deseret News archives:
LDS agency, Merit Medical feted
Groups receive 'Common Good Awards' for service
The group lauded the efforts of nonprofit LDS Humanitarian Services for its worldwide outreach to help those in need, "regardless of religious affiliation, race, ethnicity or political persuasion." Bishop H. David Burton of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepted the award on behalf of the church's First Presidency, expressing gratitude to those locally and around the world who facilitate the faith's humanitarian outreach.
He said no organization "is more interested in the future of this state" than the church, and thanked the coalition for its work.
Lampropoulos said the company has committed to keeping much of its business in Utah and plans to continue supporting worthwhile community causes.
The Rev. France Davis of Calvary Baptist Church told the audience that Utahns put their best foot forward last year to feed, clothe and house some 600 evacuees from the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Residents "put aside religious and political differences, personal agendas and profit motives" to help those in need, and as a result, some 300 of them have decided to stay in Utah, he said.
An eight-member staff, including Rev. Davis, continues to coordinate with local agencies more than a year after the evacuees arrived, he said, maintaining contact with them to resolve any remaining issues. "Our goal was to work ourselves out of a job and we're just about to do it," he said.
He outlined four principles for making a meaningful difference in the community:
"Prepare as if everything depends on you."
"Wait for the ground to swell and people to say, 'Here is the problem,'" then work on it.
Help people to "become all they can be."
"Someone has to communicate the vision clearly so there is no misstep along the way."
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