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Army of Mormon Volunteers Cleans up Island

Jamshid Askar - LDS Church News
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More than 200 BYU-Hawaii students donned standard beach garb — T-shirts, shorts and flip-flops — on Oct. 24 while undertaking a large-scale service activity.

Despite the casual attire, there was nothing nonchalant about the service rendered by students. The small army of volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dispersed and spread over 13 separate service sites ranging from a cemetery to the grounds of the Mormon Church's Laie Hawaii Temple.

"It was really a powerful thing to see all of our students out serving the community and everyone giving back," said Emily Judson, executive vice president of the BYU-Hawaii Student Association.

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