Summary of Efforts 2021
$906 million
was expended to help those in need through:
- Fast-offering assistance, which provides temporary financial help to those in need.
- Bishops’ orders for goods, including giving food and commodities from bishops’ storehouses and Deseret Industries stores to those in need.
- Humanitarian projects, including charitable relief in communities across the world.
- Donated clothing, including discounted or free apparel given to Deseret Industries.
- Church operations, including Family Services counseling, employment centers, farms and food-processing facilities, and Deseret Industries.
More than 6.8 million hours
of service contributed by volunteers through:
- Service at Church facilities, such as farms, orchards, canneries, Deseret Industries stores, and more.
- Missions to care for those in need, including volunteer service in 85 countries around the world.
- Church-sponsored community service projects, including cleanup after natural disasters.
In addition, JustServe facilitated over 41,000 volunteer projects (including 21,500 new projects).
“I believe that for every disciple of Jesus Christ, this is part of our DNA, that we go and find those that are in need and try to help them, whether it is in our own community or far away in other countries. This is really at the center of our religion.”
— Bishop Gérald Caussé, Presiding Bishop