GREER, S.C. (WSPA) – This weekend, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Greer have helped organize hundreds of volunteers to assist upstate residents struggling to clean up after Hurricane Helene.
“We are not a professional tree organization. These are groups of volunteers that have come in after they finished work on Friday night, and they are going to be here until Sunday afternoon,” Regional Leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jason Jones said.
Jones said this weekend his church has transformed into a command center for a big cleanup operation.
“We did set up this center here to kind of coordinate all the efforts specific to the upstate of South Carolina,” Jones said.
More than 800 volunteers made 77 teams, which are going across to upstate to lend a helping hand.
“This weekend we have the chance to invite other congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from across north Georgia, Atlanta and North Carolina to help with that effort to provide that Christ-like service for those in our area,” Jones added. “Volunteers that are here to go into the community and help people clean up debris, tarp their roofs, clear trees from their area, just an opportunity to give back to the community.”