Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For our May Enrichment we decided to focus on service, with the theme being "Service at home and Abroad." Since Enrichment is only held quarterly now, whenever we plan an Enrichment, we plan several smaller activities that go along with the theme. Additionally which ever member of the presidency is teaching that month teaches on the theme. (It happened to be my turn, so I cheated and did a small introduction and then showed two church videos, one on the welfare system, and one on the humanitarian center. I feel kind of guilty because my lesson was so easy, but they were videos the sisters had not seen and everyone was crying at the end, they were really good videos)

One of our smaller activities was going to the Humanitarian Center for a tour. On Thursday morning we met at the church and carpooled up to SLC for our scheduled tour. Sister Missionaries greeted us and conducted our tour.

If you have ever wondered where all the clothing goes that you donate to the DI, well I can tell you. About 12% is kept by the local DI that you donate it to, the remaining 88% is bundled into 1000 pound bundles and sent to the Humanitarian Center in SLC. The picture show the 1000 bundles. Once it reaches the Humanitarian Center is is sorted. A worker sorts one bundle at a time. The worker is surrounded by large plastic trash cans with wheels, and sorts the clothing into the trashcans. The worker first looks for quality, and anything is is torn, soiled, or missing buttons etc, is discarded. But not really discarded, it is put in a rag pile and sold to rag brokers, who then in turn sell the clothing to companies who make rugs and other materials. The money the Humanitarian Center receives from selling the rags is used to purchase wool blankets that are then distributed in areas where disasters have occurred.

Once the clothing is determined to be of good quality it is then sorted by male, female, adult, and child, and put into 100 pound bundles for easier distribution.

These are the modules that go out to orphanages or medical supplies for disaster relief. They contain all the necessities such as diapers, clothing, toys, blankets or bandages, syringes, medical tape, gauze etc, that individuals in those circumstances would need.

This is the volunteer room where volunteers can quilt, assemble school kits, personal hygiene kits, or newborn kits. When we were there they had about 10 quilts set up on frames and the volunteers, including men, were tying quilts. On a personal note, I think when I am in a different stage of life being a volunteer at the humanitarian center would be AWESOME. These ladies were having a ton of fun!

This is our invitation for our Enrichment next week. The picture is of my Relief Society President. It is a post card that we put in everyone mail boxes. I have a super talented Enrichment Committee member who made this. We are going to quilt 4 quilts to be given to the Humanitarian Center, and make 25 fleece blankets that we are going to give to the police department for officers to keep in their cars and give to children in crisis.