By Lisa Johnson
Students helped add comfort to the less fortunate Thursday night by tying blankets for the LDS Humanitarian Services.
Service to the World, a program run through the Center for Service and Learning, hosted a service project where students were able to help those in different countries.
Chad Losee, one of the project coordinators, said the quilts that were tied will be shipped all over to third-world countries.
?[The Humanitarian Services] doesn?t know exactly where the quilts are going for sure yet,? said Losee, an international relations major from Delta. ?They just go on a needs basis and are shipped around the world.?
Service to the World is a program that works with the LDS Humanitarian Services on different service projects on campus. It hosts one project every month, and anyone can stop to help on the designated night.
Losee said the projects could be anything from coloring books to hygiene kits.
?Basically we help with anything they are in need of,? Losee said. ?[Service to the World is] an outlet for the Humanitarian Services. We are the facilitator for BYU, so students can come and serve.?
Students set up six bed-sized quilts on wood frames and began tying the quilts together. Heidi Halvorsen, a UVSC student from Draper, helped set up the quilts and frames for students. She said she has tied many quilts for the Humanitarian Services before and was happy to come.
?I wanted to help because I like doing stuff like this,? Halvorsen said. ?I like quilting and doing service for people.?
Rachel Lovell, another volunteer, said she also like to help with humanitarian service projects.
?We are very privileged in America, and a lot of people don?t have the blessings we enjoy,? said Lovell, an open major from Lake Jackson, Texas. ?It?s really important to help because it?s what we?re supposed to do.?
Volunteer Mark Bean said not only is it important to serve, but he was also grateful for the break from studying.
?It?s an opportunity to take time out of the other academic rigors at BYU and contribute something to the community at large,? said Bean, an economics major from Lindon. ?It gives all of us an opportunity to look outward to those that really have needs in the world.?
