Building New Light On The Joplin Hill

(See related story Helping Hands aid Joplin tornado victims)

More than 550 Church members (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) wearing "Helping Hands" T-shirts volunteered time and labor to help families whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the aftermath of a tornado that devastated much of Joplin, Mo., on May 22. Members of stakes in Arkansas and Missouri completed 7,400 work orders.

Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

Helping Hands volunteers secure tarp to roof in Joplin, Mo. More volunteers will converge on Joplin in coming weeks.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

Church members wearing helping hands shirts volunteer time and effort after devastating tornado destroys much of Joplin.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

Tarps are placed on damaged house to protect it from elements. More than 25 percent of Joplin, including some 7,000 homes, were destroyed May 22.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

 Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

 Church members wearing helping hands shirts volunteer time and effort after devastating tornado destroys much of Joplin.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

Volunteer works with 'Helping Hands' crew in Joplin, Mo. The crew filled 7,400 work orders May 28-29.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)  

More than 550 Church members from the Rogers Arkansas and Springfield Missouri stakes gather for Sunday Church meetings in the LDS command center in a warehouse located four miles north of the tornado-devastated area of Joplin, Mo.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

 Church members wearing helping hands shirts volunteer time and effort after devastating tornado destroys much of Joplin.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)

More than 550 Church members from the Rogers Arkansas and Springfield Missouri stakes gather for Sunday Church meetings in the LDS command center in a warehouse located four miles north of the tornado-devastated area of Joplin, Mo.
Church News photo by Carmen Borup
(Published June 4, 2011)