Summary: Autumn Stringam is from Alberta, Canada, and now lives in Nampa, Idaho. She and her husband are the parents of five children and have two grandchildren. She grew up with a community-minded mindset, and works in mental health nutrition and at a special-needs high school. Autumn was called as a JustServe specialist when the program was beginning in her community, and took that opportunity to help grow a thriving program in the Treasure Valley area.<br> <br> Highlights<br> 7:15 Autumn's call as a JustServe specialist for the area’s coordinating council<br> 9:45 What is JustServe? A website intended as a tool to minister with others within the community, managed through the stakes and coordinating councils<br> 11:30 Agreement to serve together and just to serve together<br> 13:45 Anyone can post and manage sites—members and nonmembers<br> 14:30 Stake public affairs specialist, JustServe specialist, and a committee work with the stake high council and sometimes a stake youth council to develop the program in their area<br> 16:25 Groups and individuals can go to the app, sign up, and go serve<br> 17:20 JustServe manuals are in the gospel library<br> 18:00 The JustServe specialist’s responsibilities<br> 19:05 Relief Society has taken over leading Church members within the program so the specialists can reach into the community<br> 20:00 Every area needs to get entrepreneurial and figure out how to best use the program in their area<br> 21:20 How Autumn applied the program through the youth program<br> 24:25 How to keep it focused on service only: finding common ground and getting acquainted<br> 28:35 Advertising goodness: experience with LGBT youth<br> 33:25 How to combat the fear among others, such as schools, that this is a church-related organization<br> 36:00 The overwhelm of “another thing”: take a step back and see how this helps fulfill every part<br> 37:30 Take the challenge and the Lord will not fail us: Her experience with the “pick a date” program and how this is the model for our time<br> 42:25 Overcoming obstacles with other organizations in the community: the program is funded by the Church but it isn’t owned by the Church<br> 45:00 Have a full inventory of opportunities before you recruit volunteers<br> 46:05 Look at zip code 83606 at JustServe.org for examples<br> 47:10 The momentum will come<br> 49:10 Using social media to advertise and promote service opportunities<br> 53:20 Using the app and website<br> 54:20 Campaigns for volunteers: “JustServe January” “JustServe Summer”<br> 57:30 Start with one campaign, without the expectation of immediate results<br> 59:35 Familiarize yourself with what is already happening out there; we are advertising what others are already doing, so plug in and then let them shine<br> 1:01:15 How JustServe led to finding and adopting their daughter<br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.justserve.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JustServe.org</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justservetreasurevalley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">justservetreasurevalley</a>
