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Church of Scientology’s Documentary ‘Operation: Do Something About It’ Wins Platinum at Viddy Awards

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Scientology Media Productions' original documentary "Operation: Do Something About It" won Platinum in the 2024 Viddy Awards, the international competition recognizing excellence in video production and communication.

Operation: Do Something About It tells the story of how the Church of Scientology harnessed its state-of-the-art facilities, rallied its worldwide network of volunteers and mobilized the largest humanitarian effort in its history to bring hope, help and compassion in the wake of the pandemic and ensuing worldwide lockdown.

In total, Scientology Media Productions was honored with 14 Viddy Awards, including 7 Platinum and 7 Gold in the 2024 competition.

Watch the documentary at Scientology.TV/DoSomething or on the Scientology Network App.

The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology and Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. Scientology Network's innovative content has been recognized with more than 125 industry awards, including Tellys, Communitas and Hermes Creative Awards.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church's global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

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Scientology Media Productions' original documentary "Operation: Do Something About It" won Platinum in the 2024 Viddy Awards, the international competition recognizing excellence in video production and communication.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/

The Untold Story of the Church of Scientology Global Response to the Pandemic Now Airs in New Documentary

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Scientology Network announces an original feature-length documentary, "Operation: Do Something About It," now airing on DIRECTV Channel 320 and available to stream. The documentary tells the story of how the Church of Scientology harnessed its state-of-the-art facilities, rallied its worldwide network of volunteers and mobilized the largest humanitarian effort in its history to bring hope, help and compassion in the wake of the unimaginable.

With an immediate triage zone spanning tens of millions of people, touching nearly every faith and culture, the Church of Scientology had to safeguard its 11,000 Churches, Missions and groups, along with all of its surrounding communities.

This documentary is an on-the-ground exclusive look at the Church of Scientology global operation to Do Something About It - from securing the world's most effective sanitization formula to streamlining its distribution to all its Churches and communities in more than 120 nations and territories, across six continents, and refocusing its unique facilities to bring prevention resources that provided real solutions in this time of crisis.

The documentary circumnavigates the globe, following Scientology Volunteer Ministers as they demonstrated time and again, across three years of dedicated service, that no matter the circumstances, Something CAN Be Done About It.

Their actions enabled individuals, communities and even entire nations to confidently emerge from life after lockdowns. As one pastor put it, "The Volunteer Ministers to me represent action, service and kindness. Honestly, we value you, we appreciate you."

Watch Operation: Do Something About It now at Scientology.TV/DoSomething or on the Scientology Network app.

The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Since launching with an introduction by Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige, the Scientology Network has been viewed in over 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology and Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. Scientology Network's innovative content has been recognized with more than 125 industry awards, including Tellys, Communitas and Hermes Creative Awards.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church's global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

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Scientology Network announces an original feature-length documentary, "Operation: Do Something About It," now airing on DIRECTV Channel 320 and available to stream. The documentary tells the story of how the Church of Scientology harnessed its state-of-the-art facilities, rallied its worldwide network of volunteers and mobilized the largest humanitarian effort in its history to bring hope, help and compassion in the wake of the unimaginable.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/

The Help of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Times of Disaster Great and Small and Wherever It Occurs

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- It was just under a year ago on February 6, that a 7.8-magnitude earthquake slashed through southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the earthquake displaced or disrupted the lives of 15.73 million people in Syria and Turkey including 2.5 million children. Scientology Volunteer Minister disaster response specialists from Tel Aviv mobilized immediately and were soon joined by VMs from Pakistan, India and the United States.

This personal account from one Israeli Scientologist shows the impact of the program on survivors and its lasting impression on the volunteers.

The day after the earthquake, an Israeli Scientologist received a call from a friend at the Scientology Center in Tel Aviv saying they had received official permission to bring a team of Volunteer Ministers as part of the country's response to the earthquake. On the VMs' arriving in Turkey, AFAD, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, assigned them help organize donations in government warehouses and distribute them to those in need.

"We soon found that supplies were not making it to families in the surrounding villages so we took on that task," said the Volunteer Minister.

For many, every home in their village was destroyed, and they were living nearby in tents. Entering an area like this, the volunteers would first visit the mukhtar, the village chief, who helped direct distribution of supplies.

"Every place we went, we were met with tears and hugs," said the Volunteer Minister. "These people had lost everything but hope. As many as 30 people were living in a single tent." And they expressed their amazement: first, that the team came from Israel and also that they were doing this work voluntarily.

One day they were approached by an English nonprofit that had received a donation of thousands of frozen pizzas but did not have the manpower to deliver them to the refugees. "We made pizzas with them and went to distribute them. The joy of the children was heaven!"

It was the children the volunteers were most concerned about. Whenever possible, they would bring something special for them-candy, a biscuit, a toy. The children's lives had been severely disrupted by the disaster. They would play soccer and other games with the children-anything to help extrovert them and orient them in their new surroundings.

"I stayed much longer than the week I'd planned for because it was simply the right thing to do," said the Israeli VM. After he returned home, dozens more volunteers arrived from Scientology organizations to continue the work. "I cherish the privilege that fell to me of being able to help people who really needed it."

For the past seven decades, in times of trouble and despair, the bright yellow jackets of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers have been a symbol of hope and a promise of help.

Wherever they go, Volunteer Ministers disaster response teams deliver Scientology assists. These are techniques developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard that address the mental and spiritual factors in stress and trauma. Assists can help victims of disaster orient themselves in the environment, free themselves from grief and hopelessness, and restore their peace of mind, making it possible for them to make the best of their circumstances and begin planning for the future. These simple techniques are easy to learn and the Volunteer Ministers help people log on to the Scientology website and enroll on the free Scientology Assists for Illnesses and Injuries course, which is available free of charge in 20 languages. This way, those they extend help to can continue to help others once the VMs have moved on to the next village or shelter.

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers program is a religious social service, developed in 1973. In an essay announcing the program, Mr. Hubbard wrote: "If one does not like the crime, cruelty, injustice and violence of this society, he can do something about it. He can become a Volunteer Minister and help civilize it, bring it conscience and kindness and love and freedom from travail by instilling into it trust, decency, honesty and tolerance."

Their motto is no matter the circumstances, "Something can be done about it."

Scientology Volunteer Ministers international response to the pandemic is documented in Operation: Do Something About It, a feature-length film produced by Scientology Media Productions that premiered on December 5, International Volunteer Day. Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and streams at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms. Since launching with an introduction by Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige in March 2018, the Scientology Network has been viewed in 237 countries and territories in 17 languages.

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It was just under a year ago on February 6, that a 7.8-magnitude earthquake slashed through southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the earthquake displaced or disrupted the lives of 15.73 million people in Syria and Turkey including 2.5 million children. Scientology Volunteer Minister disaster response specialists from Tel Aviv mobilized immediately and were soon joined by VMs from Pakistan, India and the United States.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/

U.S. Scientology Volunteer Ministers in the Spotlight When a New Documentary Premiered on International Volunteer Day

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- The UN's theme for this year's World Volunteer Day was 'the power of collective action.' And nowhere was that message exemplified more than the collective action of Scientology Volunteer Ministers everywhere in their response to the pandemic.

Volunteer Ministers gathered at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles and at Scientology Churches throughout the country for the U.S. premiere of the new documentary, Operation: Do Something About It. And when the curtain went up, these men and women in their bright yellow jackets found themselves in the starring role.

Operation: Do Something About It was released on World Volunteer Day in the U.S. and throughout the rest of the world on the following day. So U.S. Volunteer Ministers were the first to see the extraordinary impact of their collective action.

The film chronicles the global response of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers during the pandemic. It details the help extended to communities, other religions and essential services across six continents.

Scientology Churches invited their neighbors, friends and fellow volunteers they work with on various community initiatives.

After watching the film, a 28-year LAPD veteran expressed her appreciation for "how genuine the Church's help is for others."

A drug education activist who partners with the Church through its Truth About Drugs initiative was not aware of the Volunteer Ministers program before watching the film. "I was so impressed with what your Volunteer Ministers do around the world and what coordination you had in place for your logistics and all your actions during the pandemic."

The work of Scientology Churches around the world to educate their communities on how to stay well was what really impressed an ally who works with the Church on its human rights awareness initiative. "I can see how much help it provided to the different communities and areas where it was distributed."

"Without people like you helping, I don't know where we'd be," said a teacher who uses the Church's human rights materials. "The spirit of it is huge and how you helped all religions-it's all about humanity."

"It made me feel there is hope for humanity," said another attendee. "It was a very eye-opening documentary."

In a lecture in 1958, Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard spoke of the philosophy that informs the Volunteer Ministers program and so many other aspects of Scientology: "Scientology helps people to help one another. This is the message of all prophets in all ages. Help one another. It is a formula for life that cannot fail. It is the message of Scientology."

Watch Operation: Do Something About It on the Scientology Network, airing on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and streaming at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

Since launching with an introduction by Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige in March 2018, the Scientology Network has been viewed in 237 countries and territories in 17 languages.

Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology and Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide.

LEARN MORE:

https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/

https://www.scientology.tv/documentaries/operation-do-something-about-it.html

MULTIMEDIA:

VIDEO:

https://www.scientology.tv/documentaries/operation-do-something-about-it.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6sxsSt2Srg

The UN's theme for this year's World Volunteer Day was 'the power of collective action.' And nowhere was that message exemplified more than the collective action of Scientology Volunteer Ministers everywhere in their response to the pandemic.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/