Situated above a slice of surfers’ paradise, on Highway 101, where 100,000 commuters pass each day, this glass-encased building is the TWELFTH Ideal Church of Scientology to open in the state of California.
At our International Dissemination and Distribution Center, presses ran 24/7 to produce Stay Well booklets in 21 languages.
17,500
BOOKLETS PRINTED EVERY HOUR
Prepping Volunteer Minister
Personal Protective Equipment
35,129
PIECES OF VOLUNTEER MINISTER
GEAR PREPARED
And then, we showed the world
SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT
In May, Scientology Volunteer Ministers headed out from every Church in the world, leading an in-person Stay Well campaign to bring solutions to communities around the globe.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
PARIS, FRANCE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
VERONA, ITALY
BARCELONA, SPAIN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
LONDON, ENGLAND
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MILAN, ITALY
ATHENS, GREECE
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
DUBLIN, IRELAND
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
VANCOUVER, CANADA
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TOKYO, JAPAN
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
FLORENCE, ITALY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
LYON, FRANCE
ATHENS, GREECE
KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN
MALMO, SWEDEN
CATANIA, ITALY
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
ARUBA, THE CARIBBEAN
7.5 MILLION
STAY WELL BOOKLETS PERSONALLY DELIVERED BY VOLUNTEER MINISTERS
TO
43,600
ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
“This booklet is really good! Finally, something that tells us how to stay well!”
“In these times there is a great need for proper information. Thank you for what you are doing.”
Miami, Florida
“If you really want to be well and stay well, read and share.”
Tampa, Florida
“Everyone should read these booklets, as they explain so much. Thank you!”
“This is such an incredible endeavor! Please continue!”
Orlando, Florida
“These brilliant booklets should be sent to every household.”
Birmingham, England
“Our customers keep asking about the booklets and taking copies.”
“Individuals need these gentle reminders in times like these.”
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
“Thanks to your booklets, we can easily answer our patients’ questions and confusions.”
“Your concern for our neighborhood is much appreciated.”
SEE THE INTERACTIVE MAP OF VOLUNTEER MINISTER
PHOTOS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
In Kansas City, concurrent to their citywide Stay Well campaign, the Church of Scientology and KC community activists partnered for Peace Rides and distribution of The Way to Happiness, the nonreligious moral code that has inspired a movement for peace across inner-city America. In honor of the event, Kansas City rapper and recording artist Kodde One wrote an anthem entitled “Hold Yo’ Head High” to help spread the booklet’s message of brotherhood throughout the city.
We helped bring safety and succor to an
ENTIRE NATION
In the wake of a national lockdown in South Africa, Volunteer Ministers established disaster response headquarters at Castle Kyalami and launched an all-Gauteng Stay Well prevention and education movement.
FRONT-LINE HELP TO FRONT-LINE FORCES
The first phase of the South African disaster relief operation extended help to front-line emergency forces. All told, VMs sanitized police, fire, ambulance and paramedic vehicles and more than 108 million square feet of police and emergency service facilities.
“The Church of Scientology is an essential force to the health and safety of South Africa.”
—Midrand Police Commander
2,901
FIRE, AMBULANCE AND PARAMEDIC VEHICLES
534
POLICE FACILITIES
4,871
POLICE VEHICLES
108,384,287
SQUARE FEET SANITIZED
(AND COUNTING)
SERVING SOCIAL SERVICES
Volunteer Ministers next spread the Stay Well message across the Social Services sector, including those caring for the underprivileged, elderly and disabled. In all, South Africa’s Volunteer Ministers sanitized more than 600 facilities across Gauteng, from West Rand to Sedibeng.
647
SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITIES
110,576
UNDERPRIVILEGED, ELDERLY AND DISABLED HELPED
(AND COUNTING)
KEEPING GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA, MOVING
Volunteer Ministers provided a vital service to those transporting South Africa’s essential workers, sanitizing train stations, whole fleets of buses and some 14,000 taxis—every single day.
14,000
TAXIS SANITIZED EVERY DAY
1,099,950
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES SANITIZED
(AND COUNTING)
SAFEGUARDING PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY
To help essential government services, VMs sanitized the infrastructure of virtually every branch of government across all nine districts of Gauteng Province—as well as hospitals, schools and churches.
ALL 9
PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS
2,171
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
HOSPITALS
SCHOOLS
CHURCHES
1,787,989,860
SQUARE FEET OF FACILITIES SANITIZED
(AND COUNTING)
TRAINING FOR LIFE
With more than 65 national, provincial and local government departments requesting Volunteer Minister training, South African VMs began conducting daily seminars. Nearly 30,000 completed online Tools for Life courses—many training to become certified Scientology Volunteer Ministers.
81,473
INDIVIDUAL ONLINE COURSES COMPLETED
And through it all, we continued
CREATING THE FUTURE
building new Ideal Churches of Scientology
Ribbons are set to fall as soon as we can gather together to celebrate
CHICAGO
City of the Big Shoulders
It’s a landmark building in “The Loop,” rising seven stories on historic “Printer’s Row”—the forthcoming Ideal Church of Scientology of Chicago.
THE FORTHCOMING IDEAL CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF
AUSTIN
Capital of the “Country of Texas”
Directly adjacent to the University of Texas and right on a famous stretch of road known as “The Drag”—it’s the forthcoming Ideal Church of Scientology of Austin.
THE FORTHCOMING IDEAL CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF
MEXICO CITY
The City of Palaces
In the largest Spanish-speaking city on Earth, joining the National Church of Scientology for Mexico, is the forthcoming Ideal Church of Scientology Del Valle.