2019 Community Project Dashboard

Community Outreach

The teen ministry will be cleaning the indoor portion of the church.

The younger ministry (ages 5-12) will be packing toiletry bags for the homeless.

Indoor cleaning and organizing of the church and helping seniors in the surrounding community

Gideon Elementary will be focusing on topics of stress and trauma, in order to understand how to cope effectively--specifically, through art or therapeutic recreation.

Volunteers will assist staff members and our SAC volunteers in cleaning our gym/lunch room area, bathrooms and hallways.This will be in addition to clearing out and organizing our storage closets and book room and library.

10am -11:30am • Watch historic films of MLK, Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
• Presentation and videos on the work of APEDF and the movement for African self-determination today
11:30am - 2:30pm • Volunteer Project - outdoor flyering to spread the word about Uhuru Furniture and APEDF
2:30pm - 3pm • Pizza lunch for volunteers -prizes

APEDF invites people of all nationalities and walks of life who support African self-determination

Clean up of all the trash in and around the playground.

Our MLK project will consist of Indoor Cleaning, Organizing recreation equipment/Materials and Light Painting. Breakfast Refreshments and Lunch will be provided for all volunteers.

We will be cleaning around the park.

PPYC & PPFC will collaborate to host a Prospect Park Food Donation Drive. We will receive drop offs of donated food at the Prospect Park Fire Company with assistance of volunteers from PPYC, PPFC, and other community members. Donated food will be distributed to the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry and possibly to the food pantry at Delaware County Community College for students with food insecurities. I reached out to DCCC to see if they have students with food insecurities.

One King Book, One King Day (Book of the Month Club-running the entire month of January)

See Educational Section above.

We will clear the playground and memorial area of litter and debris. We will also distribute fire prevention materials and literature.

Along with the members of St. Paul Church, we will collect, package and distribute food to be sent to third world countries.

A combination of community residents and community leaders will come together to clean the facility and surrounding streets on this day.

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Volunteers will sort items to fill Blessing Bags which will be distributed to displaced and homeless members of our community. There will be opportunity to write notes of encouragement for those receiving the bags. Blessing Bags are gallon bags filled with non-perishable food, snacks, water, toiletries, socks and other essentials for those who are in need. We welcome donations of items for the bags - drop off to the Jennersville YMCA.

A diverse ensemble of local actors will join students from local colleges to perform a passionate reading of Dr. King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

**Program will lead with the opening remarks and light refreshments. Participants will have the opportunity to create posters and banners depicting a world of nonviolence. Participants can engage in child friendly activities followed by a peace march around the immediate neighborhood and ending with lunch.

Participants will be CPS parents, students, alumni, community members, etc.

MLK Day of Action rally to discuss the importance of raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania and demand $15 per hour minimum pay for our neighbors/their employees.

Come to join us to read to children and learn how to be an active reader to keep our children on track to read by 4th grade!

11:30am - 2:30pm • Volunteer Project - outdoor flyering to spread the word about Uhuru Furniture and APEDF

Due to forecasts of dangerously cold weather, winds and potential snow or ice, we will no longer be holding this volunteer event on Monday, January 21st from 10am-12pm at Pennypack on the
Delaware. We will reschedule this same cleanup event for Saturday, February 2nd from 10am-12pm at the same location (Pennypack on the Delaware) with the same volunteer tasks. Please email info@riverfrontnorth.org if interested in the February 2nd event. Thank you!

The Parent Association Committee for Racial Equity is planning an interactive workshop on dismantling white supremacy and furthering Dr. King's legacy. Simultaneously age-appropriate activities for children will be offered. The workshop will be followed by lunch and action/service projects.

This project focuses on literacy. Volunteers read stories and reflect on Dr. King with children, youth and parents. Singing songs and/or listening to music foster the atmosphere of celebration and holiday.

we are cleaning the logan elem sch yard and the community

Did you know that socks are the #1 most requested clothing item in the homeless community? A fresh pair of socks and a snack ‘rolled together’ are our small way of making a big difference in the lives of those in need. We will be packaging snacks and/or hygiene items such as toothpaste or a toothbrush. They will be finished off with a ribbon and a note of encouragement from a child to bring compassion and a bit of hope to individuals experiencing homelessness.

This project allows children and youth volunteers to use their talents and skills to create posters depicting Dr. King's legacy. Posters are displayed via onsite gallery and posted on website.

This project focuses on providing food for local community institutions that feed the hungry, homeless and less fortunate. The “SuperMarket Food Drive” is conducted to stock the West Chester Food Cupboard.

The Assemble Kid Snack Packs project allows volunteers to assemble specific foods donated in a food drive for children in after-school programs or for children to take on field trips. Snack Packs are delivered to Chester County Food Bank.

This Sewing/Quilting Circle project focuses on using crafts and skills to provide items of warmth and comfort for others. Both experienced and novice volunteers are needed and welcomed. This project allows volunteers to quilt or sew items for those in need. There will be seamstress making blankets for patients in hospitals and nursing homes.

The Assemble Personal Hygiene Care Kits project will package donations with notes of encouragement for homeless shelters and emergency backpacks that are given to those who are unsheltered.

This project focuses on providing food for institutions that feed the hungry by providing food to developing countries all over the world to eradicate hunger.

This project allows volunteers to use their craft skills to give care for others by making cards for soldiers, veterans and first responders using scrap-booking techniques.

The Maintain/Clean & Sanitize Facilities project allows volunteers to help others by maintaining the facilities and centers that take care of children, the homeless, disabled and the hungry.

The Documentary Video of MLK Day project allows volunteers to design a system to transmit and receive video and pictures from the various project sites throughout the Greater West Chester area. A video/slide show is created of the Day that will be shown when volunteers return from projects to lunch.

South Philadelphia High School, Mayor's Office of Education, Bethanna, Lower Moyanmensing Civic Association, CityLife Church, and SEAMAAC will host a day of service focused on literacy. Volunteers will paint hallways in the school and construct Little Free Libraries.

This project addresses the current economic issues facing the community today through empowerment seminars and workshops. Seminars to assist the the unemployed and job seekers with job hunting skills and self esteem will be offered. Financial information and wellness tips may be shared with clients so they have a well-rounded basis.

Community Clothes Giveaway of new and gently used clothing, coats and shoes for women, men and children.

Painting & moving furniture.

Assist with cleaning and painting

Painting

help in the barn and landscape

volunteers will assist our Therapeutic Recreation staff facility programs for our residents and visit residents 1:1. A social opportunity.

Sort Medical-Surgical Supplies ? Check expiration dates on all items ? Anything less than 4 months from today should be discarded. ? If practicable, fill boxes with like items; otherwise, fill boxes with assortments. ? Use intact/sturdy boxes to facilitate palletizing. Linen ? Transfer linen from laundry carts into boxes or other designated receptacles. ? Tape boxes well to facilitate palletizing. Office/Restroom Housekeeping ? Dust/clean horizontal surfaces. ? Sweep off all cobwebs. ?

CLEAN AND RAKE LEAVES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD

SPRING CLEANING Wiping down classroom furniture, mopping hallways and stairs.

Deep-cleaning of our shelter.

Organizing, cleaning, food prep.

To do a deep cleaning of the Church, offices and Windows

Maintenance of trails that lead from our Hermitages. Removing fallen branches, remarking the trails.

Cataloging books using a computers, Typing spine labels Shelving books, Applying contact paper to books, Applying dust jacket covers, Taping spines of books

Cleaning of pews, windows, rugs, etc

In the process of confirming our charities that we will be collecting for this year. Usually services include: cooking meals, clothes, books & food collections (involving sorting and packing) letter writing for vets, knitting and crafts for senior homes. A comprehensive list will be available by the end of November.

General cleanup of the building, maybe painting and possible raking of leave - depending on weather

clean out storage area (3-4people), remove and replace cove base(2-3 people)

Cleaning and painting designs on the walls and doors of the rest rooms (girls, boys and adults) along with some classrooms.

Prepping and painting floors and hallways, general cleaning and organizing

We will be creating cards for a local senior center, making murals with older students, cleaning classrooms and the staff lounge and helping teachers with projects in their classrooms.

painting and Deep Cleaning

Students in grades 9-12 interested in the health professions will rotate through five activities facilitated by Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine students and staff and MOBS Move Philly volunteers: a tour of an anatomy lab, a healthy living workshop, a Q&A about health professions, a Simulation Lab/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Lab experience, and a service project packaging donated toiletries for a local homeless shelter. Lunch will be served. School supplies will be distribute

The first half of this service project will introduce volunteers to some key historical sites in West Philadelphia, providing an education on their significance. Volunteers will also learn about the trees located at these sites by name, historical significance and characteristics. We will walk to clean up a nearby historical site and learn about the historical markers throughout West Philadelphia.

The Students, Staff and Families of Allen M. Stearne will participate in a day of service to clean, paint and beautify the school and the school grounds for this Frankford Community.

Students and staff will collect and donate various school supplies. These supplies will be given to a local charity organization called "Kids Cupboard". The supplies will be distributed to schools with limited resources and to students will low income.

Cleaning up debris and leaves from the streets and lots from 35th and Fairmount Avenue to 37th and Fairmount Avenue. We will be bagging and removing the trash. After clean up serving a light lunch to volunteers as a thank you.

Our school needs help with organizing the book and supply closets, along with painting the blue parts of the wall, and classroom doors.

We will be painting part of the second floor at Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School. We will be inviting students, staff and parents to come out on MLK day to help beautify our school. Our students will have the opportunity to earn Community Service Hours. We have been in touch with a representative with the Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
who is currently looking for a group of volunteers to help with our project.

Volunteers, students, and families will join together to paint murals throughout the school.

Volunteers, students, and families will work together to organize, clean, and decorate the library.

Volunteers, students, and families will create "I Have a Dream" vision boards to be displayed throughout the school building.

The community is invited to attend the breakfast honoring Dr. King. Keynote speaker is Dr. Brenda Allen, President of Lincoln University on theme, "Diversity is OurvStrength." Everyone asked to bring spare change to "Change for Change" at Franklin Mint Credit Union, Kennett Square on 1/19/19. All funds donated to the Kennett Food Cupboard and the West Grove Bridge Food Pantry.

Volunteers will donate, sort and package literacy items for children in homeless shelters and teachers in a local school.
Items to collected and packaged include paper, pens, pencils, crayons, coloring books, notebooks, book bags and K-6 reading books.

Children and teens will participate in several arts projects including One King Day book, musical storytelling and decorating bags for personal care, literacy and keep it warm packs. Teens will also participate in a college career activity.

Participating in environmental block clean-up of a senior-citizen area that has abandoned houses and empty lot.

Feeding those in need.... Primary location will be inside the Dauphin County Building at the corner of 2nd & Market St. This year
we also plan to take our project mobile offering a meal to anyone in need.

We will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in partnership with One Village Alliance in order to create a family-friendly event focusing on civic engagement, social justice, and the arts.

Volunteers will be gathering and donated shoes on the King Day of Service.

We will collect toiletries to donate to the Philly Committee for Homeless Youth.

Students from Hill-Freedman World Academy's IB Program will be designing and implementing service projects to help improve their school community. These include: beautification of the inside and outside of the school, painting, cleaning, organization.

Indoor cleanup and paint refreshing, outdoor cleanup, trash/leaf removal, outdoor planter boxes to be built and painted. Olney Eagles Youth Organization is assisting with cleanups. Community volunteers will be creating the planter boxes.

Students and staff of the The Curtis institute of music will be working at George Washington high school; cleaning up, painting, ect. inside and outside of the school.

We will be having a drive for Depaul USA. We will also be organizing/cleaning/painting their St. Raymond's Facility.

Part of our goal for this year's MLK Day of Service is to provide access to high school-aged students to critical information related to self-expression opportunities such as a spoken word competition etc., creating buttons as a memento of the day and their school's namesake.

Participants are invited to attend a one hour resume writing workshop and work ready clothing attire giveaway.Volunteers will register and be assigned to a team for a beautification task for 90 minutes. There will be another 15 minutes allotted for clean up of supplies. Volunteers will then go into the learning portion of the day where they will have lunch, hear from various guest speakers and see performances and artwork from our students.

This year, City Year Philly will be at Kensington High School on a mission to help create a more bright and welcoming space for more than 600 students. Accompany City Year AmeriCorps members and staff, community leaders, neighbors, and friends on a full day of community service painting 100 murals to help beautify the school’s interior. This event is for all ages. Snack, water, and a light lunch will be provided to all. Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and clothing to paint in.

Collecting books for Pre-K thru 3 Children's books for Philly Reads.

Collecting crates of all sizes, dog food (all ages), puppy pads, toys, nylabones, treats, poop bags, easy walk harnesses, gift cards to Amazon, chewy.com, pet value or other pet stores & adoptions available

Collecting paper towels, facial tissues, snack packs (chips, pretzels, cookies)

Collecting - women’s professional ware suits, skirts, pants, blouses, blazers, shoes, handbags, belts, jewelry, belts, scarves; men’s professional wares, suits, shirts, slacks, blazers, ties, belts, shoes)

Collecting new or gently used bras of all sizes and styles)

Collecting knitted caps for men & women

Collecting diapers, wipes, onesies, infant & children’s winter clothing

Leveling the Playing Field collecting sports equipment (with Judy Bender and Ben Rotenberg)

The PTOs of all 5 schools are providing supplies so that we can complete hands on service activities:
Infant/Toddler Care Kits/Bryn Mawr Hospital;

The PTOs of all 5 schools are providing supplies so that we can complete hands on service activities: Dove crafts (bringing cheer to two local senior citizen organizations);

The PTOs of all 5 schools are providing supplies so that we can complete hands on service activities: Food for support animals/SAMs Hope

The PTOs of all 5 schools are providing supplies so that we can complete hands on service activities: Birthday kits/Cradles to Crayons

See above
General audience

Penn State Brandywine student organizations will be running various family-friendly service activities. We will be honoring Dr. King's legacy through projects that focus on kindness, inclusion and advocacy. Volunteers will have the opportunity to engage in service opportunities such as writing cards to our military members overseas

Penn State Brandywine student organizations will be running various family-friendly service activities. We will be honoring Dr. King's legacy through projects that focus on kindness, inclusion and advocacy. Volunteers will have the opportunity to engage in service opportunities such as organizing toiletry kits for women's shelters.

The first half of this service project will introduce volunteers to some key historical sites in West Philadelphia, providing an education on their significance. Volunteers will also learn about the trees located at these sites by name, historical significance and characteristics. We will walk to clean up a nearby historical site and learn about the historical markers throughout West Philadelphia.

We will be having a panel discussion hearing from formerly incarcerated individuals and a prison care kit assembly, where we will be assembling donated hygiene items to be distributed in prison.

Volunteers, students, and families will write letters of encouragement to accompany the toiletry bags that are being given to the homeless.

Over 50 people will engage MLK visitors and participants by encouraging them to register vote and educating them on their rights to vote.

PARX hosts our 'kick off Breakfast Celebration' for our Bensalem community. All Bensalem houses of worship clergy and congregants and community organizations and businesses etc. are invited to RSVP and take part in this event.

PS the numbers below are random guesses.

This event is Linconia's annual event that we (B3T) and the community have been invited to be a part of for approx. 14 years.
So their service includes clergy from The Bensalem-Feasterville Minusterium, and community participation.

Each house of worship does a a thirty-minute service with a message about their faith, traditions and beliefs, followed by fellowship meal or refreshments.

Each house of worship does a a thirty-minute service with a message about their faith, traditions and beliefs, followed by fellowship meal or refreshments.

Each house of worship does a a thirty-minute service with a message about their faith, traditions and beliefs, followed by fellowship meal or refreshments. This is the first time this house of worship is participating in Unity Week. The # below are estimated.

Each house of worship does a a thirty-minute service with a message about their faith, traditions and beliefs, followed by fellowship meal or refreshments.

Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley is partnering with Valley Youth House (VYH). VYH is looking for groups (6-10 people) to paint living rooms and bedrooms at our Maternity Group Home and Lehigh Valley Shelter, on MLK Day. Group volunteering only. VYH Maternity Group Home is a program for pregnant and parenting mothers ages 16-22 and their children, which focuses on providing community supportive transitional living support, life skills, and parenting/individual therapy.

Clean up all trash and debris that accumulates along the fence line of the Leo Mall.

We will clean up trash and debris on the outside grounds.

Students in grades 9-12 interested in the health professions will rotate through five activities facilitated by Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine students and staff and MOBS Move Philly volunteers: a tour of an anatomy lab.

Students in grades 9-12 interested in the health professions will rotate through five activities facilitated by Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine students and staff and MOBS Move Philly volunteers: Q&A about health professionals

We will be cleaning up spaces in the school, including closet spaces and offices. Also organizing donations given such as coats and books. Mainly though there will be painting.

Sayre Morris staff and volunteers will work on a beautification project which comprises cleaning common areas as well as outside. Predominantly, the main entrance and side garden needs some tender loving care. We would like to create a raised garden to promote healthy eating as well as function as a distribution site in the near future. The goal is to brighten the entrance to make it more appealing to the community via painting the walls and planting flowers, fruit, and vegetables.

We are cleaning up, painting and renovating a space to be used for various community eduction projects and workshops.

Youth workshops focusing on service and outreach.

Serving breakfast and lunch for people coming to informational sessions.

Will be hosting a workshop for adults focusing on service and outreach

Montclair State University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and local community members are invited to serve in the Montclair community and surrounding areas. Specifically, volunteers Covenant House of Newark to help assist in outreach activities.

Montclair State University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and local community members are invited to serve in the Montclair community and surrounding areas. Volunteers arrive at the Student Center Cafeteria and are dismissed to their service sites which are 13 off-campus sites and 3 on-campus sites. Specifically, students will being be partnering with KinderSmile Foundation in order to assist in outreach of health service

Serving a meal to those who are homeless, less fortunate and in transition

Responsibilities include:
-preparing meals
-serving
-cleaning
greeting guests

Serving meals to those who are homeless, disenfranchised and in transition

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

Discussion of mindfulness of spaces on campus as it related to, social justice and inclusion and equity. Specifically, students and staff will have the opportunity to create banners with quotes from prominent African Americans, occurring throughout the week.

Don't you just love the look of walls that have just received a fresh coat of beautiful, bold paint?!?

If your answer is yes, then we have the project for you!

The children at Zhang Sah Martial Arts Learning Center would LOVE your help with the Painting Extravaganza that we are hosting on January 21st. Our aim is to beautify the building that our non-profit occupies to make it brighter and more pleasant for the

Come prepared with a can-do attitude and wearing painter's gear -- not y

Serving meals to those who are homeless, disenfranchised and in transition

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

Serving meals to those who are homeless, disenfranchised and in transition

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

Serving meals to those who are homeless, disenfranchised and in transition

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

For the third year in a row, NLC Philadelphia will partner with the MLK Rec Center to help with their winter clean up and spring time preparations. On site we will have volunteers working on cleaning and organizing the after school classrooms, we will be updating the community boards, and we will be picking up trash in and around the playground and playing fields.

There will be multiple tables in which service activities will be taking place. Each table will focus on a certain aspect of service focusing on different areas of advocacy.

There will be multiple tables in which service activities will be taking place. Each table will focus on a certain aspect of service. The event will be hosted by Cheyney alum, Kyle "JR" Morris and there will also be poets and various artists displaying talent in support of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy.