2019 Community Project Dashboard

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

Students will be making chocolate covered pretzels. Pretzels will be donated to the homeless shelter in Lower Bucks County

Students will be making fleece no sew blankets for St. Mary’s Hospital Pediatrics

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

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

Penn Athlete volunteers from the Women’s basketball and Men’s Lacrosse team will hold sports clinics throughout the day that emphasize the importance of good sportsmanship, skill, and community. Students will be able to test out their agility skills during a rock-wall session. The rotations will end with a community-building service project led by current graduate students who were also former student-athletes. The service project portion is a women’s empowerment kit that consists of toiletries

Join the KEYS Service Corps - AmeriCorps family in honoring the life and legacy of MLK.
Come enjoy a soup and salad dinner and screening of The Homestretch (http://www.homestretchdoc.com) at our annual MLK Sunday Supper; bring a drink, snack or dessert to share!

Participants will join together for a march to the Martin Luther King
Statue and then to the Rotunda from the volunteer site for a program in
honor of the day.

Students will engage in increasing knowledge and skills to be active social justice advocates in their local communities. Various workshops will provide participates with Cognitive: Critical thinking, Openness to diversity and challenge, Knowledge about different racial/ethnic groups; Socio-Cognitive: Cultural awareness, Intellectual and social self-confidence, Leadership;
Citizenship: Interest in equity and social justice; Values/Attitudes: Civic values, Commonality of values with others.

Read the speeches of Dr. King at the microphone in the "King for a Day" program hosted by The Saturday Light Brigade Radio Show. All ages are invited to take the podium at this annual event.

Freedom Corner, the historic corner of the Centre and Crawford avenues, is a symbol of the home of the Civil Rights Movement in Pittsburgh. Create collages using images from both the Pittsburgh and national movement and write an idea that you would fight for on a picket sign and pose in front of our collage mural.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

The mission of the Network of Black Employees (NBE) is to enhance and encourage the career growth and development of its members, as well as provide community outreach and assistance. This is an appreciation breakfast.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Free Panel Discussion on "Criminal Justice Reform". Leading experts on national, state and local issues will give presentations on reforming the criminal justice system. The panel includes:
* Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
* Marie Gottschalk, Professor /of Political Science, University of PA
* John Wetzel, Secretary of PA Department of Corrections
* Tyrone Werts, Coordinator, Inside-Out Center
* Sean Kelley, Moderator, Senior VP, Eastern State Penitentiary

Free procession up 5th Street in Philadelphia to honor Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to American life, including his work to help create the first prison reform organization in America. The procession includes a fife and drum corps, plus banners and representatives from many local organizations. It will proceed from the APS Library (5th and Chestnut) to the Christ Church Burial Ground (5th and Arch Streets), where there will be brief words and memorials to Benjamin Franklin.

Students and their families from the Lower Merion School District will participate in creating Valentines to Veterans.

Students and their families from the Lower Merion School District will participate in packing snack bags for families at the Ronald McDonald House.

Children in each grade will participate in a service project.

Grade 5- Making Paraclete bracelets

Children in each grade will participate in a service project.
Grade 3- Sorting clothing for Cradles to Crayons

The Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service will be held at the Choice is
Yours located at 112 North Broad Street 3rd Floor. On the day of the
event, staff and volunteers will be distributing food, clothing, nonperishable
items, and resource information to the homeless, and the
"underserved" population. Participants can stop by the Choice is Yours
throughout the day. The culminating activity will be a catered lunch for
the staff and volunteers. Participants will receive snacks throughout th

ASL video about what MLK means with pictures and ASL, paper recycling for the full school and if time permits they will sweep the Nevil building.
(Jessica Jones)

Group of students to volunteer at the area SPCA with feeding and grooming animals, cleaning cages, etc.

We have requested to volunteer at the site and tasks could include meal serving, meal prep, donation and pantry organization.

At PSD the King Day of Services begins with a schoolwide assembly in
honor of MLK. At the assembly each classroom project (20 +) is
recognized and an excerpt from MLK I have a Dream speech is given by a
PSD graduate. After the pep rally each classroom dispurses to their
individual projects for the rest of the school day.

Collection of used eye glasses for recycling. This is an ongoing project. The collections will be gathered that day and brought to
the eye glasses recycling site at Wills Eye Hospital/Salus University (Sheila Earlbaum)

Ongoing monthly project, collecting old batteries and other hazardous waste to be dropped off at a recycling plant

Serving Meal's to homeless persons
Responsibilities include
- Preparing Meals
- Serving
- Cleaning
.- Greeting Guest

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.

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

With the Philly Farm Crew, groups of volunteers will visit local urban farms (most likely in West Philly) to lend a much-needed hand with one of various farming/gardening projects; people will get their hands dirty in doing several hours of manual work

Volunteers will assist in winterization of client’s homes. They will enter the client’s home and assist with changing light bulbs, air filters, and winterizing windows. There may be other small tasks requested that are needed to ensure clients stay warm. Older Adults

will visit with senior residents

Students will attend Face to Face Germantown to help in their kitchen or to organize their supply room.

Will work for an agency that serves homeless or senior citizens the students will assemble packages or help with thrift store. tbd

Activities supporting education

The third annual Poetry Unplugged is a night of spoken word and music featuring artists from around the country using the life and work of Martin Luther King as inspiration. Poetry Unplugged will be a night of TRUTH and POWER.

Service inspired by the words and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Peanut butter drive in collaboration with Philabundance. Goal to collect 100 lbs of peanut butter. Melissa K

Combined 4th grade will be going around PSD campus/sidewalk/west wing and cleaning up litter and trash. (Jaime Tecklin and Kelly Booz)

The Concerned Parents Network will support parents and children in shelters by accepting donations of toiletries, baby supplies, and clothing, then bundling them and delivering the donations.

Some will stay at school to cook.

do some packaging for material aid projects.

Students from 3-8th grades will go into the community for service. We will go thrift stores whose proceeds go to help those in need.

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!

Students will package frozen meals for the sick/shut-in.

Our recreation center is hosting a toiletry drive for the homeless. Donations can be dropped off at our center between 2:00PM-9:00PM Monday-Friday Some examples of items include: travel sized items, shampoo, new socks, deodorant, hats, gloves, tooth paste, tooth brushes, zip-lock bags, combs, brushes, cotton swabs etc.... PLEASE NOTHING USED

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.

We would like to invite our surrounding community (Society Hill) to watch the documentary about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker Strike entitled, "At The River I Stand." From there we would like to have a representative from AFSME talk to the group about the role of unions. We would also like to ask attendees to bring donations of school supplies for Nebinger Elementary School which is in our community. Here is a link to the film's IMBd is here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230010/

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

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

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

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

We would like to invite our surrounding community (Society Hill) to watch the documentary about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker Strike entitled, "At The River I Stand." From there we would like to have a representative from AFSME talk to the group about the role of unions. We would also like to ask attendees to bring donations of school supplies for Nebinger Elementary School which is in our community. Here is a link to the film's IMBd is here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230010/

Join us for our next community cleanup on Saturday, January 19th! This time, we’re going to be cleaning the blocks surrounding Willard and Conwell Schools. At 9am, we'll be meeting in the Municipal Parking Lot across the street from Conwell (1804-36 East Clearfield St).

The NO STADIUM NO DEAL COALITION is supporting the Concerned Citizens of Point Breeze, Anti-Gentrification & Displacement Forum. Discussion topics will reveal disproportionate city planning threatens to affordable housing availability in communities historically occupied by people of color: Removal of African American Communities, Redlining - PBS National Report, Rental/Tenant Issues, Housing Conformity (4-5 story mansions), Sheriff Sales – Delinquent Property Taxes, 10 year Tax Abatement.

Pre-registration required. Join us for a Martin Luther King Day of Service and Art, while exploring Frank Hyder’s Janis Project exhibition and Heads that Make Us Smile, in the Museum and Education Gallery. Learn about Dr. King’s legacy while exploring Hyder’s inspiration from around the world before creating your own head, and sharing ideas on how to promote goodwill in your family, school, community, nation, or world. Participants are asked to bring new hygiene products for homeless shelters.

We are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive

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

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

Special worship service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Poetry readings, interpretive lyrical dance by Crystal Monsanto, and sermon/talk (Do, Walk, Love) by guest speaker, Craig Uplinger, referencing the MLK, Jr. sermon Rediscovering Lost Values.

That day, GraceKids will be doing a MLK themed lesson as well with children ages 4-5th Grade.

Beloved Community is a ministry of Grace Christian Church where our mission is: to be a welcoming people who provide a loving space for bringing awar

Calling all blood donors – your donation is needed today to help patients in need.

Families will gather to create personalized calendars and bookmarks to hand to residents of Wesley Enhanced Living.

We will partner with Universities in the area, our parents and students to keep our area clean and free of trash.

The Key Club will volunteer at the Masonic Home assisting with caring for the elderly residents. We will help deliver the mail, laundry, water & ice containers. Take the residents to the lunch room or to have their hair done. Sit and talk to them or read.

Students, family members, and staff will be assembling sock and snack rolls for local homeless shelters.

Students, family members, and staff will be packing donated items for homeless teens, refugees, and those in disaster areas.

Students, family members, and staff will be making breakfast bags for the homeless.

Students, family members, and staff will be creating no-sew bags to hold care packages for the PA Workwear Program.

PAINTING WITH A PURPOSE is a project geared to beautifying W.C. Longstreth School in order to continue our efforts to create a warm inviting environment for scholars, families, staff and community members who wish to utilize our space to give back to the community. Our scholars deserve to walk into a clean building filled with color and a story. We not only want to paint we want to tell a story. At Longstreth our scholars learn the importance of legacy. This project will allow them to leave one!

During this event...We are in the process of creating a library at William Kelley School. Volunteers are needed to sort through books, add call numbers and barcodes, and shelve books.

Celebration of Dr. King's life and legacy. Panel discussion on 3-5 of Dr. King's quotes. Entertainments eg song, dance, instrumental and poetry performed by staff. This event is open to the public and employees of Pennsylvania Hospital and University of Pennsylvania Health System.

-church members are partnering with neighbors in beautifying the neighborhood; -we encourage all ages to be involve, no you is too young or old; -continuing creating a fellowship with the neighbors; -being able to demonstrate to the children the importance of working together to achieve the goal; -being reminded and introducing what the civil rights movement is about and why it is important (senior adults share their experiences); - viewed some videos of Dr. King and held discussions; -lunch

Approximately 100 middle school students and family members will make sandwiches and assemble 600 lunches to be distributed to various Bethesda Project supportive housing sites. The lunches contain a sandwich, apple and dessert. We also collect and bag donated toiletry items.

Join Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center on January, 21 for a One-on-One with an Entrepreneur. Our goal that day is to encourage community members to network with businesses owners, host workshops, and creating a dialog around being a minority, but not limited to, entrepreneur. We are currently looking for businesses to participate in empowering our community members. Please contact Rose Bryant through email at rosebryant711@gmail.com if you are interested in participating as a business owner.

We will provide care packages and hygiene kits to individuals in nursing homes, recovery houses, homeless teens and patients of Gift of Life.

There will be a community celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be food, skits, a movie screening, and dance performances, as well as the regular church service.

From 9-noon we invite volunteers to join us at our office in the Bok Building (5th floor) to Prep Art Projects for Preschool Art Projects for our Free Art Workshops for Underserved Youth. Volunteers can learn how to make ASI crafts and cut fabric and paper projects, use a sewing machine, use glue guns google eyes and pompoms to make puppets. Volunteers are also welcomed to prep or make Valentine's Day cards which we distribute to homeless veterans and senior citizens.

Students will be creating canned fruit-baskets and will be distributing baskets to families within the area.

Cleaning, vacuuming, wiping down walls, cleaning offices, sweeping the church front, fixing any broken items, cleaning rear of church, cleaning kitchen areas and other duties as needed

We will cooking homemade vegetables soup, pack soup cups, make sandwiches, fill toiletries bags, sort coats, prepare snack bags.

Members of the church and neighbors from the community will join together to clean up the church's facilities. This may include dusting, mopping, sweeping, cleaning out closets and rooms, thoroughly clean kitchens and bathrooms. May include some painting.

Cards for active military members.Cards for active military members.

Will be sending donate knitted blankets and items of need to individuals and families.

Collecting winter donations along the walk.

Young volunteers will be given the opportunity to make posters, learn about community service opportunities, demonstrate their
commitment to community involvement and earn community service hours.

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Neighborhood cleanups along with neighbors

Interfaith Day of Service.
All ages welcome, something for everyone. In addition to hands-on projects, we'll also have spoken word and dialogue activities.
Brunch will be served!

Interfaith Day of Service.
All ages welcome, something for everyone. In addition to hands-on projects, we'll also have spoken word and dialogue activities.
Brunch will be served!

Volunteers will assist with making PB & J sandwiches for ACRM.

The church will be sponsoring our yearly clean-up inside the church which include: painting, small renovations, etc. Weather permitting we will also clean the street behind the church.

Coat Donation Drive. All coats will be given to One Warm Coat.

Collecting can goods and packing

Flashcards for the Salvation Army.

Craft kits for St. Jude's Happy Cart

Valentine's Day wreaths for Spring Village.

Volunteers will be helping to clean up inside and around the Skate House.

We are cleaning and painting our church, the members and community will help.

Students will assist Books Without Borders with transporting boxes from our campus storage units into temporary containers brought to campus by a designated shipping company. This temporary container will be on campus for a maximum of 6 hours. From there, it will be sealed and then shipped TBD.

In partnership with the Central PA Food Bank, we will be joining together for an exciting and rewarding hands-on volunteer experience. Together we will pack nutritious meal kits that will be given to families who struggle with hunger in our community through the Food Bank’s partner agencies and programs. Food is the key to better health, opportunities, happiness and peace of mind. Together we are giving so much more than a meal. We are giving a brighter tomorrow to our neighbors!

Volunteers will be collecting food donation and packing them to be donated to a local shelter.

We will pack breakfast bags for the elderly who are served by AID for Friends.

We will make valentines for residents at VA hospital

We will label books and write notes to children in local hospitals

On Monday January 21, 2019, the Crispus Attucks Association will be holding its annual MLK Day of Service. At 8 AM we will begin with musical presentations from local organizations and schools , as well as community members.Shortly after the "Living the Dream Award" ceremony will take place for selected high school students that represent what MLK stood for. Lastly, the annual breakfast is served while attendees can sign up for volunteer sites throughout the city.

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

Volunteers, students, and families will write letters to Veterans, Policeman, and Firefighters to thank them for their service.

Creating cards, decorating bags and packing bookbags for Community Partnership School.

Create cards for Veterans for Valentine's Day

Gently used clothing collection from GA will be donated.

Kids put together 10 pans of baked ziti.

Make npakin rings and put napkins in.

Get cereal boxes and fill with supplies; wrap in paper and distribute to kids in hospitals.

Kids will write "dreams" on index cards

Music reading from Dr. King's book "Why We Can't Wait".

Every year, we fed the hungry on MLKDay. For anyone that needs food for many reasons, Grands as Parents will be giving out food to those that need it.

Conduct a food drive to benefit ElderNet's food pantry! Volunteers will organize, publicize and conduct their own food drive in their own school, neighborhood, or faith-based organization, and deliver the items to the ElderNet food pantry at 9 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA. Items that are always in demand at the pantry include canned meats, soups, condiments, cooking oils, coffee and tea, and toiletries such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, incontinence supplies. Drop-off day flexible.

Volunteers will come and help to spruce outside of the facility.

WILL BE PAINTING, CLEAN UP , EDUCATIONAL GAMES. SINGING EDUCATING ABOUT M L K AND WHAT THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT

SINGING & EDUCATING ABOUT M L K AND WHAT THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT

Outdoor clean up the surrounding neighborhood and immediate community.

We will clean and beautifie the streets between Snyder Avenue and 20th street . And continue street by street throughout area down to Dickerson and Point Breeze

We will conduct an outdoor cleanup of the New Fellowship Baptist Church

We will conduct a reenactment of Martin Luther King's March on Washington. The march will start on the corner of 65th and Woodland.
We ask volunteers to bring picket signs that resemble the signs used during the civil rights movement.

Won Community Service Center volunteers will help a house of worship for an immigrant community to be maintained for promotion of community fellowship; WCSC volunteers will help the neighborhood sidewalks and streets to be litter-free; WCSC volunteers will advocate community fellowship and environmental stewardship. Breakfast will be offered to early arriving volunteers.

A day for activities, food and fun with boys and their fathers.

The project will include two (2) ninety-(90) minute film review and discussion sessions with the emphasis on "The relevance of Reverend Leon H. Sullivan's principles of self-help in today's eco-social climate."

Each session is limited to thirty-five (35) participants. Advance registration is suggested. Call 215 684 3400

Food collection

cleaning up facility general cleaning and purging of trash and also some arts and crafts that focus on MLK day will be done by the children and some adults as well

We will be making no-sew blankets, pillowcases and stuffed teddy bears to be delivered by One House At A Time through their "Beds for Kids" bed delivery program

In previous years, we made pillow cases to provide for children hospitals.

Volunteers will help put together literacy, math, and english language learner kits for use in our school.

We will use adult and adolescent volunteers to oversee the project and student and adult volunteers to do the work.

Student and adult volunteers will create Valentine Cards for active and retired military members in our larger school community.

Our student government and junior honor society will run Alex's lemonade stand, and all of the proceeds will be donated to the organization @ https://www.alexslemonade.org/about/meet-alex.
We will also host a clothing drive to benefit the St. Patrick's Association.

We will provide information to senior citizen and the community at large on services available to them provided by our local government and providing food for those in need and to follow up with services where we find the need.

Volunteers will be doing arts and crafts, bingo, dancing, Karaoke, and reading stories about Martin Luther King

Volunteers will also support the St. Jude's hospital by creating mask straps for young patients.

We will make homemade cards for hospitalized kids

We will make place mats for use in a local nursing home.

We will also be making cards with hot chocolate for home bound seniors.

The children of Gaudenzia Centro will do a program to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King.
Refreshments will be served.

This event will honor the life & legacy of Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Through character Interpretation and performing arts. A musical
tribute to honor his life, and legacy. Partnering organizations include Inspiration & Co. , The Philadelphia Street Performers
Collaboration, Fire Blazing Records, The Strawberry Mansion Faith-Based Coalition, and a host of other Churches, and friends of
Keep The Dream Alive Community Development Corp. There will be volunteer opportunities at this event.

This event is themed around Change, Challenge, and Commitment, and
will offer information and vendor services to all participants. Partnering
with God's Annointed People, Servants of Christ United, and the East
Parkside Residents Association, the First African Presbyterian Church will
host a collaboration of organizations and vendors providing a variety of
services, including affordable clothing, access to tutoring services, and
information for self-improvement.

Pasta Buffet Dinner to raise funds for Polio eradication. Sponsored by Langhorne Rotary and Neshaminy Interact

It is the mission of CBNC to serve our community by maintaining a clean and safe environment for all. Volunteers and Neighbors will participate in a community clean up that can include the removing of trash/debris, painting and more in local area vacant lots, parks, and streets.

School Lane's Charter School's 6th grade Ambassadors will be assembling self-care bags to be distributed among the homeless community. Ambassador director, Victoria Fairburn and other staff members will oversee the assembly.

5 adults, 35 children will be cooking soup and packaging it!

We plan to hold an all day event for families to attend. When they stop in for the program they will receive a "peace" pin to wear. They will receive a shoe box to decorate. They will take the shoe box home and fill it with hygiene supplies and comfort items for elementary age kids. We will also have other crafts and refreshments for the families. We will ask them to return the boxes on February 14th so we can "spread the love".

We will be feeding the homeless, less fortunate and seniors. Delivering to houses in the community that cannot come out. Giving out food packages to the community to disabled and less fortunate. Donations will be collected for the food give away divided, packaged and given out.

Students and youth will paint the wall.

—placing T-shirts on the lawn for “Heeding God’s Call” in memory of victims of gun violence in the city of Philadelphia. Volunteers are needed to write names on the T-shirts and also to place them on the lawn on wooden stands.

Making soup for Aid for Friends, an organization that provides meals for frail, elderly, isolated people who are homebound in
Philadelphia and surrounding counties. Also, making "Breakfast Bags" for Aid for Friends.These bags of breakfast and snack
items are given as "a little extra something" to the frail elderly people who regularly receive meals.

—assembling health kits for people in need. Some supplies have been purchased and donated for this project.

Cleaning and clearing out a room for future use for seniors. Possibly painting.
Staff members will be present.
We may have a few volunteers that will help from a local church.

Volunteers will be assisting in cataloging and sorting books.

There will be a book give-away of donated books. Program partners and community members with an interest in books will be
invited to come

Our organization will be in two places on Jan. 21st, 2019. We will be holding two community service projects to help families
who are unable to purchase basic human needs for their children. Our volunteers will participate in activities honoring Martin
Luther King, Jr., and how in the light of a new Presidential election, our families need information, knowledge to become
empowered in their daily lives .Families who are not able to buy diapers may lose a job be absent from school

A veteran will come and speak with volunteers regarding the veterans we will be servicing. Staff and students will collect items/donations and create care packages to service homeless veterans.

Bridle Path Elementary School in Lansdale, PA is honored to participate again this year in the MLK Day of Service. The entire school will help fill bags with food and self care items to be donated to a local charitable organization (ie: Manna on Main, Mitzvah Circle) for distribution to those in need.
We are requesting T-shirts via the lottery system.

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!

The Kennett Area YMCA is proudly partnering with a few local community based organizations for MLK Day. We will have 2 opportunities for the public to get involved. Our first opportunity will be with the Kennett Area Senior Center. Our volunteers will come prepared to roll up their sleeves and dig in to help paint, clean, and reorganize a few work spaces at the center. The second opportunity will be with His Mission Shelter and the Kennett Y will be assembling personal care bags for the shelter.

Volunteers will prepare and deliver winter essential kits for local seniors.
Ages: 14+ with supervising adult who can drive.

Making sandwiches, snack bags,

Our students and their families will come together in our school gym to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will also talk about foster care. Then the children will fill back backs with personal hygiene items and school supplies to donate to Wordsworth CUA Region 10 foster care services.

We will have Martin Luther King Alumni, Germantown Alumni, The men of Kappa Alpha Psi,. Philadelphia Police, Representatives from The VA, Representatives and Resources from Congressman Dwight Evans office, State Representative Stephen Kinsey and Administration, Senator Art Haywood and Administration, Representative Helen Gym and Administration local Elementary schools and Junior High Schools, Philabundance, Artists, Workshop Partcipants, Health providers.

toiletries drive

CAGP South Center Activities
- Classroom Painting
- Front Railing Painting
- Building Garden Beds on 2nd Floor Deck (in prep for Spring)

South 7th Street Activities
- Street Sweeping along 7th Street from Oregon through Snyder Ave.
- Stretch down towards 6th and 8th if there is more time
- Stretch down to Mifflin Square Park if there is more time

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 crocheting caps for newborns, writing cards to our military members overseas, creating Valentines for local seniors in the community, and organizing toiletry kits for women's shelters.

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

Responsibilities include:
greeting guests
preparing meals
serving
cleaning

The project will bring children from the Fishtown and Kensignton Communities together to join in fellowship through soccer.
40 children from each neighborhood will be invited to play in a soccer tournament with no fees.
Each participant will be asked to donate one non-perishable item to be donated to St. Francis Inn, which is five clocks from the facility.
The children will be chosen from the Fishtown Soccer Club and the Kensington Soccer Club.

There will be a coordinator at each site, as well as trash bags and tools for mulching or raking if weather permits.
At the end of the morning, around 12 Noon, volunteers will gather to read excerpts from speeches or quotes by Dr. King and share any memories or examples of his work that is meaningful to them.
Light refreshments will be served
Keep in mind this is an all outdoor event.

Our annual gathering to knit and crochet hats for those in need. Easy patterns & basic instruction will be available; snacks and drinks will be provided. Hat-making continues year-round, but this is our group session.
Donations of knitting needles (sizes 8 or 9), crochet hooks (sizes 3 or 4) and skeins of worsted-weight yarn are always welcome. Knitting hoops are also used, for those who shy away from knitting needles and crochet hooks.

Girl Scouts of Troop 9362 will assist the elderly residents of the Gray Manor Apartments in creating greeting cards and 50 Jared boxes for Shriners Hospital as well as greeting cards for military service people. The scouts will deliver the Jared Boxes and mail the greetings cards to servicemembers.

The afternoon the children will join their parents for lunch and attend a presentation by a guest speaker. The afternoon will wrap up with presentations by our health education center on health, well-being and careers in healthcare.

There will be 4 stations:
blanket making
breakfast bags
toiletry bags
TBD -

Cleaning and sorting the basement and offices. Shampooing a small rug. Ages 18+.

Indoor clean up and painting

Interact with mentally handicapped residents, play games and listen to live music.
Ages 11 +

Various nonprofits will host volunteers for service projects to help with light maintenance, painting, packaging supplies, and more.

We will be cleaning the inside of the recreation center.

Cleaning and organizing the shed. Weather providing clearing the flow bed out and some final walkway clearance

Enon scouts will be collecting winter items toys and reading material for children placed in a homeless shelter.

We are asking museum guests to bring school supplies that will be donated to School District of Philadelphia teachers.

We will be making blankets for Children who are in Foster Care - distributed thru Fleece For Keeps.
We will also be asking for books to be donated and doing volunteer reading activities throughout the morning.

Volunteers will clean up the interior and exterior of Pleasant Playground. This event is open to volunteers of all ages.

Community members and volunteers will write letters for local city councilpersons and other politicians seeking support to fully fund the Free Library of Philadelphia. In 2018, Northwest library branches were forced to close early 86 times this year due to employee shortages--that’s the second highest rate in the city. (source, Lena Johnson, president of the Friends of David Cohen Ogontz Library; billypenn.com, Nov. 26, 2018)

Volunteers will prepare sandwhiches and soup for seniros and hoemelss in Camden.