2019 Community Project Dashboard

Outdoor clean up - Conestoga & Race Sts.

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

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

Volunteers will organize and clean the stage space to prepare for the MLK Day celebration.

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

Students will collect toiletry items prior to the Day of Service for volunteers, students, and families to organize into toiletry bags to be donated.

Volunteers will decorate lunch bags. All ages

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

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.

Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and West Belmont Civic Association are working together to clean up
vacant lots in the 43rd St & Westmister area.

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.

Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and West Belmont Civic Association are working together to clean up
vacant lots in the 43rd St & Westmister area.

Volunteers will crochet, knit and donate scarves for Operation Gratitude. In addition, attendees will share stories regarding Dr. King.

We would like to paint the stairwells of the Conwell Annex building. The colors would be pastel colors, green, blue, pink, and
yellow. We will recruit parents,teachers, and community partners to volunteer for our project

The activities will include workshops, resources, 1 on 1 consults, networking, and vendors. Anticipated speakers include Kenneth English with Jeanette Tennant and the Get It, Live It, Be It panel. All ages welcome. Continental breakfast and lunch served. Hosted by Philadelphia Housing Authority, Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center, Roses Clubhouse, People's Emergency Center, Mill Creek Advisory Council and Mill Creek Community Partnership.

TBD

Preparing and serving breakfast at Opportunity House, which is a homeless shelter for men, women, and families. Also serves clients that are not in the shelter, but needing a hot meal.

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 moving opening ceremony engages area choirs, youth performers
and brings together members of the inner-faith community as we honor
the revolutionary spirit of Martin Luther King.

Volunteers will be assisting in the kitchen to provide meals for MANNA's population.

The East Stroudsburg University Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast was initiated by former President Robert Dillman and other dedicated individuals including Leslie Antonette and Mel Gillespie in 1997.
This celebration is a significant and symbolic event in the East Stroudsburg Community as it is the largest program in the area honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Backpacks will be prepared for homeless adults in our City, to include sheltered and non-sheltered persons. The contents will include washcloth, socks (at least 2 pairs), bottle of water and personal care products including hand sanitizer and bar soap container. The personal care items will be placed in plastic gallon zip bags to provide a container for later use. A resource guide will also be included. The back packs will be gender specific. Volunteers include (a.) donors (b.) assemblers (c.) d

Our day will include mural and t-shirt painting, an essay and art contest, a mobile black history museum, a book fair, book giveaway and author signings, two historical interpretation presentations of Bessie Coleman & Harriet Tubman by Dr. Daisy Century, wkshps on conflict resolution, grief recovery, community concerns as well as a quilting project and more.

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.

The students will sort donations of food, winter clothing, hygiene kits, money, baby items and other supplies to be donated to the Bucks County Housing group, Wrightstown food cupboard, Child Home and Community assoc., Our County Code blue organization, and our County homeless shelter run by the Family service assoc. We will also be making care packages for Veterans in collaboration with the Travis Manion foundation.

Outdoor clean up and fire prevention material distribution - Franklin Square Park - 200 N. 6th Street

Fire prevention seminar at the Houston Community Center - 8th & Snyder Ave.

Fire prevention material distribution - F Street and Kensington Avenue

Youth students from Riverstone Church will help clean and organize clothing and donations at Sunday Breakfast Thrift Store in Penndel.

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

blood pressure checks - Fresh Grocer - 3021 Grays Ferry Ave.

Bag groceries and distribute fire prevention materials - 2900 Island Ave

Distribute fire prevention materials and assist with bagging groceries - 101 E. Olney Ave.

Senior citizen fire prevention discussion - 4401 Haverford Ave.

apparatus display and fire prevention material distribution

Hygiene drive - Salvation Army "Eliza Shirley House for Women and Children

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.

Celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of service with your friends and neighbors at his memorial at the intersection of 40th, Lancaster, and Haverford Avenues. Enjoy refreshments, live music, and spoken word performances.

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.

Germantown Friends School students, faculty and families will participate in a walk around Germantown to learn about the different shops and organizations there.

We will show a documentary about Martin Luther King and then have a discussion about it.

This project will involve Germantown Friends School members and their families discussing how to improve racial awareness. Ideally this dialogue will be student-led.

Germantown Friends School students, faculty and families will sing make wooden bowls for a local empty bowls dinner.

This project will be at Germantown Friends School. The aim is to have a few volunteers helping out with any supplies that need to be distributed to other MLK Day projects at Germantown Friends School.

Germantown Friends School students and families will read the book Stone Soup and then make soup for Whosoever Gospel Mission.

Germantown Friends School students and families will make soup and cornbread for Holsey Temple's feeding ministry.

Germantown Friends School students and families will make fruit baskets for St Luke's Food Pantry

Germantown Friends School students, faculty and families will participate in a workshop on bystander intervention.

Germantown Friends School students, faculty and families will participate in a dialogue on intersectionality.

This project will be at Germantown Friends School. The aim is to have a few volunteers helping pass out t-shirts to the other volunteers.

This project will happening at Germantown Friends School (GFS). GFS members will be viewing the short documentary and having a discussion about it afterwards.

Activity Kits for St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital – Assemble craft kits for children in the hospital

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.

Clothing Sale to benefit Women’s Center of Montgomery County

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

Help the men and women of the Fire Department with firehouse duties.

Teddy Bear Making for Mitzvah Circle

Design cards of hope for residents of Hope Lodge. Hope Lodge is a facility that offers cancer patients and their caregivers a free place to stay when their best hope for effective treatment may be in another city.

Aid for Friends Meal Project – Cook and assemble meals

Bring, prepare and serve brunch to residents of Bethesda Broad Street, a residence for formerly homeless men and women. Music + reading from Dr. King's book "Why We Can't Wait".

Fire safety seminar - 2101 Cecil B. Moore Ave.

Outdoor clean up at Malcolm X Park - 52nd and Pine Streets

Clothing Sale Clean-up on Monday

The Family Resource Center provides services to families throughout our Township and region. This project is a general cleanup of the area. (outside activity)

The members of our church and community members are invited to clean our neighborhood. The areas to be cleaned are several parking lots, sidewalks, bus stops. Leaves will be gathered and put in trash bags.

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

We host a Family Day of Service geared toward children of all ages and their parents/ adult caregivers. This year we will be assembling toiletry bags for homeless persons served by the Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Mainline and also persons at area Recovery Houses

Arboretum Project – create tree care and conservation posters for community display

Help the men and women of the Fire Department with firehouse duties.

At this event, we will be building bat boxes and partnering with The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed. The bat boxes will be placed on Manor College's Campus. We are inviting current students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the college to join us for this event.

Create signs for the annual 5K race.

Outdoor clean up - 1400 N. Wanamaker Street

Family Ambassadors conduct readings of MLK bio books to children organized by age groups.
Adults are welcome to participate. After the readings, all participants complete an MLK Day discussion sheet "I have a dream that one day..." and share each other's dreams in the group. Volunteers also will be assembling family resource bags -- filled with home goods and cleaning supplies -- to be distributed to participants and at other AFEL events. Partners include People's Emergency Center.

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!

Organizing, inventory, collection of donations.

Fire prevention material distribution at the Roxborough YMCA - 7201 Ridge Ave.

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!

We will be leading a litter clean-up at a site on the refuge that gets used heavily for fishing. This area accumulates litter from some visitors but mostly it is litter that flows down the Darby Creek from different parts of Philadelphia.

Cookie Decorating for Whosoever Gospel Mission

Painting the computer lab- and cleaning the floor.

This active senior community in Glendora needs helpful hands to clean sliding doors of the residences.

Outdoor clean up - 2839 Lansdowne Ave.

Stenton Park located at 17h W. Courtland Street, Phila. For the past 5 years our park facility has been close do to asbestos & most of the activities stop. One thing we kept going was our annual MLK Service Day & our butterfly garden spring preparation for the upcoming season. We will clean around the garden area & 4600 N. 18th a dumping area. Partners,Stenton Park Advisory Council, Stenton Museum, Nicetown /Logan Against Drugs, Philadelphia 2010 CDC, Vet in the Hoods

Social Justice workshop and training

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

Employees of reading Terminal Market will be going to Strawberry Mansion Learning Center. while there will be be painting, organize the library, clean and engage with the children.

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!

Hat and Scarf Making Project for students and families in need

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

Sort out new hats, scarves and gloves for the Cathedral Kitchen guests.

Blanket Making at Home for Mitzvah Circle

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

Volunteers will donate, sort and package personal care items for men, women and children in homeless shelters.
Volunteers will also package "Keep It Warm" packs for seniors in a senior living facility.

Chelsea Retirement Home games and activities with seniors

Creating cards to send to our brave men and women a card of hope and thanks.

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.
Pizza will be provided.

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.

Transport Casseroles to Face to Face

The Mill Creek clean up day will involve raking leaves and cleaning debris from the outdoor amenities of the playground, including the playgrounds, basketball courts, ball fields and surrounding pavements. Indoor cleaning of the recreation center will also take place. Members of the Mill Creek Advisory Council will be on hand to provide assistance with the clean up effort.

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.

Employees of reading Terminal Market will be going to Strawberry Mansion Learning Center. clean and engage with the children.

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

Commuity discussion and fire prevention material distribution at the School of the Blind.

Book distribution.

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.

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.

Located in the Erial section of Gloucester Township, this campground has undergone extensive renovations over the last few years. Service project entails cleaning of the buildings and outside area. This is an outside activity.

Backpacks will be prepared for homeless adults in our City, to include sheltered and non-sheltered persons. The contents will include washcloth, socks (at least 2 pairs), bottle of water and personal care products including hand sanitizer and bar soap container. The personal care items will be placed in plastic gallon zip bags to provide a container for later use. A resource guide will also be included. The back packs will be gender specific. Volunteers include (a.) donors (b.) assemblers (c.) d

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.

Temple University's Office of Community Relations will partner with the Beckett Life Center to create a workshop that will engage children and youth on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. The agencies will work with the students to create vision boards.

Project is a cleaning, small project and organization event.
We are currently in the process of complying our partners
Currently GWCCC volunteers, NASD basketball team, etc.

Public green space clean up - 2300 block S. 24th Street

Employees of reading Terminal Market will be going to Strawberry Mansion Learning Center. organize the library.

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

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

Friends and Family CPR provided by the Gloucester Township EMS. One hour class with all recipients receiving a card of completion. (limit of 30)

School Clean up (indoor)

Program consist of singing; MLK reflections; praise dancing, poetry and a MLK skit

sewing simple dresses for girls, for “Little Dresses for Africa. Volunteers will use a specific pattern and directions to make dresses for children in need.

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 creating Valentines for local seniors in the community

Organizing, inventory, collection of food and clothing donations.

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.

Book Collection and Sorting for Philadelphia Schools

We will assist residents and neighbors with cleaning the park and playground. We will also distribute fire prevention literature.

Hot Chocolate Cups/ Breathing Room Foundation assemble cups for families while waiting at the hospital/Dr.’s office

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

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.

Recreation Center cleanup - 6000 Rising Sun Ave.

Students, family members, and staff will be collecting and organizing books, coats, and stuffed animals for children at the Stenton Family Manor homeless shelter.

Volunteers will construct a "Making Life Kinder" bag and fill them with personal toiletries specifically geared toward women. Volunteers will also decorate and personalize individual cards that will accompany each bag. These bags will be donated to area shelters. Registration for this project is required @ https://tinyurl.com/ycysbq85. If additional information is needed contact AARC @ 215.898.0104.

New Castle County, Department of Community Services will be collecting new children’s books for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. New books will be donated to parents and caregivers of budding readers, children ages 0 to 5 years. The 1000 Books before kindergarten initiative was started by the 1000 Books Foundation.
Books will be sorted and organized at the Gilliam Building and then transported to local New Castle County libraries for parents and caregivers to pick up.

-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

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.

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

Outdoor clean up of the Viet Nam Memorial.

Sleeping Mat Project

Beautifying our church building and property.