2019 Community Project Dashboard

Help our teaching artists create a metal sculpture that pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and his famous speech "I Have A Dream". Pick your favorite quote and punch it into metal sheeting, or add texture and shapes to the surface of the sculpture. When it's finished the sculpture will be featured in MAKESHOP until the end of February to celebrate Black History Month.

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

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.

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

Employees from the First Judicial District will partner with the Philadelphia Mural Arts program and Strawberry Mansion Alumni to design new murals for their cafeteria, and paint their pal center. We also plan to refresh some of the classrooms by painting window panes and doors.

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

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.

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.

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.

This project allows children and youth volunteers to be active through videos, games and movement that teach and share the legacy on Dr. King. Activities foster the atmosphere of celebration and holiday.

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

The middle school will be conducting multiple projects:
Creating Paper Flower thank you gifts and baking cookies for the PSD housekeeping staff
Conduct street cleaning on the streets surrounding the school campus
Reading to the toddler - kindergarten students in the early childhood center

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

We will be reading to the residents. Minimal supplies needed but would always welcome snacks for the event such as cookies or cakes. Our residents enjoy snacking during presentations. We would enjoy the volunteers taking turns to read about Dr. King.

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)

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 be assisting a local nursing home, Canterbury Village in therapeutic recreation activities.

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)

TBD

Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, appliances, home accessories, building materials and more to the public at a fraction of the retail price.

Members and friends of First Baptist Church of Crestmont will work together to clean, organize, make minor repairs and other things as needed to assist in the upkeep of The House of God.

TBD

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.

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.

The MLK Fine Arts Presentation allows volunteers to accompany the choir, dancers and other performers to Exton Mall in a community outreach effort. Volunteers will greet guests and share information about Dr. King. The performance presents the music favored by Dr. King and was a part of the civil rights movement.

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

help in the barn and landscape

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

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.

The Mobile Meals project delivers prepared meals the seniors, sick, shut-ins and first responders in the community.

Assisting in coat distribution to those in need

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.

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.

The Martin Luther King CommUNITY of the Greater Kennett Area will present the 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast on Monday, January 21, 2019. The breakfast is an opportunity to celebrate Dr. King's legacy of love and service and be inspired to live out his dream today in our community and throughout the world. Our 2019 theme is "Diversity is our Strength."

We have a greenhouse space that activities could occur in for inclement weather, but if the weather is at all good, we would likely be cleaning up outside in the garden spaces and surrounding area and building garden beds for next year.

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

Organizing, cleaning, food prep.

Voter registration stations.

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

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

The Assemble Prenatal Food Boxes project prepares nutritious kits of food for Chester County Hospital to be distributed to pregnant low-income women who are treated in clinics.

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

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.

This project focuses on literacy. Children and youth are allowed to explore, discover and understand the life, teaching and philosophy of Dr. King.

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

Social Justice workshop and training

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. ?

Volunteers will be engaged in a range of urban gardening activities includeing: -spreading mulch -moving soil -moving logs -turning soil -neighborhood clean up

Painting & moving furniture.

Montclair State University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and local community members are invited to serve in the Montclair community and surrounding areas, working with habitat for humanity in Paterson, NJ. in order to assist in a volunteer building project.

This project focuses on providing food for local community institutions that feed the hungry, homeless and less fortunate. Items from various food drives are received, packed and loaded on delivery trucks to stock the West Chester Food Cupboard.

Our classes will be doing two projects:

Project 1 - baking cookies to give to PSD bus drivers, maintenance, and housekeeping staff.

Project 2 - collecting medical supplies and making care kits to send to SoleHope (http://solehope.org/)

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.

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.

TBD

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

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 project involves shelf weeding at the West Chester Public Library.

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.

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

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.

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

Painting

GBCA/ACE/Clemens/KML will be leading the building construction of 9 wooden trash can enclosures to be donated to the Kingsessing Recreation Center. Students from the ACE Mentor Program will build the structures will guidance from volunteer carpenters.

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.

Senior breakfast - 12601 Townsend Rd.

Youth workshops focusing on service and outreach.

The kids will participate in pj party activities. We are asking everyone to bring a donation for Philly PAWS, an animal rescue organization, at their “entrance fee” to the party.

Cleaning the streets around Kenderton Elementary and Temple U. Katz Medical School

Did you know that the American Red Cross responds to a disaster every 8 minutes, and the vast majority of these are home fires? Sadly, every day seven people die from home fires, most in homes that lack working smoke alarms, with children and the elderly disproportionately killed. That’s why the Red Cross launched this campaign in 2014. Since then, volunteers and partners have made over 300,000 households safer. Now we’re on the cusp of something big, and we need your help.

Youth workshops focusing on service and outreach

Collecting winter donations along the walk.

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.

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.

Participants will clean up the neighborhood they pass along the walk.

Workshop focusing on adults as it relates to services and outreach

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

This event has two parts. The first part is an open community disscusion and information session with activities that will foster talking about racism and the need to bridge the gap by starting on the individual level with each one of us. The second part is a collection of non-perishables for our neghborhood food bank "King's Kitchen" located at Holmesburg United Methodist Church.

This is an invasive plants removal and litter clean up. Most of the ivy we'll be addressing is English ivy, but there is some poison ivy too. We will have protective gloves and Tecnu scrub for clean up. But volunteers can opt to pick up trash too and stay away from the plants. No problem. See more details above.

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.

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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.

School Clean up (indoor)

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.

The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children is now seeking volunteers to help with shelving, cateloging and organizing books to prepare for the opening of our newst school library...Harrington Elementary school! Volunteering in a WePAC library means being part of a team of caring people, passionate about sharing the love of reading with the children of Philadelphia.

Volunteers assisting with food packing event

Will partner with "Sisterhood" & "What About Our Daughters" to donate shoes and clothing.

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

PROJECT SITE TO BE DETERMINED. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.
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.

Gesu School, Saint Joe's Prep H.S.and the Neighborhood Community are Welcomed to Help us Celebrate MLK Day of Service: Gesu's Theme this Year is "Learning to Meet Hate with Love". We will begin our day with a Universal Gathering Remembering Dr. King. Followed by our volunteers will be making Placemats for Meals on Wheels

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

Book Collection and Sorting for Philadelphia Schools

make cards for friends in nursing homes.

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.

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

Join the Norristown Project for our annual MLK Day of Service activity at Montgomery County OIC. Each year we select a classroom at our facility to be painted. On January 21st, we will paint our community classroom and after-school classroom. Details to be announced as we get closer to January.

This activity is limited to 40 volunteers, please RSVP to sashe@montcooic.org with the number of volunteers you will bring. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

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

Raking, cleaning, digging, yard work, branch clipping, digging. and hauling at the South Jersey Horse Rescue

We will be painting the outdoor bathrooms floors, a wall by our multi-purpose field, and some maintenance to our turf field.

we are cleaning the logan elem sch yard and the community

Volunteers assisting with food packing event

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

Woodchipping the trail and clearing various plants around the trail.

The Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program volunteers will be packing food in bags for the student. the goal is to pack 1200 means.

Gesu School, Saint Joe's Prep H.S.and the Neighborhood Community are Welcomed to Help us Celebrate MLK Day of Service: Gesu's Theme this Year is "Learning to Meet Hate with Love". We will begin our day with a Universal Gathering Remembering Dr. King. Followed by our volunteers will be packaging Hygeine Kits

Our day will include workshops on conflict resolution, grief recovery, & community concerns.

Postcard making and writing opposing gun violence and other issues

Craft kits for St. Jude's Happy Cart

Boys Souts of America
Girls Scouts of Eastern Pa
Elected Officals
18th Police District
Neighboring Schools
Community at large

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.

The morning will consist of assembling of breakfast bags, reading, arts and crafts.

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.

Fire prevention discussions at various daycare centers around the local fire district

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

We will have students bring in pet supplies to be donated on this day.

Gesu School, Saint Joe's Prep H.S.and the Neighborhood Community are Welcomed to Help us Celebrate MLK Day of Service: Gesu's Theme this Year is "Learning to Meet Hate with Love". We will begin our day with a Universal Gathering Remembering Dr. King. Followed by the showing of "The Hate U Give". Snacks will be provided!

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

Clothing Sale Sort

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.

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

Neighborhood clean up and beautifulcation

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.

Food collection for Philabundance. 1st grade collection from the PSD community, plus family and friends. We collect non-perishable foods and deliver to Philabundance. Included is studies of people who are less fortunate than we are. (Mary GIllogly and Nicolette Colon)

We are proposing to ask the volunteers coming to participate in the day of service to bring food for the food drive, as well as going around to the local communities to collect food donations.

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.

Information distribution at Shop Rite - 11000 Roosevelt Blvd.

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

Students, family members, and staff will be making flashcards for incoming kindergarten families.

Students from 3-8th grades will go into the community for service. We will go work with Head Start, and Volunteers of America in Allentown.

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

**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.

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.

Trauma Workshop for adults