2019 Community Project Dashboard

Cradles To Crayons is dedicating the month of January to Martin Luther King, celebrating his legacy of service in the community.

In partnership with local fire stations, first responders, and community centers Cradles to Crayons will hold a collection across the Greater Philadelphia five-county region.

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

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

Students, family members, and staff will be creating craft bags for children in St. Christopher's Hospital.

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

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

– nonperishables: canned fruit, flour, sugar, canned beans
(kidney, black, white), boxed scalloped potatoes, rice, canned tuna or chicken,
jelly, oatmeal, cereal, canned meat soups or stews, spaghetti sauce, pasta,
cooking oil, Chef Boyardee canned products, peanut butter, & condiments (mayo,
ketchup, mustard). Needn’t be kosher but must not be expired!

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.

Currently seeking a dedicated group of volunteers to help us overhaul our shelter with a deep clean and assist in yard work as needed!

Coats received from members and donors will be organized by male/female/adult/child and prepared for distribution to the Community starting at 11:00AM. Participants will be comprised of Alliance of Social Workers, Inc. members, family, friends, advocates and National Association of Black Social Workers student chapters from various schools such as Widener University, West Chester University.

Cleaning the church grounds as well as cleaning and patining kitchen, dishing area, and classrooms in the church.

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.

Highland students ages 14-18 will gather food resources to make approximately 250-300 perishable meals to be distributed to the greater Camden County area food-bank.

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

For the community we will be serving Spaghetti Luncheons to surrounding area individuals. This will include salad, roll and spaghetti.

Arcadia University participates in the MLK Day of Service by hosting the One-Stop-Drop and Shred Event. People from the community are able to come in and donate all of the items that they have been looking to part with. We have an on-site shredder and various organizations accepting organizations accepting donations in bins and trucks. We expect a lot of donations and provide an environmentally friendly way to rid of paper waste.

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 weather we changed our project... we made tie blankets to give to people on campus and in the community who are going through a hard time and could use a "security blanket"

Donations of non-perishables to a local food pantry and cooking about 200 meals for those in need in community.

Volunteers will make crafts to give to senior citizens.

We are a Christian group helping in the neighborhood recruiting youth of all ages to support nonviolence. A year march from our church grounds to West mill creek then over to 40th Lancaster Ave. Were we have speaker leaders and veterans speak to the group about Martin Luther King Jr. also walking to 40th walnut to the Rotunda where we serve lunch and allow the youth to perform their talents.

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

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

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 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.

Indoor cleanup for the office space, sweeping, and straightening up the
interior

We are going to partner with an organization.
More information will follow

We will work with a organization. More information will follow.

cards for Cards for Hospitalized kids.

Paracord bracelets for Operation Gratitude.

Dog toys, coloring books for Caitlin's Smiles/ Ronald McDonald House and Step UP training

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

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 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

Indoor cleanup of the church and outdoor clean up the surrounding neighborhood and immediate community.

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.

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

Reverend Paul "Earthquake" Moore will recite Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Speech in celebration of Dr. King's memory

We will be cleaning a local church in the community with children and
adults

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.

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

New Salem Baptist Church is a community church looking for volunteers to assist with cleaning and painting various areas in the church (bathrooms, sanctuary, kitchen, dinning hall) This church serves the community and would really appreciate help to keep it presentable for its members and community.

Volunteers can make toys that will be donated to Pets House at local Animal Shelters

We will be assembling meal packages at the direction of Rise Against Hunger

Children and other volunteers can make cards for residents in Assisted Residents Programs

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.

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.

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

We are making Valentines Days cards for Meals on Wheels recipients.

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

Some will stay at school to cook.

We will prepare the meal and dining room to welcome our guests. We will serve dinner to our guests. Then we will clean the dining room and kitchen after the meal. We will have volunteers help with the meal service. Project Hope will send a NP to do screenings for our guests (blood pressure, HIV, glucose, etc.)

We will sort and organize collected hygiene items for donation to Face to Face in Germantown.

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.

Food collected is being donated to the St Ignatius Food Bank

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.

Distribution of bags and clean up materials. Help with clean up

The group will work to beautify the common areas of the school with painting, cleaning and hanging artwork.

Residents who live in the independent home will work with those in skilled nursing (Mather House) on various games and projects.

Woodchipping the trail and clearing various plants around the trail.

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".

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

Clothes and shoes for all ages, all genders will be given away. Coats, boots hats, scarfs included. Collect toiletries and hygiene products, package and give away along with the clothing give away. The drive begins December 1 for collections of items

We will begin with a litany in remembrance of Dr. King at 9:00 a.m. Then at 9:15 a.m., we will go to our service stations. There will
be activities for people of all ages— from preschoolers through older adults.

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.

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.

Beautifying our church building and property.

Serving meals to the homeless and anyone in need of a meal. Also
meals will be delivered to Calcutta House and other shelters. Meals are
also delivered to those on the street

Volunteers will be assisting in beautifying in the building and its grounds.

We will be meeting with residents of the facility engaging in conversations and activities.

Our organization will be in two places on Jan. 16th, 2017. 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 or daycare.

Volunteers will be cleaning up at the park. They will pick up trash in the
park and the three blocks surrounding the park itself.

Athletic Recreation Center is a beautiful, historical center that requires a lot of support to keep it in a safe, clean, working condition. During the Day of Service, we are hoping to garner the support of every organizations to give this building a good clean up and to de-clutter from the previous year. We have neighbors who will come out to support our endeavor and also community partners such as The Brewerytown NAC and Habitat for Humanity to name a few. Lunch will be provided.

packing bags for homeless

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.

On Sunday, 1/14, Hebrew School volunteers will do "Cook for a Friend", creating 100 individual dinners to be delivered to
homebound seniors. On Monday, teens and adults will create 50 hot dinners for homeless adults in the Connect- by-Night
Program and will serve them the following night. We'll also make 50 brown bag lunches for the homeless population to take with
them the following day. LLanerch Presbyterian Church in Havertown partners with Riverview Church in Drexel Hill and Adath
Israe

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

Making sandwiches, snack bags,

We will also prepare sandwiches for the homeless. We will need 50 people.

I'm in the planning stage of this project. I will be contacting several businesses(Post Office, Shoprite, Planet fitness, SEPTA...)
in the area for volunteers. I did attend a training class of 11/16/2018 at the library on South Broad Street.
At the event we will be cleaning trash that is dumped under Island Ave heading from Penrose Plaza to Suffolk Ave.
This area is an eyesore to the neighborhood. I'm new to Philadelphia and don't want this area to be the first thing our guest see.

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.

Inviting group to join to knit & crochet baby hats for area hospitals. (Outreach, Karen Leslie-Henry)

We will be working with the Philadelphia Goat Project cleaning stalls, training the goats, and walking the goats through the neighborhood and arboretum. The goats visit schools and perform at various community events and we support their training so they can do these projects. (Prinnie)

This building (admin offices) will be collecting new and gently used clean socks for the homeless shelters.

collect hats, gloves, and scarves for men, women, and children

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.

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

The students will assist the residents at Lions Gate in several different ways including bingo and arts and crafts. The children might also help the residents get to and from the activity rooms, which may include helping them in their wheelchairs. If time permits, we will also have a question and answer period with the residents to find out what the world was like when the residents grew up. At the end of our time there, the students will read Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream" speech.

Together with AmeriHealth partners, we are working towards continued school facility improvements. With the assistance of many volunteers, we will tackle larger projects including:
painting doors, door-frames and hallway touch-ups
paint touch-ups for murals
closet clean-outs
materials distribution
classroom cleaning (desks, chairs, floors)

For AAMP's 2019 Martin Luther King Day of Service project, we will be creating care packages for families at the Woodstock Family Center that will include books, handwritten cards, toiletries, winter/cosmetic essentials and no-sew fleece blankets/pillows. This program will be free and open to the public.