11/7 MLK365 Volunteer Work Day at The Summer-Winter Community Garden - West Philadelphia

Summer-Winter Community Garden Volunteer Event

Saturday, November 7, 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

We invite you to join us at the Summer-Winter Community Garden in West Philadelphia for a hands on volunteer event.  The one acre community garden, located in the Powelton Village area of West Philadelphia, was started in 1976 by a group of ten families from Summer and Winter Streets. The garden was created as part of an effort to promote understanding and unity among the diverse groups of people, primarily Drexel students and neighborhood residents that live in the area.

 

 

The garden was also created to provide neighborhood children with a green space where they could play and learn. A children’s garden was created at the Summer-Winter Community Garden in 2007. The children’s garden was created for children ages eight and under and is comprised of a giant sandbox, several raised beds, a preschool sized picnic table, benches for grown ups and a sturdy pine tree.

On November 7, volunteers can support the garden by completing tasks such as the following:

 

·         Weeding

·         Pruning

·         Planting seeds

·         Harvesting

·         Clearing areas of brush

·         Trash pick up & sweeping

·         Building small garden structures or raised beds

 

Please dress in comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

If you would like to volunteer please RSVP in one of the three ways:
1. By reserving a space through this invitation.
2. Via email to mlk365@globalcitizen.us.com please put Summer-Winter Garden 11/7 in the subject.
3. Call 215-665-2655 to reserve a space

 

Saturday, November 07, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (ET)

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Summer-Winter Community Garden
33rd & Race Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Global Citizen & MLK365

Global Citizen is non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement, community volunteering, civic responsibility and sustained active citizenship among diverse groups, particularly young people.

Our issues of focus include poverty, homelessness, at-risk youth, education, public health, digital inclusion, energy and the environment.  Global Citizen is a weaver of community webs, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds.  We work to build diverse partnerships through volunteer service, thus realizing how much more we have in common than our differences.

Global Citizen was founded by Todd Bernstein, who helped Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis create the National Martin Luther King Day of Service in 1994.  Bernstein started the first local King Day of Service in Philadelphia in 1996.

MLK365 is a year-round program that promotes sustainable civic engagement and volunteer opportunities. 

The goal of MLK365 is to ensure that Dr. King's legacy and principles are embraced throughout the entire year.  The initiative emphasizes Dr. King's legacy of nonviolence, social justice, equality and excellence.

MLK365 serves as a year-round clearing house for continuing service opportunities, as well as supporting and designing volunteer programs for its partners.

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