Tuckerton Seaport Cleanup Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Stockton Day of Service being held Monday.
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is hosting the ninth annual Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. Registration is at 8:45 a.m. Projects available for volunteers include:
- Tuckerton Seaport - Hurricane Sandy Clean-up
- Atlantic City Rescue Mission - Assist in kitchen activities and facility clean-up
- Seashore Gardens Living Center - Work with residents on arts & crafts and serve lunch
- Family Services Association (FSA) - Organize and work in thrift boutique
- Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) - Neighborhood Canvassing for workers rights and organizing literature in office
- African American Museum and MLK Historical Site - Set-up museum display and assist staff in MLK activities
- Career Opportunity Development Inc. (CODI) - Data entry, file archiving, facility organization, and equipment inventory
- Books without Borders - Collecting and packaging books for Africa
- Circle K - Various Projects
- EDIBLE/Water Watch - Campus Clean-up project
- Girl Scouts of America - Earning Merit Badges and developing leadership skills
- Samaritan Hospice - Writing valentine's day cards for patients
- Galloway Township/PDK Food Drive - Collecting canned goods for the Community Food Bank of NJ and old cell phones for Verizon Wireless' HopeLine
- March of Dimes - Assembling packets and forms for promotional materials
- The Shores @ Wesley Manor - making greeting cards and valentine's day cards for residents
- CERT - Cleaning and organizing Stockton CERT Trailer
- Community Quest - Helping patients with clay arts and crafts
- Stockton Farm - reinforcing farm property against invasive animals
- Noyse Museum - Creating nature trails around the parking lot adjacent to the museum
- JAH Organic Farm/Tighe School - Sandy Clean-up, rebuilding community garden, bagging leaves
- Kinetic Poetic Dance Workshop - teaching empowerment and self-esteem through hip-hop dance
- Verizon Wireless HopeLine - collecting old cell phones, chargers, batteries for domestic violence victims on-campus
Do you know of other service events in the Barnegat-Manahawkin area that are in honor of Dr. King? If so, please post them in the comments below.
