Service Project

Earth Month: Rooted In Service with Furtick Farms

April 12, 2025

09:30 AM - 03:30 PM EDT

Philadelphia Platoon

Event overview

This April, The Mission Continues invites you to celebrate Earth Month by joining the Earth Month: Rooted in Service campaign! It's a time to take action, honor our planet, and uplift communities through veteran-led service projects. We are going back to Furtick Farms, to assist with spring up, planting 30 trees and building ADA planters.

Furtick Farms offers events and classes for adults and children to learn to use their "green thumb". It's run by Green City Teachers, an organization of Philadelphia school teachers that wants to teach the youth to obtain sustainable food resources. We are proud to get our hands dirty, clean up, build some planters and continue our relationship with Furtick Farms.

See you out there!

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

Clothes that can get dirty, Closed-Toe Shoes

Accessibility

Uneven terrain;Jobs available for persons with limited mobility

What to Bring

A great attitude!!!

Who's Invited

Groups
Kids (under 13)
Teens
Adults (21+)
Seniors (55+)
Adults (18+)

Event Contact

When and where

Date

April 12, 2025

Time

09:30 AM - 03:30 PM (EDT)

Location

Furtick Farms- Located in: Nicetown Community Development Corporation

4300 Germantown Ave Philadelphia, PA. 19140
Philadelphia, PA

Parking Information

Street Parking near Venue

4300 Germantown Ave Philadelphia, PA. 19140

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The Mission Continues is a national non-profit that empowers veterans to continue serving in our nation’s under-resourced communities, giving veterans the opportunity to keep serving even after the uniform comes off, right here at home. Our programs deploy veterans and volunteers to work alongside nonprofit partners and community leaders to improve educational resources, tackle food insecurity, foster neighborhood identity, and more.  

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