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Service Project

Martin Luther King Day of Service Project

January 21, 2019

08:00 AM - 01:00 PM EST

Philadelphia Platoon

Event overview

The Mission Continues- Philadelphia Platoon will be participating in The Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, the largest King Day event in the nation. We will be organizing and building kits from the items collected during our donation drive for the Haven Women organization on January 21st at Girard College. We really appreciate your help with this project as Philadelphia Mission Continues Platoon take action to be a part of the solution to end homelessness with female veterans. The contact person day of the event is: Michael DiMaio dimaiom@live.bucks.edu 484-797-7064 8am - Registration opens, Breakfast is served (fruit, kind bars, coffee, water). MLK Day of Service t-shirts will be given out at the time of registration by event organizer, Global Citizen. 9am - Opening ceremony begins. 9:30am - Service projects, job fair, and workshops open. 12pm - Service project begins reflection and lunch. (There will be a vegetarian lunch served as well). 1pm - Load and clean out.

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

TMC Gear

What to Bring

Donation Items: Over the counter First Aid items Small umbrellas and/or rain gear Health snacks Women's Undergarments

Inclement Weather

Inside Event

Event Contact

When and where

Date

January 21, 2019

Time

08:00 AM - 01:00 PM (EST)

Location

Girard College

2101 South College Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19121

Parking Information

We're told PPA won’t be enforcing parking that day. So folks can park anywhere they find a spot outside the college. There isn’t parking available for any of the volunteers on the campus. Also, if anyone wants to park at St Joe’s Prep school there will be a free shuttle running during the event to transport volunteers to and from the college.

Who We Are

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.  

Who should volunteer?

Our service projects are for all veterans with a desire to continue their service and for all non-veterans that want to be part of a nationwide movement to transform communities. Please note, age and accessibility accommodations can be made at any project. There is room for everyone to make an impact. 

How to volunteer 

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We currently have service platoons in more than 40+ cities across the country that are having events at least once a month. Everyone is invited to serve, regardless of veteran status: a service platoon is for you if you have a passion for service. 

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