Local residents are responding to the call to help in the community. Here’s a list of the organizations that have registered to help on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Saturday, January 16.
Gulfport neighbors will be greeters and help with registration; CERT: Volunteer Appreciation lunch; City Manager and RNBI: Gulfport Little League Clinic; Lowe’s Team: BillYoung VA Homeless Veterans Care Packages; gulfport Merchants Association: Raised flower beds for senior center; Boca Ciega Yacht Club: cleaning up the shoreline at Boca Ciega Yacht Club; So49 & Genesis Warship Center: Save Our Youth, Save Our Communities; St. Vincent de Paul Society of Most Holy Name Church: Canned food collection; Gulfport Community Gardens: Plants and Arbor Day; Senior Center Garden Project; Gulfport Police Department, Explorers and McDonalds: Feeding homeless families.
Volunteers will gather at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 15 at Tomlinson Lake Park in Gulfport. The event runs until 1:30 p.m. Here’s the schedule: 8 a.m.: Sign-in, morning coffee and breakfast snack; 8:30: Opening ceremony, special guests, solo, excerpts from the “I Have a Dream” speech; 8:50: Depart to service projects; Noon: Return to Tomlinson Lake Park; 12:30 p.m.: Closing ceremony and volunteer luncheon.
There’s still time to register a community service project or volunteer as an individual or as a team. Contact Gail Biron at (727) 893-1118 or gbiron@mygulfport.us. You can find a registration form online here.
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