Gloucester Township Announces Martin Luther King Day of Service

Gloucester Township and the Gloucester Township Public Schools are holding a Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King at Charles W. Lewis Middle School on Monday, Jan. 19.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and a continental breakfast will be served. The program and presentation follow, at 9:15 a.m.

Volunteers will depart for their day of service project at 10 a.m.

According to the township’s website, day of service projects will include:

• St. Vincent de Paul Society (Food Bank at St. Agnes Church) – organizing, inventory, collection of donations
• Living Word Food Pantry (Gloucester Twp Food Bank) - organizing, inventory, collection of food and clothing donations
• Gloucester Township Senior Campus Center – Bingo with the Seniors
• Camden County Animal Shelter – Assist in the care of sheltered animals (limit of 25)
• Camden County Animal Shelter – Treats-Stuffing kongs with a peanut butter mixture for dogs at the shelter. (Activity takes place at C.W. Lewis Middle School)
• Cards for Soldiers – Creating cards to send to our brave men and women a card of hope and thanks
• PB & J for the Cathedral Kitchen in Camden – Make 400 PB & J Sandwiches and deliver a take home snack for those in need
• Blenheim Fire Company – Help the men and women of the Fire Department with firehouse duties
• Gloucester Township Veterans Monument Cleanup – General cleanup of monument area
• Gloucester Township Scholarship Committee – Create signs for the annual 5K race
• Hats for the Homeless – Sort out and distribute new hats, scarves and gloves to the Cathedral Kitchen guests
• Soles for Souls - Through the collection and sale of used shoes, Soles4Souls helps create self-sustaining jobs that generate desperately needed revenues throughout impoverished communities
• Helping Our Neighbors – Collecting and sorting toiletries at Chews United Methodist (soap, toothpaste, chapstick, shampoo, etc.) for the Neighborhood Center in Camden
• Giggle Books - create small booklets with playful jokes, nursery rhymes, silly faces etc. Donate them to a hospital for children.
• Lake Mathilda - Located in the Erial section of Gloucester Township, this campground has undergone extensive renovations over the last few years. Service project entails cleaning of the buildings and outside area. This is an outside activity.
• Gabreil Daveis Tavern - Service project entails cleaning up the home and assisting in archiving old letters. Project is limited to ten volunteers - adults must accompany children.

The day of service concludes at noon.

Volunteers can pre-register at the township website. A confirmation email will be sent on Jan. 15.

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