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Family-Friendly Volunteering on 5/2 at Jersey Cares Day- Service Express!

Get your family together to take action to benefit the local community! Drop in on 5/2 to complete a volunteer project and get a free tshirt

On Saturday, May 2nd for the 17th Annual Jersey Cares Day, over 2,000 volunteers across the Garden State will take action and revitalize their communities!

This is a great opportunity for volunteers of all ages to get engaged and come together as a family. At Service Express in Union, NJ, volunteers can drop in from 10AM to 12PM at the Boys & Girls Club of Union to complete a series of short but impactful projects.

Whether you have 15 minutes or 2 hours, you can complete any of the following project stations:

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  • Assembling Back-to-School kits for students preparing for the 2015-2016 school year
  • Decorating mini-planters and tree sapling kits to teach sustainability to elementary students
  • Creating customized super hero capes for hospitalized children
  • No-sew fleece blankets and pillows to be donated to transitional shelters
  • Preparing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a local soup kitchen
  • Decorating patriotic picture frames to celebrate veterans
  • and many more!

It’s not too late to join us this Saturday. Register online here.

For any questions or help signing up, contact Simone at 973-424-1091 or simone@jerseycares.org.

Find out what's happening in Springfieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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