September 11 Week of Service and Remembrance: Local Volunteer Opportunities

Registration is now open for September 11 Week of Service and Remembrance in Philadelphia. Organizers expect more than 800 volunteers, including 300 to help revitalize a community center in Philadelphia.

All projects will be on Friday, September 9th and Saturday September 10th in Philadelphia and Hunterdon County. Projects include:

· Philadelphia Community Center Revitalization in West Philadelphia-Volunteers will paint classrooms and murals, build raised beds and picnic tables, and create kits to be given to the children of the community center.
· Plant It Forward in Pittstown-Volunteers will harvest vegetables for free farmers markets in Newark and Jersey City.

Sites have varying age limits. Volunteers are advised to check before registering. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have a youth waiver signed by their parent or guardian in order to participate. Click here to download a youth waiver.

For more information and a full list of projects, visit: http://www.jerseycares.org/JC_Annual_Events

Image via Jennifer Lewellen.