The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
9th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day of Service
Monday, January 21, 2013
“Beloved Community”
This year's event saw more than 705 volunteers, 24 projects, dozens of Stockton Clubs & Organizations, alumni and very enthusiastic community partners willing to open their doors. Thank you to all the volunteers, project leaders, community partners and everyone else who made this day possible. We look forward to making each event better than the last.
THANK YOU!
News Report from NBC TV 40
Press of Atlantic City reports on
Stockton's MLK Day of Service
Photos :Danny Drake - Press of AC
Stockton Farm Project (above) & Books without Borders (below)
Tuckerton Seaport Report -
TheSandpaper.net
Picture Courtsey of: Tuckerton Seaport
Registered Projects for the 2013 MLK Day of Service:
- Tuckerton Seaport - Hurricane Sandy Clean-up and building demo
- Atlantic City Rescue Mission - Assist in kitchen activities and facility clean-up
- Seashore Gardens Living Center - Work with residents on arts & crafts and serve lunch
- Family Services Association (FSA) - Organize and work in thrift boutique
- Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) - Neighborhood Canvassing for workers rights and organizing literature in office
- African American Museum and MLK Historical Site - Set-up museum display and assist staff in MLK activities
- Career Opportunity Development Inc. (CODI) - Data entry, file archiving, facility organization, and equipment inventory
- Books without Borders - Collecting and packaging books for Africa
- Circle K - Various Projects
- EDIBLE/Water Watch - Lake Fred and On-Campus Clean-up
- Girl Scouts of America - Earning Merit Badges and developing leadership skills
- Samaritan Hospice - Writing valentine's day cards for patients
- Galloway Township/PDK Food Drive - Collecting canned goods for the Community Food Bank of NJ and old cell phones for Verizon Wireless' HopeLine
- The Shores @ Wesley Manor - making greeting cards and valentine's day cards for residents
- CERT - Cleaning and organizing Stockton CERT Trailer
- Community Quest - Helping patients with clay arts and crafts
- Stockton Farm - reinforcing farm property against invasive animals
- Noyse Museum - Creating nature trails around the parking lot adjacent to the museum
- JAH Organic Farm/Tighe School - Sandy Clean-up, rebuilding community garden, bagging leaves
- Kinetic Poetic Dance Workshop - teaching empowerment and self-esteem through hip-hop dance
- Verizon Wireless HopeLine - collecting old cell phones, chargers, batteries for domestic violence victims on-campus
- ARC of Atlantic County - helping organize and fill promotional materials
For additional questions please call the Office of Service-Learning at 609-652-4256, email servicelearning@stockton.edu.
