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Honor MLK & the '68 LAUSD Walkouts at LAWorks Day of Service!
ORGANIZATION: LA WORKS RSVP
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L.A. Works is holding their annual MLK Day of Service event in 2018 at Lincoln High School in Lincoln Park. We are partnering with the school to design 50 projects commemorating their participation in the 1968 LAUSD equality walkouts. We have space for 1,000 volunteers to paint inspirational murals, plant a study-and-reflect garden, and several other beautification and edification projects. We are reserving 100 volunteer slots specifically for older volunteers age 55+, with special accommodations if needed.
We will provide a light breakfast and lunch. There will also be civic leaders and celebrity speakers, music, and a nonprofit fair for the volunteers to visit with 5-10 nonprofits who focus on civil and human rights, as well as an opportunity to register to vote. This promises to be a profound and educational day for our volunteers.
Volunteers must pre-register to attend.
More opportunities with LA WORKS RSVP
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About LA WORKS RSVP
Location:
570 W. Ave. 26 Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90065, US
Mission Statement
Founded in 1991, our mission consists of three principal pillars: - INCREASE volunteer participation in community service projects; - PROVIDE our nonprofit partners with access to volunteer labor and other RESOURCES; and - EDUCATE and encourage people to engage in the broader social issues affecting the greater Los Angeles Community. The RSVP Program at L.A. Works is a federally funded program free to members, with the mission of mobilizing 55 and older volunteers for a large variety of projects with nonprofits all over Los Angeles. Consider us a one-stop-shop for finding different ways to volunteer and help smaller local nonprofits accomplish their missions.
Description
OUR MISSION
Founded in 1991, our mission consists of three principal pillars:
- INCREASE volunteer participation in community service projects;
- PROVIDE our nonprofit partners with access to volunteer labor and other RESOURCES; and
- EDUCATE and encourage people to engage in the broader social issues affecting the greater Los Angeles Community.
Tens of thousands of committed volunteers together with thousands of civic, nonprofit, and business partners have enabled L.A. Works to make a significant, visible, and lasting contribution to Los Angeles.
Since 1991, L.A. Works has mobilized and led volunteers to contribute over a million hours to Los Angeles through unique volunteer programming, which has included:
- Serving meals and preparing emergency food provisions for over 425,000 homeless and low-income individuals;
- Providing educational and enrichment activities for over 65,000 disadvantaged youth;
- Revitalizing schools, parks, and community centers for more than 200,000 volunteer hours;
- Offering companionship to seniors and friendship to abused and homeless women for more than 20,000 volunteer hours;
- Conserving, cleaning, and restoring urban and natural environments in and around Los Angeles for more than 75,000 volunteer hours;
- Caring for animals in shelters and sanctuaries at over 1,200 volunteer projects; and
- Training more than 900 Angelenos in the project and volunteer management.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90033
DATE POSTED
December 21, 2017
SKILLS
- Painting
- Renovation
- Landscaping
- Construction
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 55
- 4 hours
- Must be an RSVP member and register an account through L.A. Works