- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
#MLK Day of Service, 2022!
ORGANIZATION: Belleville AmeriCorps
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
You are invited to join us! Details below.
Belleville AmeriCorps Members and program staff from Southwestern Illinois College will spend the morning of Saturday, January 22nd, serving at the Shelter Shop in Belleville, Illinois (which supports the Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois) for our MLK Day of Service. Members will clean and organize the Shelter Shop’s warehouse.
The Shelter Shop is a thrift and consignment store that offers free items to residents of the Violence Prevention Center and offers low-income customers a clean and affordable place to shop.
Date and Time: Saturday, 22 January, October 2021, 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Shelter Shop, 19 Bellevue Park Plaza, Belleville, IL 62226
Duties: Clean and organize shop and warehouse areas. Wear AmeriCorps gear and appropriate clothing to work in an unheated and dusty environment. Gloves are recommended. Masks required.
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About Belleville AmeriCorps
Location:
Southwestern Illinois College, 2500 Carlyle Avenue, Belleville, IL 62221, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the Belleville AmeriCorps program is to support neighborhood and school efforts to strengthen the city of Belleville. The program is united with community partners to increase youth academic success in school, promote computer literacy in youth and adults, strengthen the FNCA & ALNA neighborhoods through housing renovation, crime prevention and neighborhood beautification programs, empower local communities by working with neighborhood leaders to make positive impacts on their community, encourage volunteerism in community youth and adults through volunteer recruitment and coordination, and provide positive recreational and enrichment activities for youth in the after-school and summer hours.
Description
Belleville AmeriCorps is a partnership with Belleville Elementary School District #118, Franklin Neighborhood Community Association, the Abraham Lincoln Neighborhood Association, the City of Belleville and Southwestern Illinois College. Belleville AmeriCorps members address the community service needs of the program partners and/or the educational needs of kindergarten through eighth grade students at one of District #118 schools.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
19 Bellevue Park PlazaBelleville, IL 62226
DATE POSTED
January 12, 2022
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Anywhere from 1 to 3 hours.
- Wear appropriate clothing to work in an unheated and dusty environment. Gloves are recommended. Masks required.