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Monday, May 14, 2012

Results: The Big Day of Serving 2012

 The Results from The Big Day of Serving
 When: April 28, 2012  
 Where: Westwood
 

Volunteers – 340 youth volunteers + 60 leader volunteers + 30 student volunteers at Lincoln High School (through Action Youth) = 430 total volunteers

Projects – Alley clean-up/graffiti removal, garden prep/planting, painting, pavers removed, tree planting

  • Approximately 75% of the entire Westwood neighborhood had alleys cleaned and graffiti removed
  • 2 community gardens prepped and planted (at Munroe Elementary School and Kepner Middle School)
  • 1 home and 2 businesses painted
  • 20 bags of trash collected and 28 tree pits de-bricked for future tree planting on Alameda Avenue
  • 93 trees planted (11 at Westwood Park, 17 at Knapp Elementary, 65 at Garfield Park)
  • 6 dumpsters filled with trash, plus two city trucks
  • 1 block party enjoyed by hundreds of volunteers and Westwood residents to celebrate all that was accomplished!

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