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October Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
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October Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for October. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Handy Park - 4821 Ashland Ave.
Project Type: Clean-up project
Description: Socialogy Care Co. is looking for volunteers to help clean Handy Park on Saturday, October. 19, 2019 from 9am-12pm in effort to contribute to a welcoming park atmosphere, establishing and maintaining the quality of life in the community, and ensuring health of families and youth.
Email to Volunteer: ashley.brown314@yahoo.com
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Time: 9 A.M to 12 P.M?
Location: Downtown West
Project Type: Clean-up & beautification
Description: Join us in our efforts to clean up and beautify the Downtown West area of St. Louis City. We will be cleaning street and buildings, picking up litter, pulling weeds, and planting flowers. Also in an effort to give this area publicity for new or old businesses to make their new home.
Email to Volunteer: cleanupstl314@gmail.com
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Time: 8am-Noon
Location: 3346 Gravois
Project Type: Clean-up & beautification
Description: We are going to clean up this forgotten sliver of land along Gravois by cutting back grass and weeds, removing debris from the parcel and planting native perennial plants and daffodil bulbs. We will also be marking all the plantings so passersby can tell what was planted and we will be able to maintain the tiny parklet without accidentally hurting our new plantings.
Email to Volunteer: godwin.erin@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Time: 5pm-7pm
Location: Grand and Chippewa
Project Type: Clean-up project
Description: Qu'art is a local organization that uses art as a platform for social change. We are doing this ongoing project to clean the city in drag to implicate that no one is too fabulous to clean up trash. Come join us in your ball gown, tutu, or however you are in this queer beautification of our city.
Email to Volunteer: bookingmaxiglamour@gmail.com
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: 1900 Madien Lane
Project Type: Clean-up project
Description: Residents of the St. Louis Place neighborhood will be working to clean up and clear brush from an empty lot next to the old International Lighting Building. Residents have been given permission by the owners of the building to make the lot into a community space. Plans for what the lot will become are in progress.
Email to Volunteer: constance@northnewstead.org
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Wabada and Euclid
Project Type: Clean-up project
Description: We need to clean the alleys and vacant lots of trash, debris and weeds.
Call to Volunteer: (314) 610-3721
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