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MLK Day of Service

Name: MLK Day of Service
Start: 2025-01-20T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-20T13:30:00-05:00
Location: The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

January 20, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Free

Volunteers in winter clothing gather hand tools from a bucket outdoors.

Come together to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy at the Schuylkill Center during this day of service. All members of the community are invited to join us as we work on service projects aimed at protecting the health of our forest and supporting nature at the Schuylkill Center. There will be a wide range of service projects available so everyone can participate!

Registration is required for this popular volunteer opportunity.

Please wear weather-appropriate clothing for this winter event. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Questions? Contact [email protected]

A group of volunteers wearing yellow vests hold trash bags and smile outdoors in the winter. — MLK Day of Service

A group of volunteers in winter clothing works along a trail. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabberss

A group of people walking beside the road carrying hand tools in the winter. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabberss

A man in winter clothes cuts a vine with a hand tool. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabberss

A mother holding a baby picks up trash using a trash picker while on the side of the road on a winter day. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers

A person in a yellow coat uses loppers to clip vines on a winter day. — MLK Day of Service

Photo: Bastiaan Slabberss

A group of volunteers wearing orange vests clean up trash along side of the road on a winter day. — MLK Day of Service

A volunteer clips vines around a tree. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers

A man in blue gloves gives instructions to a group of volunteers. — Photo: Bastiaan Slabberss

Details

Date:: January 20, 2025
Time:: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Free, Volunteer

Organizer

: The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Phone: 215-482-7300
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Venue

: The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
: 8480 Hagy's Mill Road
Philadelphia, PA 19128 United States + Google Map
Phone: 215-482-7300

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our wildlife clinic

IF YOU HAVE FOUND AN INJURED WILD ANIMAL, the Schuylkill Center Wildlife Clinic can help! At the Wildlife Clinic, our goal is to provide professional care to sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife so healthy animals can be returned to their natural habitat.

Please call our 24-hour wildlife hotline at 215-482-7300, option 2 to for our team to assist. Do not try to pick up or move an inured animal until you have spoken with a professional who can guide you on the safest method of action.

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