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Eden Cemetery Day of Service

Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)

Collingdale, PA

Eden Cemetery Day of Service

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Eden Cemetery Day of Service


MLK365 Program       

 

Please join MLK365 and the Friends of Historic Eden Cemetery for a day of volunteering and photojournalism at Historic Eden Cemetery on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 10:00 am.

 

Volunteers will work on a variety of projects to help restore and maintain the cemetery, including continuing our work to paint the front gate and photographing and archiving the cemetery's historic headstones. Volunteers who wish to work on the headstone photography project should bring digital cameras or smart phones.

 

Following the day of service, volunteers are invited to participate in cemetery tours. Bring your family - children of all ages and groups of all sizes are welcome!

 

Volunteers should dress in casual, comfortable clothing and footwear. Volunteers are encouraged to bring sunscreen and full water bottles. Parking is available on Springfield Road, right in front of the cemetery.


 

Created in 1902, Eden Cemetery is the first African American Cemetery in the United States. Eden serves as the final resting place for some of our country and region's most notable African Americans, including opera legend Marian Andersen, 19th-century Philadelphia civil rights leader Octavius Catto, and Christopher Perry, the founder of the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's oldest continuously published African American newspaper. To learn more about Eden Cemetery, visit www.edencemetery.org


You may RSVP to volunteer through this invitation by clicking the "REGISTER" button. If you have questions, please contact MLK365 Staff at (215) 665-2655 or mlk365@globalcitizen.us.com.

When & Where



Historic Eden Cemetery
1434 Springfield Road
Collingdale, PA 19023

Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)


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Global Citizen is non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement, community volunteering, civic responsibility and sustained active citizenship among diverse groups, particularly young people.

Our issues of focus include poverty, homelessness, at-risk youth, education, public health, digital inclusion, energy and the environment.  Global Citizen is a weaver of community webs, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds.  We work to build diverse partnerships through volunteer service, thus realizing how much more we have in common than our differences.

Global Citizen was founded by Todd Bernstein, who helped Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis create the National Martin Luther King Day of Service in 1994.  Bernstein started the first local King Day of Service in Philadelphia in 1996.

MLK365 is a year-round program that promotes sustainable civic engagement and volunteer opportunities. 

The goal of MLK365 is to ensure that Dr. King's legacy and principles are embraced throughout the entire year.  The initiative emphasizes Dr. King's legacy of nonviolence, social justice, equality and excellence.

MLK365 serves as a year-round clearing house for continuing service opportunities, as well as supporting and designing volunteer programs for its partners.