Earth Day is next Saturday, April 22, but Rockdale Earth Day has many projects planned and our readers can volunteer for any of them. The organization’s Day of Community Service will take place on Friday, April 21.
“Holding our projects on Friday will allow optimum participation from the students at RISD,” said Rockdale Earth Day chairperson David Melton. “Please come out and volunteer to help make God’s good world better.”
The day will start in the RHS gym at 9 a.m. County Judge Bill Whitmire will kick off the day with remarks to the students.
Other volunteers are needed at all of the projects and are welcome to show up at the gym or at the project of their choice.
Here is a list of all of the Day of Community Service projects going on so far:
OLD CITY CEMETERY— Community leaders for this project are Jack and Hazel Brooks and they would like 10 volunteers to help.
ROCKDALE HOUSING AUTHORITY— Community leader is Mario Casarez and he would like 10 volunteers.
ROCKDALE SENIOR CENTER— Community leader is Angela White and she needs five to 10 volunteers.
RISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING— Community leaders will be city councilwoman Esmeralda Ruelas Olivares and her daughter Tatiana who would like 10 to 15 volunteers to help.
SUMUEL PARK— Community leader is Rey Mata who would like 10 volunteers.
US 79— Community leader is Brent Hasselbach and designated school officials who, along with the National Honor Society students will be cleaning up a two-mile stretch of the highway west of Rockdale.
RIOT— Community leader is Alexis Brock who needs 15 to 20 volunteers to plant trees and add gravel to the walkways at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday.
TREES— Community leader is Kent Givens who needs eight to 12 volunteers for mulching the Rockdale Earth Day trees that they planted at the Kay Theater, Rockdale One Stop and along the 600 block of West Bell Street.
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