President-elect Obama is calling for citizens and volunteers across the country to organize non-partisan, volunteer community service events to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In response, Sonoma Valley CAN (Community Action Network) is planning three community service projects in concert with local nonprofit organizations in the Sonoma Valley for the weekend prior to the inauguration, Jan. 17, 18 and 19.
On Saturday, Jan. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 40 volunteers are needed to help prepare the Sonoma Ecology Center's Community Garden on Seventh Street East for spring planting. The work involved includes roto-tilling the soil, weeding, and adding compost and fertilizer to the beds. The Ecology Center will provide the materials, but volunteers will be asked to bring shovels and gloves. For more information or to sign up, please visit this event's page at USAService.org.
Sunday, Jan. 18, there will be Sign Up for Service tables at many area churches in the morning, and grocery stores in the afternoon. Volunteers at the tables will have sign-up sheets with information on the needs of various non-profits for volunteers, and will be encouraging people to get involved in meeting the needs of the community. For more information or to sign up, please visit this event's page at USAService.org.
Monday, Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Dunbar Elementary School Garden needs volunteers to help with weeding, turning the soil for spring planting, and possibly helping to build a shelter that can be used as an outdoor classroom. Contact Garden coordinator Alissa Pearce atpearce4@mindspring.com or call 933-8914 for more information. To sign up, please visit this event's page at USAService.org.
Sonoma Valley CAN is a new organization formed to bring positive change to the community. Its roots are in the Obama presidential campaign, but it aims to take the energy and idealism of that movement and form a broad-based group that can organize support for legislation at all levels of government, build grassroots electoral strength, promote civic involvement and facilitate two-way communication with the White House.
For more information on the Day of Service Projects and Sonoma Valley CAN, go to http://www.sonomavalleycan.org.
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Sonoma Valley CAN (Community Action Network) is the continuation of the movement started during the Obama for America Campaign (aka OFA 1.0). Hundreds of thousands of volunteers and organizers came together across America to begin the process of changing our government and our communities. Now that the election is over, we want to take the tools, network and databases we built and put them to work for America as a whole and in Sonoma Valley specifically. This group is open to anyone who wants to see positive change in our community.
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