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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hundreds
to Volunteer Throughout East Bay in Joint Community and UC Berkeley Event
On Saturday
morning, Mayor Tom Bates will kick-off huge volunteer mobilization with
rally on Milvia Street in front of the City of Berkeley Civic Center
Building.
Berkeley, CA – As many as 400 UC
Berkeley students and local community members are expected to spend the
day volunteering in Berkeley and around the East Bay on Saturday as part
of ‘Cal Community Action Day’ and ‘Hands on Bay Area Day.’
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will welcome the volunteers at an 8:30
a.m. kick-off event in front of Berkeley’s Civic Center Building on
Milvia Street. Following the kick-off, volunteers
will work on projects at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park, Malcolm X School,
People’s Park, the Youth Emergency Hostel, and 10 other Berkeley
locations. The Cal Community
in Action Day is organized by the Cal Corps Public Service Center and
Hands on East Bay, with assistance from the Mayor’s Office.
This event is part of a larger Bay Area-wide community mobilization
day that will deploy over 2,000 volunteers to 65 sites.
For more information, go to www.handsonbayarea.org. “Over 10,000 Cal students
volunteer in our community every year, helping with everything from legal
services for homeless people to environmental restoration work,” said
Mayor Tom Bates. “This one
day event will provide thousands of hours of free work to many worthy
organizations and projects. Even
more importantly, we know from experience that many participants will
decide to make volunteer work a regular part of their lives.” WHO:
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and hundreds of UC Berkeley students and
community volunteers WHAT: Cal
Community Action Day WHERE: Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Building
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley WHEN: Saturday, October 12 8:30 a.m. Kick-off event Most volunteers will work from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. # # # |
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