MLK Day of Service Social Clean Up 2018

MLK - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. represents many things to many people.  This international figure is well recognized as a “good man” who had high expectations for humans.

Annually in Trenton NJ a group of people come together for a service project known as the MLK Day of Service Social Clean Up.  

Over the years several partners have joined and supported this effort including Elissa Horan of CARE TRENTON, Will Foskey of Trenton Going Global, Kieanna Childs-Alexander, Rev. Karen Hernandez-Granzen, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nassau Presbyterian Church, High Rollaz Car Club, The Center for Faith Justice, LALDEF - Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund and other New Brunswick Presbytery congregations, the CIty of Trenton Public Works Department as well as individuals of various ages, backgrounds.

The idea behind the clean up is to bring people together for a service project that will encourage networking and community building.  Like past events, the intentional communal residence the Bethany House of Hospitality served as the HQ’s with restrooms and refreshments.  

Today ~30 people battled the temperatures that felt like the high teens, low twenties to pick up debris, rake leaves and to remove illegally dump household appliances in Columbus Park.

Thank you to everyone who participated, shared the event through various outlets and encouraged the efforts.