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Mlk Day Of Service

Friday, January 25, 2013

Tucker's Great Moment: MLK Day of Service

A true collaboration between local groups who care about serving the community.

This past Monday, Jan. 21, over 200 men, women, and children came together across six different project sites to serve the Tucker community.   Tucker High students and Northlake Church of Christ members painted walls and at Brockett Elementary School. Members from Tucker First United Methodist, First Baptist Tucker and Rehoboth Baptist in Tucker tilled beds, spread mulch and beautified that landscaping at Tucker Middle School. They also enjoyed a good game of freeze tag involving the children and teens.   At Networks Cooperative Ministry, food purchased from the Atlanta Community Food Bank was processed and stored, while general indoor and outdoor clean up tasks were performed by eager volunteers. At Smoke Rise Elementary, Cross of Grace …

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

'Awesome Community Event' at Tucker Nature Preserve

Monday was a busy day for volunteers all over town.

Volunteers came out in force to plant trees and shrubs at the Tucker Nature Preserve on Martin Luther King's Day of Service on Monday. It was one of five different work-day events held around town.  "It was fantastic. A huge success," said Pam McNall, an organizer and occassional Patch contributor. "We had a total of about 105 people helping at the Preserve, and I heard from others that the "meet and greet" at Tucker High School at 9 a.m. had about 130 people, before they all divided up and worked at the various work locations." McNall said a lot of tree and shrub saplings were planted and the whole place was cleaned up. "It's going to be a whole new looking Nature Preserve once these saplings start sprouting up!" The event was sponsored …

Jane Patla Tanner

3:40 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013

The 5th MLK Day of Service in Tucker was the best yet! Thank you to all the coordinators and all the volunteers - it was wonderful to see so many organizations participating this year.   more ›

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