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City of Santa Fe Senior Corps Volunteer Programs Host Community Cleanup

By NMDVS

The City of Santa Fe Senior Corps Volunteer Programs have adopted a highway and they need help cleaning the area. Join this group as a volunteer for the day on Tuesday, September 11 beginning at 9:30 am. The cleanup will take place on NM 475 (Artist Road/Hyde Park Road) from mile marker two to three.

Senior Corps volunteers and community members will pick up trash and debris in an effort to keep our environment safe, healthy and beautiful while remembering that September 11th is a time to come together as a community and do at least one good deed.  Trash bags, gloves, safety vests and light refreshments will be provided.

“Providing service to others is a New Mexico tradition,” says Michael Garcia, State Program Director for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that sponsors Senior Corps programs. “The National Day of Service and Remembrance honors the lives lost 17 years ago by engaging community members in service projects.  I encourage everyone to participate and volunteer on this important day of service and please continue to volunteer in your community throughout the year.”

September 11th was designated a national day of service by Congress in 2009 – since then it has been observed nationwide as a national day of unity. CNCS partners with 911Day.org, the nonprofit that began the 9/11 Day observance, and hundreds of businesses, nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations, and schools nationwide to observe this day and bring community members together.

This cleanup project is meant as a way to address an immediate community need through volunteer service and community collaboration. If you are interested in volunteering for this project please contact Triston Lovato-Armstrong, Community Relations Administrator at (505) 955-4760or email trlovato@santafenm.gov

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