FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Friday, January 14, 2011

Contact: Department of Public Works: 415-713-2181

San Francisco, CA – In commemoration of the Martin Luther King National Day of Service, the Department of Public Works (DPW) will be supporting the efforts of the African American Art & Culture Complex, Organizing for America and Citizen Hope to host a one-day volunteer initiative throughout San Francisco.

DPW will provide supplies and assistance to volunteers that will be participating in tree-planting, gardening and litter cleanup activities throughout the city. In addition, the department will host cleaning and greening volunteer activities along Geary Boulevard and in the Western Addition.

In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a “National Day of Service,” which takes place annually on the third Monday in January and is led by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service.

Partners for the MLK National Day of Service in San Francisco include the African American Art & Culture Complex, Organizing for America, San Francisco Park and Recreation Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority, San Francisco Police Department, the Glide Memorial Church, Lefty O’Doul’s, the National Parks Department, Mo Magic, and Citizen Hope.

Date & Time: Monday, January 17, 2010 beginning at 8 AM

Location:         Meet at 762 Fulton Street

Schedule:      

8:00am-8:45am:          Breakfast available and volunteer sign-up for various locations

8:45am-9:15am:          Rally featuring special invited guest and MLK poet, Brandon Hughes and celebrity vocalist Lawrence Beamen from “Americas Got Talent.”

9:15am-9:30am:          Travel to volunteer destination courtesy of SFMTA

9:30am-12:30pm:        Volunteer activities

 

To Volunteer: my.barackobama.com

Volunteer locations in San Francisco:

On Geary Blvd between Gough and Laguna and between Divisadero and Lyon (DPW); Buena Vista Park, 498 Buena Vista Park East; Tenderloin Recreation Center, 570 Ellis Street; Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis Street; Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, 1050 McAllister; Hayes Valley Farm, 450 Fell Street; Ocean Beach, HWY 1 and Fulton Street; African American Art & Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street; Lake Merced, 100 Harding Park Road; St. Anthony, 45 Jones Street.

DPW is responsible for the care and maintenance of San Francisco’s streets and much of its infrastructure. The department cleans and resurfaces streets; plants and maintains City street trees; designs, constructs and maintains city-owned facilities; inspects streets and sidewalks; constructs curb ramps; removes graffiti from public property; and partners with the diverse neighborhoods in San Francisco to provide stellar cleaning and greening services.