HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council is calling for volunteers to serve the community by participating in various public service projects April 23.
“This is a very great day for the community to come together and for the community to realize that being united and working together we can get a lot done,” said Mark Currie, an executive board member of Interfaith Council.
Additionally, Currie told The Epoch Times that the projects vary every year depending on the city’s needs.
Typically, he said, up to 800 volunteers from Huntington Beach participate on this day.
Community Service Day is celebrated annually and was initiated by local churches in 2014.
Volunteers at Laguna Niguel Presbyterian work with San Clemente-based Family Assistance Ministries in handing out food donations to a line of cars in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Dec. 23, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Following is a list of projects in need of volunteers.
Mile Square Park Improvement: Volunteers will plant 500 plants, spread wood chips, and weed. Volunteers are recommended to bring water, a hat, sunscreen, shovels, rakes, and gloves if possible.
HB Youth Shelter: Volunteers are needed to help with mulching, refurbishing wood patio furniture, gardening, and cleaning. Approximately 25 to 30 volunteers are needed.
Irby Park Cleanup: Irby Park needs volunteers to spread wood chips, clear out vegetation, and help create a natural setting with logs and boulders provided. Volunteers should bring gloves, and a rake or pitchfork.
Huntington Beach Wetlands: Talbert Marsh is recruiting approximately 35 to 40 volunteers for trash pickup. Volunteers are suggested to bring gloves, bags, trash pickers and water. Not for small children.
Huntington Beach Central Park: Volunteers will landscape near Kathy Mays restaurant.
Rebuild Homes: Volunteers are needed to help homeowners with cleaning.
Dance 4 Joy: Volunteers will spend time with seniors.
All projects will be held between 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
