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The Community Presbyterian Church in Danville is set to host its second annual Serve Day weekend.
At the two-day event, volunteers from local communities will head out to different Bay Area locations, to help out at various organizations, from parks and recreation centers to homeless shelters.
Last year, over 1,200 San Ramon Valley residents came out for the inaugural weekend, and this year, the Presbyterian church hopes to increase its volunteer numbers to 1,500-2,000. Currently, about 1,200 are signed up.
Projects will take place on both Saturday and Sunday. For more information or to sign up, check the Serve Day wesbsite.
There are 20 participating Bay Area locations:
* Brookdale Memory Care Facility (Danville)
* CityTeam Oakland
* Danville Fire and Police
* Del Amigo High School (Danville)
* Down Syndrome Connection (Pleasant Hill)
* East Bay Parks (Walnut Creek)
* Home Care for CPC Seniors (Danville)
* Kids Against Hunger (Pleasanton)
* Monument Crisis Center (Concord)
* Richmond Parks and Rec (main building)
* Richmond Parks and Rec (after school program)
* Richmond Parks and Rec (seniors retreat center)
* San Francisco City Impact
* Shepherd’s Gate (Livermore)
* Shelter, Inc. (Martinez)
* Restore Ministries (Concord)
* Pittsburg Group Home
* Community Presbyterian Preschool (Danville)
* SF City Academy
* Loaves and Fishes (Concord).
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Volunteers from last year’s Serve Day working at Del Amigo High School in Danville. (Photo courtesy of Community Presbyterian Church) -
Volunteers at the Kids Against Hunger facility in Pleasanton at last year’s Serve Day. The organization will be hosting volunteers again this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Community Presbyterian Church) -
Walker French, from Danville, holding up spices for the bags of food they are preparing at Kids Against Hunger facility. (Photo courtesy of Community Presbyterian Church)
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