Look Up, Lift Up

On Saturday, October 15, 2007, about 70 of our missionaries participated in a city park clean up project. We wore bright red baseball-style hats that said "Mormon Missionary" on the front and "Look Up, Lift Up" on the back. The following comes from the website of the organization that sponsored the event:

"More than 400 volunteers from across the city gathered at the 9th annual “Fall for Your Park” celebration to beautify and revitalize the heavily used and well-loved Cobbs Creek Park. The clean-up included tree plantings, painting, gardening, woodland restoration, and more. A presentation and picnic lunch followed at noon.


The event highlighted the successful collaboration between the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Green program, the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, Fairmount Park Commission, and more than 80 volunteer park groups working together to beautify the city. Support came from the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, the William Penn Foundation, AVEENO®, American Park Network, and the Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America.

Philadelphia Green’s Parks Revitalization Project, initiated in 1993, believes that clean, green, safe and well-used parks are fundamental to the health and vitality of Philadelphia’s communities. For more, go to www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org."

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