Pleasant Hill Needs Community Service Day Volunteers

PLEASANT HILL, CA -- You can help make Pleasant Hill shine by volunteering for Community Service Day, Saturday, Sept. 28.

With 21 projects to choose from, there is something for nearly everyone. The day begins at 7:30 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Park, where the Lions Club will be serving up a pancake breakfast, and Civic Action Commissioners will hand out free Community Service Day T-shirts while supplies last.

Projects begin at 9 a.m., and most will be done by 1 p.m.

Launched in 2005 by Mayor Michael Harris and coordinated by the Civic Action Commission, CSD is a day where members of the community of all ages come together to volunteer their time for a variety of worthy causes and projects.

Over the past 14 years, more than 42,250 volunteer hours have been logged to improve the Pleasant Hill community. Together, volunteers have cleaned up neighborhoods, schools, parks, and creeks; planted scores of trees; landscaped parks and organic gardens; repaired over 1,000 bicycles for donation to children; donated blood to save dozens of lives; collected over 19 tons of food for the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano; and helped children and seniors in need.

For more information on volunteering, visit http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/514/Community-Service-Day or email city Community Relations Manager Gayle Vassar.

Registration is now open at http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/1389/Community-Service-Day-Registration