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Service Project

MLK Day of Service Coat Drive

January 16, 2021

09:45 AM - 01:00 PM EST

Newark Platoon

Event overview

The Mission Continues Newark Platoon is collecting coats, hats, gloves, and scarves to donate to The New Jersey Veteran's Network and Never Alone Again in Teaneck. We need your help on collection day to help collect the items and sort the items collected so that they can be distributed to the organizations. This event also has a socially distant aspect as well. If you would like to donate a coat you can visit 1 of 3 drop off boxes located at various American Legions. They are: American Legion Post 310 in Little Ferry, NJ, American Legion Post 58 in Englewood, NJ, and American Legion post 170 in Rochelle Park, NJ. All the drop boxes are near the bar areas. If you drop off at one of these locations then please snap a selfie and email it to jgonzalez@missioncontinues.org so that we can create a collage to honor our social distance donors. Please don't forget your mask and please dress warm. We will be outside but there are 3 firepits in the Pavilion where we will be. Volunteers will be paired into a team of 2 or 3 and will rotate 1 hour shifts.

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

TMC Shirts, Masks, and something warm to wear outside

Event Contact

When and where

Date

January 16, 2021

Time

09:45 AM - 01:00 PM (EST)

Location

American Legion Post 170

33 W Passaic St
Rochelle Park, NJ

Parking Information

There is plenty of parking onsite.

Who We Are

The Mission Continues is a national non-profit that empowers veterans to continue serving in our nation’s under-resourced communities, giving veterans the opportunity to keep serving even after the uniform comes off, right here at home. Our programs deploy veterans and volunteers to work alongside nonprofit partners and community leaders to improve educational resources, tackle food insecurity, foster neighborhood identity, and more.  

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