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Service Project

Queen's Platoon Kick Off Project

June 29, 2019

10:30 AM - 02:30 PM EDT

New York City Platoon

Event overview

The Queens Platoon is kicking off it's first service project with the Brooklyn Queens Land Trust. The BQLT owns 35 community gardens and the lease-holder of one additional garden in Brooklyn and Queens. BQLT-owned gardens cannot be sold or developed and are permanently saved as open spaces. Located in 20 different neighborhoods through Brooklyn and Queens, BQLT gardens provide opportunities for diverse groups of people to meet and work together cooperatively. We're deploying to Malcolm X Garden to create vertical gardens from reclaimed pallets and perform various farm tasks. It'll be a fun filled day in Queens and we hope to see you there to make the launch of the Queens Platoon's first event successful.

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

Clothes you don't mind getting dirty.

Event Contact

When and where

Date

June 29, 2019

Time

10:30 AM - 02:30 PM (EDT)

Location

Malcolm X Garden

111-26 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11368

Parking Information

There's street parking available nearby. The closest train to the farm is the 111th St stop on the 7 train.

Who We Are

In 2025, Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) acquired The Mission Continues, bringing two best-in-class organizations together to provide more opportunities for veterans to find community, lead, and serve. Guided by the ethos “If Not Me, Then Who…,” veterans continue their service, build connections, and thrive in their post-military lives by serving as character role models to youth. As a result, communities prosper and the character of our nation’s heroes lives on in the next generation. Learn more about TMF at travismanion.org

Who should volunteer?

Our service projects are for all veterans with a desire to continue their service and for all non-veterans that want to be part of a nationwide movement to transform communities. Please note, age and accessibility accommodations can be made at any project. There is room for everyone to make an impact. 

How to volunteer 

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