Corporate Month of Service at Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis

Saturday, October 13

As 20 of their co-workers were showing their community spirit at Johnson Elementary in St. Paul, 37 UBS volunteers got to work cleaning up Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis.  It was a day of Synchronized Volunteering! 

The camera was just wide enough to get all the volunteers in one shot.

These intrepid volunteers weeded and cleaned the Southside Community Garden, planted new shrubs and trees by the school entrance, painted 3 murals (one of which is proudly displayed in the above photo), moved 30 cubic yards of new mulch into the playground, and harvested pumpkins from the garden for students.

A mural in-progress

Many thanks to the Southside Family Charter School staff for their help in planning a great day of volunteering.  And thanks especially to the UBS volunteers themselves, whose can-do attitude is outdone only by their community spirit.

Other CMOS 2007 Projects:

Sept. 15 - Cityview School

Sept. 27 - Cleveland Junior High School

October 6 &13 - John A. Johnson Elementary

An eagle-eyed volunteer locates the hidden community garden under the weeds