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TRUE Skool, Public Allies spruce up MLK Peace Place for Global Youth Service Day

April 19, 2016 by Emmy A. Yates Leave a Comment

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  • True Skool volunteer Gideon Verdin-Williams addresses the 40 volunteers who showed up at Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Park. (All photos by Emmy A. Yates)
  • Diallo Mayo is all smiles despite carrying heavy materials for the new garden beds.
  • True Skool program director Shalina S. Ali helps Kalimaa Free put on her gloves to clean up trash.
  • (From left) Marleisa Quiles, Ashleigh Early and Erika Gallegos share a laugh while working together to lay dirt for the new walking path.
  • Local artist Artista Purepecha lends a hand with the soil provided by Blue Ribbon Organics.
  • Ian Larson and Tyrone Randle take a break from building a garden bed.
  • Piallo Mayo and Trenay Ratney work together to build the new garden beds that will provide organic, healthy food to members of the community.
  • Volunteer Veronica Parker lays down a layer of dirt on the first completed garden box.
  • Fruit, vegetables and water were provided for the volunteers by Public Allies.
  • Sierra Taliaferro shovels wood chips provided by the City of Milwaukee into the newly built garden box.
  • Kalimaa Free and Meyah Mayo were among the smallest volunteers working to help build the new garden boxes.
  • (From left) Event leaders brothers Gideon and Fidel Verdin-Williams, Terry Evans and Che Carter (front).

More than 40 volunteers came together on April 16 to participate in Global Youth Service Day at Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Place, located on the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Ring Street. True Skool, Public Allies and other community groups gathered for Global Youth Service Day to build new garden beds, clean up trash, create a walkway and take part in other activities.

More than 60 service projects took place in Milwaukee for Global Youth Service Day.

The Peace Place project received a $150 grant from the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, which was used for shovels, rakes, gloves and plants. Blue Ribbon Organics supplied the soil, the City of Milwaukee provided wood chips for landscaping, and others donated lumber. Healthy snacks of fruit, vegetables, granola and water were provided for the volunteers by Public Allies.

Food grown in the garden will be available to community members, and the beds will be available at no cost for anyone to grow their own produce. The garden also creates opportunities for positive community interactions.

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