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Organizers of Work on Wilmington, a one-day annual event that dispatches volunteers to community improvement projects citywide, expect more than 2,000 residents to pitch in at next year’s engagement now in the works.
For the moment, though, they’re calling on the city’s people, businesses and nonprofits to propose worthy ideas.
The Cape Fear Literacy Council’s office gets a new coat in this past Work on Wilmington project. Photo courtesy Work on Wilmington.
“Work On Wilmington seeks projects that will meet specific needs and provide tangible benefits,” the group’s website says. “Projects must be able to be completed in four hours and show visible impact. They also must be unlikely to happen without the help of Work On Wilmington volunteers.”
Ideas may include painting, landscaping, installing playground equipment, litter sweeps and small construction projects.
Work on Wilmington 2014 is scheduled for May 3; proposals are being accepted–online only–through Nov. 15 this year. Click here to submit.
Past years’ projects have included maintenance, landscaping and paint work at New Hanover County schools; relieving area parks of litter; and community fence painting.
Organizers say potentially dangerous work, such as with the use of scaffolding or advanced power tools, are not appropriate for Work on Wilmington.
The annual event, which started in 2006, is put together by Leadership Wilmington, a civic program of the Greater Wilmington Chamber Foundation.
Click here for more information about the event.
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on September 24, 2013. Filed under Local News,Wilmington.
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