On Earth Day, CARP Hawai'i supported our local Oahu organizations that want to improve sustainability. We went to Kailua Beach to help pick up trash for the safety of the creatures and people.
Abbreviated News: CARP UB Spruces Up Their Community
Beautifying Oakland, California
On February 26th, 2022, CARP Bay Area, in collaboration with Service for Peace and High Street Coalition, carved out time on their Saturday morning to volunteer for a off-ramp garden beautification project in Oakland, California.
CARP Bay Area Prepare Boxes of Love
CARP Bay Area and YSP-SFP (Youth and Students for Peace - Service for Peace) gathered on the evening of November 22, 2021 to prepare boxes of fresh produce, canned goods, turkeys, chickens, and Thanksgiving ingredients to distribute to families from the Oakland Community.
Heart For People at the Oakland Chinatown Giveaway
On May 29th, 2021, CARP Bay Area, the hub consisting of chapters from Chabot College, California State University East Bay, and University of California Berkeley, teamed up with Service for Peace (YSP) and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) for a service project in Oakland Chinatown.
MLK and the Heart of Service: 40 Days Recap
CARP Bay Area concluded a successful MLK 40 Days of Service from January 18 to February 27, 2021.
During the 40 Days of Service, the mural team and volunteers from various organizations would meet once a week to help paint the welcome section of the mural stating: “Welcome to Sobrante Park.” Each service day, a group of 15 to 20 volunteers would show up early in the morning ready to contribute to beautifying the wall. Many times while painting the wall, passersby would stop and express their utmost gratitude for our service and also want to learn how they can begin to plug in and contribute to the project. It was an incredible feeling seeing the face of true joy and gratitude from the community.
CARP New Jersey Do Service in Honor of MLK
Seventeen members from CARP, Youth and Students for Peace (YSP), and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) gathered at the Clifton Family Church in New Jersey on the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to make peace message bags as part of a service for the wider community of Newark, NJ.
CARP Bay Area Begins 40 Day Mural Project
For the past two to three months, a small team has been meeting to create a design to paint on the wall along Sobrante park on Edes & 105th Ave. For Martin Luther King Jr Day this year, it was wonderful to see people come out eager to serve whether that was to help with the mural or another local project in the Sobrante Park Neighborhood and all over Oakland. Volunteers from CARP, Higher Ground, and the Bay Area Family Church gathered together to begin the mural project by first being reminded of Dr. King’s spirit of serving and the hopes and goals for the mural we are painting.
Baking with True Love
On August 31st, September 1st, and September 4th, CARP New Jersey and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) collaborated on the True Love Bakery service project. It has been hard on everyone as the community has not been able to meet up face to face, but through the action of visiting their homes with gifts of homemade cookies, some scripture, and singing songs, we hoped to give our love and appreciation.
Alumni Series: Jeffrey Silerio, Exemplifying the Heart of Service
Meet Jeffrey Silerio, CARP Las Vegas Alumni! He joined CARP in Las Vegas in August of 2014 (when it started!) until he graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in December of 2015. He has been involved with an affiliate organization, Shine City Project, to clean-up and serve Las Vegas.
“Even though Las Vegas is located in a desert, there is a lot of natural beauty in this area. We can feel God’s love when we go outdoors to places such as Mt. Charleston, Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead, and Wetlands Park. Las Vegas is much more than its casinos and hotels. We want to show others that we care for Las Vegas, and that Las Vegas is our home. ”