. Pictured above: SRVS staff cleaning up along Knight Arnold Road pose with a city worker (in a reflective vest) who helped divert traffic and keep the volunteers safe. SRVS staff pictured (l-r): Business Office Manager Mattie Smith, Director of Community Concepts Donna Palmer, Employment Consultant Louis Moses, and Help Desk Tech Eric Miller. |
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The sun shone brightly for
more than 200 volunteers who
gathered for a massive
clean-up event hosted by
SRVS on April 10. It was
the second annual clean up
of the Getwell corridor
organized by members of the
Getwell Business Community
Group which includes SRVS,
and the first time for the
group to partner with the
City of Memphis and
the Division of Community
Enhancement and Memphis City
Beautiful Commission. The
event was heralded as a
Spirit of Memphis sanctioned
event.
“We look forward to partnering with all the volunteers who turned out today to help improve the quality of life for the citizens of this community,” said an appreciative Jeffrie Bruton, executive director of SRVS. Together with individuals from the Mid-South community, volunteers from the Getwell group joined hands to celebrate the Spirit of Memphis and its movement to turn the tide of self-esteem for Memphians. More than thirty companies, churches, schools and organizations participated in the clean-up, picking up trash and debris within a 3 mile radius from Getwell and Knight Arnold. Representative teams came from Allenbrooke Nursing Home, American Way Middle School, Delta Medical Center, FAA Credit Union, FedEx, Lipscomb and Pitts Breakfast Club, MBI, Memphis Urban League, On Assignment Ministries, QPSI, Sam’s Club, Sigma Beta Fraternity, Small Business Chamber, South Park Elementary School, SRVS, University of Memphis Spirit of Memphis, Volunteer Memphis, Waste Management, and Zoe Academy. Eldra White, executive director of Memphis City Beautiful Commission, orchestrated the clean-up logistics and transport of teams to their various pick up sites. She announced the event as a sanctioned Spirit of Memphis event and all the volunteers cheerfully took the Spirit of Memphis Citizenship Oath, “To celebrate what is great about Memphis; to inspire fellow citizens to be proud of Memphis; to defend Memphis against negativity in thought, word or deed, both Forbes and domestic. One Memphis, on the river, indivisible, with spirit and pride for all!” SRVS staff and members of the Getwell group would like to thank all the many volunteers and contributing partners who helped make this event a success including the City of Memphis Department of Community Enhancement, Memphis City Beautiful Commission, Memphis Police Department, as well as Delta Medical Center, Sam’s Club, Kroger and Clean Memphis for providing breakfast snacks and bottled water. For a photo gallery of this event, visit SRVS Facebook Album. To read our story in the Commercial Appeal click here: "Out With The Trash" |
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