Join us for one of these fulfilling and meaningful upcoming events! Not a a member of Emerging Leaders United? Learn more and join here.
Help Maintain the Good Medicine Garden
Saturday, August 8th, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
310 Spies Church Rd., Reading PA 19606
Join us at the Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge for a peaceful morning of gardening in the Good Medicine Garden. We will be setting up garden beds, filling soil, planting, weeding, and mulching. Please bring a water bottle, gardening gloves, and gardening tools if you have them (some tools will be available on site). This event is being held in support of longtime ELU member and previous ELU Cabinet member, Amanda Funk. Please visit the registration link to learn more!
ELU Day of Caring at RACC Mobile Market
Saturday, September 12th, 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Parking lot at the intersection of Chestnut and South 2nd Street, Reading PA 19602
We will be joining Helping Harvest at their monthly mobile market food distribution! This one is being held near RACC.
Volunteers are expected to assist the Mobile Market Manager set up and disassemble an assembly line for the distribution. This consists of tables, cones, as well as placing food items from pallets onto tables. Volunteers must be comfortable lifting up to 15lbs, walking, and standing comfortably. Volunteers will be responsible for 1 – 5 food items and ensuring each family receives the correct number of food items.
Taco Tuesday at Opportunity House
Tuesday, September 29th, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Opportunity House, 430 N 2nd St, Reading, PA 19601
We’ll be serving a meal to the clients at Opportunity House! Volunteers should arrive at 5:30pm to help make and prep the meal. Dinner is served at 6:30pm.
We’ll be making tacos, and we ask participating ELU members to bring ingredients to make the meal, and dessert items. We will be serving about 75 people! Stick around after dinner for a tour of the Opportunity House emergency shelter and their other facilities!