On behalf of the West Augustine Nature Society, we want to thank everyone who came out to our 4th annual MLK day cleanup event held on January 15, 2024.
Without the amazing volunteers this event would not be possible.
Keep West Augustine Green
On behalf of the West Augustine Nature Society, we want to thank everyone who came out to our 4th annual MLK day cleanup event held on January 15, 2024.
Without the amazing volunteers this event would not be possible.
● 8-10 A.M.
● Meet us at 252 N Mc Laughlin St, St. Augustine
BRING: Gloves and/or grabber, trash bags, warm clothing & your own water bottle.
If doing the cemetery clean up, please bring gardening tools, such as rakes, pruners etc. After the clean up, we invite anyone interested to come join us at the Silent March downtown (Starts at 86 MLK Ave at 10:30 A.M.) to honor and remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in St Augustine.
We are grateful for the support of our community partners:
❤ The West Augustine Improvement Association
❤ The St. Augustine Connection
❤ Elizabeth Jennings Real Estate Agent, One Sotheby's International Realty
❤ Kate Mitchell Realtor, One Sotheby's International Realty
❤ Ben & Jerry's St. Augustine
❤ Dancing Treetops
❤ EarthGuyRye
❤ Compassionate St Augustine & Good Trouble
❤ Nu Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
❤ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
❤ Omega Phi Omega of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
❤ Primerica Financial Services
❤ Interact St. Augustine High School
❤ Pie in The Sky
❤ The Rotary Club of St. Augustine Sunrise
❤ Sigma Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
❤ Beachside High National Honor Society
❤ St. Joseph Academy Interact Club
We will be cleaning up the streets around the Pinehurst, San Sebastian and Woodlawn cemeteries, and we will be cleaning up inside of the Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries, two of the oldest African American cemeteries in Florida.
Treats for our volunteers:
High school students please ask us for volunteer forms.
If you'd like to get involved in this or future events or donate food, supplies etc. to the events, contact us or the West Augustine Nature Society via messenger or email.
Please share this flyer. It may change as we add more community partners, but we will always have the most updated flyer on the website.
We would like to thank everyone, who came out to our MLK day clean-up event this year. Even though it was 35 degrees F, when we were setting up with with frost on the grass in the morning, more than 150 people came out to the street/cemetery clean-up event.
"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'"
Martin Luther King, Jr.