Sharefest Community Development, Inc. received a grant for their annual day of community service projects. Sharefest’s mission is “building strong South Bay communities by fostering volunteerism and preparing youth to lead positive change.” Through their Workday and Youth Development Academy programs they pursue their goals of fostering volunteerism, establishing working coalitions, creating communities of care and mentoring youth to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Sharefest began with the development of their signature program, Workday, an annual community-wide day of volunteer service projects. On Workday, volunteers from all sectors of the community clean, build, refurbish, paint, and improve buildings, parks, and other facilities in neighborhoods compromised by gang violence and neglect. Over our 13 annual Workdays they have successfully mobilized more than 50,000 volunteers completed 2,500+projects and made over $10 million worth of improvements to the community.
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