Great Parks, volunteers team up for MLK Day service project

Great Parks took action on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service by teaming up with volunteers to beautify the Roselawn area around the Great Parks Nature Center at The Summit.The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is an official day of service that recognizes the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Great Parks has partnered with community volunteers on the day for several years now, with a cleanup effort near the Nature Center at The Summit and Summit Road. Great Parks team members and volunteers at this year’s cleanup gathered 17 bags of trash and two bags of recyclables.The Great Parks Nature Center at the Summit, a special collaboration with New Prospect Baptist Church, provides opportunities for children and families to connect to nature through parks-related crafts, nature-themed activities and live animal experiences. Information about upcoming events and programs at the center is available at greatparks.org.The post Great Parks, volunteers team up for MLK Day service project appeared first on The Cincinnati Herald .