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Cherokee YMCA volunteers needed for Sept. 9

The G. Cecil Pruett Family YMCA, 151 Waleska St., Canton is seeking volunteers for 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 for the annual Days of Service to help pick up trash and debris on Marietta Highway from the Boiling Park bridge to the Pruett YMCA parking lot. (Courtesy of YMCA of Metro Atlanta)

Credit: YMCA of Metro Atlanta

Credit: YMCA of Metro Atlanta

The G. Cecil Pruett Family YMCA, 151 Waleska St., Canton is seeking volunteers for 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 for the annual Days of Service to help pick up trash and debris on Marietta Highway from the Boiling Park bridge to the Pruett YMCA parking lot. (Courtesy of YMCA of Metro Atlanta)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Sept 6, 2023

The G. Cecil Pruett Family YMCA, 151 Waleska St., Canton is seeking volunteers for 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 for the annual Days of Service.

Volunteers are needed to help pick up trash and debris on Marietta Highway from the Boiling Park bridge to the G. Cecil Pruett YMCA parking lot.

Gloves and other tools will be supplied.

Volunteers will meet at the G. Cecil Pruett Family YMCA.

This clean-up is part of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta’s annual Days of Service events, which are taking place at several Y locations on Sept. 8 and 9.

The organization will bring together volunteers from across the metro Atlanta area to complete service projects benefiting neighbors and partners in need.

More service opportunities include beautification projects, food packing/distribution and service projects with Y partner organizations.

For more information and to register as a volunteer, visit ymcaatlanta.org/daysofservice.

View more details at facebook.com/MetroAtlantaY.

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