Love La Mirada is excited about their upcoming 3rd annual Love La Mirada Day of Service event on Saturday, April 28th at 8 am. The goal of this event is to help people discover more about our city, serve together to improve our neighborhoods and connect with other residents of La Mirada to create an even better community.
Love La Mirada has put together over 40 service projects around the community and hopes to have many more volunteers this year. Whether you participate by yourself or as a family, there are plenty of day of service opportunities available. Here are some of the projects:
- Painting at Anna J. Martin Park
- Park Clean-up at Creek Park
- Making Backpacks for the Homeless
- Trimming Shrubs at Frontier Park
- Cleaning Bushes at Windermere Park
- General Facility Clean-up at Frontier Park
- Planting Flowers at Frontier Park
- Cleaning Toys at Gardenhill Park
- Painting Fence at Gardenhill Park
- General Facility Clean-up at Gardenhill Park
- Landscape and In-home Repairs with Helping Hands
- Park Clean-up at Neff Park
- Garden Clean-up at Neff Park
- Visiting and Helping Residents at Mirada Hills
- Cleaning Historical George House at Neff Park
- Painting a Habitat for Humanity House
- Visiting and Helping Residents at Palms Senior Living
- Planting Flowers at Neff Park
- Cleaning Historical Neff House at Neff Park
- Cleaning Historical Barn at Neff Park
- Cleaning Historical Barn Kitchen at Neff Park
- Painting at Neff Park
- Clean Up Green Waste at Neff Park
- Raking Needles and Leaves at Neff Park
- General Facility Clean-up at La Mirada Activity Center
- General Facility Clean-up at La Mirada Resource Center
- Weeding and Spreading Wood Chips at Heights Christian Jr. High School
- Painting Fence at Windermere Park
- Residential House and Yard Cleaning
- Distribute Flyers for Relay for Life
- Making Placemats for Seniors at La Mirada Resource Center
- Painting Picnic Tables at Windermere Park
- Cleaning Toys at Windermere Park
- General Facility Clean-up at Windermere Park
- Planting Flowers at Windermere Park
- Writing Letters to Troops at La Mirada Resource Center
- Cleaning and Planting at Veteran’s Park
- Painting at Oak Creek Park
- Painting Benches at Dulles Elementary
- Planting Bushes at Dulles Elementary
- Painting at Heights Christian Jr. High School
The projects are posted on their website and volunteer registration is live. There are limited spots available for each project. Click here to go to the project list and select one that you’d like to volunteer for.
The day begins with a Love La Mirada Launch Rally at Heights Christian Elementary School. After signing in and finalizing event registration, you will pick up a wristband and FREE Love La Mirada t-shirt. Project teams will get last minute updates and head out to projects sites around 9 am.
After completing service projects, teams will return to the Love La Mirada Launch Rally location at noon for a free thank-you lunch courtesy of Chick-fil-A La Habra and a time of celebration for completing the Day of Service. Show your civic pride and make this year’s event a resounding success.
Source & Photo Credit: Love La Mirada