Mount Pleasant got a little cleaner over the past week. With the help of local residents, Love Mount Pleasant Week took place from Oct. 18th-25th and had a lot to accomplish in that one week.
According to their website, Love Mount Pleasant Week is a community compassion project, spearheaded by Grace Church, that seeks to serve the people of this city in practical, compassionate ways.
Many events and service projects took place during the week. They included clean up of the Chip River at Island Park, picking up trash on the streets between campus and the Ward after Central/Western weekend, raking yards around town, designing materials for a Green Living Guide, cleaning at the Central Michigan Pregnancy Services building and much more.
Love Mount Pleasant Week takes place twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. The fall campaign focuses more on local organizations, while the spring campaign focuses on global needs. This fall the campaign is focusing on raising awareness and directing proceeds to three local organizations: Listening Ear, Commission on Aging and Central Michigan Pregnancy Services.
The week ended Saturday with the Race for a Reason road race. All registration fees went to the three local organizations.
“We are excited to announce that over 240 people participated in our second race, which raised a total of $2,395 plus for the local organizations,” according to the New Grace website.
No numbers are in yet for the amount of money raised for these local charities, but Love Mount Pleasant Week website states that so far, 464 hours have been committed for the service projects.
For more information on Love Mount Pleasant Week, visit their website at www.lovemp.org.
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