Big Sunday: A Community Improvement Project

A civic improvement project in Southern California is attracting volunteers and powerful supporters.

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May 8, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...an estimated 25,000 volunteers are expected to fan out to 250 locations...for this year's Big Sunday. They will paint out graffiti, plant thousands of shrubs, touch up dozens of old murals and clean classrooms. It will be the biggest Big Sunday by far, in large part because powerful names have discovered it... Schools in a dozen communities will be sites for garden planting, playground beautification and classroom cleanup. Groups...will work with volunteers to clean beaches...Tree planting, brush clearing and branch pruning are planned..."

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