Pol’s community service event draws lots of volunteers
More than 150 volunteers rolled up their sleeves and got to work removing litter from neighborhood parks, pruning bushes and painting benches in a playground with encouragement from a local elected official who cheered them on and joined in.
It was all part of “3 for Community,” a neighborhood service initiative launched by state Sen. Andrew Gounardes on April 6. Gounardes, who concentrated the first “3 for Community” effort in the Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Marine Park parts of his senate district, said he started the program to encourage everyday citizens to perform three acts of service in their neighborhoods each week.
Here’s what Gounardes and his volunteers did on that Saturday: