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Published: Jan 14, 2009

Neighborhood Bike Works Shape Up the Shop

Mon., Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Neighborhood Bike Works, 3916 Locust Walk or 5958 Vine St., 215-386-0316, neighborhoodbikeworks.org

Team up with the Neighborhood Bike Works crew to do some super-early spring cleaning. With more than a couple of projects open to volunteers, NBW volunteers will spend their day organizing bike shop classrooms at two of their West Philly locations. Volunteers can expect to get their hands dirty stripping bike parts from donated frames and spreading a little paint. Free lunch for volunteers, compliments of REI.

Gaudenzia Centro Primavera Read-a-Thon

Mon., Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-noon, Gaudenzia Centro Primavera, 2751 N. Fifth St., 215-423-6766, uwsepa.org

Bookworms, gather round: North Philly's Centro Primavera is going literary with a read-a-thon. Open to the public, this year's page-turning event transforms adult volunteers into storytelling orators. Reading nonstop from childhood classics and books about Martin Luther King Jr., expect Gaudenzia Centro's audience to be young, wide-eyed and cute. Space is limited: Visit the United Way's Day of Service Web site (uwsepa.org/Programs_MLKDayofService.asp) to register.

Outward Bound Fairmount Park Cleanup

Mon., Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-noon, Outward Bound Philadelphia Center, 3250 W. Sedgeley Drive, 215- 232-9130, ext. 6308, outwardbound.org

Spearheading a three-hour cleanup in partnership with Fairmount Park, Outward Bound alumni join members of Philly Summer Search along with community volunteers to beautify park areas surrounding the Outward Bound Philadelphia Center. Clean-up tools, including gloves and bags, will be provided on location, and the cleanup will be followed by a barbecue.

Unitarian Society of Germantown Bowl-Making

Mon., Jan. 19, 9:30-11 a.m. & 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive, 215-836-1240 (registration required), usguu.org

The Unitarian Society of Germantown takes its partnership with Northwest Philly's Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPIHN) to the potter's wheel. Clay enthusiasts of any level will help replenish NPIHN's bowl supply for its forthcoming Empty Bowl Dinner, a soup-savvy fundraiser. Volunteers will carpool to Mount Airy's Allens Lane Art Center, where the bowls will be crafted and fired.

ACORN Fights Foreclosure
Mon., Jan. 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Philadelphia ACORN, 846 N. Broad St., register at 215-765-0042 or paacornphho@acorn.org

The Philadelphia branch of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is hitting the streets to give local homeowners the know-how to fight and beat foreclosure. Spreading the word door to door, ACORN volunteers will share information about the Philadelphia Diversion Program, explain how homeowners can register and receive free counseling and assistance in order to keep their home sweet homes.