KenCrestCares Clean Up Event in Pottstown A Huge Success

Despite rain showers and cloudy skies, over 125 neon green shirts stood out in Pottstown’s Riverfront Trail Park on Saturday, May 2 as families, staff, and adults who are served by KenCrest volunteered as a part of KenCrestCares at their second volunteer event. KenCrestCares raises awareness of providing quality services to people with disabilities through community service projects. The group picked Pottstown for their second event because of the large amount of people served by KenCrest in the area, including 16 group homes, and EmployNet.  KenCrestCares cleaned up alongside other local groups from the area, including volunteers from Pottstown Parks and Recreation staff, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and students from Ursinus College.

Saturday’s clean-up included picking up trash and debris, and mulching mulching, and planting flowers and trees. The event concluded with songs from the Rejoicing Spirits Choir, of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who sing at worship and fellowship opportunities.

This event was sponsored and made possibly by the Rivercrest Fund, Pottstown Parks and Recreation Department, Schuylkill River Heritage Area, Fast Signs, Giant, Walmart, Copy Fast Printing, Sanatoga Thriftway, DesignArt, and Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Printing.