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Volunteers Needed for Events Honoring Legacy of Cesar Chavez
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March 13, 2023 at 2:10 pm
Getting involved in the community was a major part of Cesar Chavez's life.
The City of Mesa has several volunteer opportunities to celebrate the legacy of the labor leader, civil rights icon and Arizona native.
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?? Pet Microchipping - City of Mesa Animal Control is offering a free microchipping event for dogs and cats Friday, March 24 at 200 S. Center St. Volunteers are needed to help with pet owner check-in, data entry, answering questions, line management, animal cleanup and other duties as assigned. Two shifts are available from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Volunteers must be 18 and older to participate.
Mesa Urban Garden - The City needs 20 volunteers to spruce up the Mesa Urban Garden, 212 E. First Ave., on Friday, March 31 (Cesar Chavez Day) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The volunteers will help with weeding, mulching, pruning, planting flowers, filling beds with soil, painting and various repairs. Volunteers must be 16 and older to participate.
Resurrection Street Ministries - Resurrection Street Ministries (RSM) needs 60 volunteers to help sort donations for its community thrift store Friday, March 31 from 8;30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 1135 E. Main St. Volunteers will organize clean and assemble furniture and other items. Volunteers must be 18 and older to participate.
"Cesar Chavez' legacy is both an inspiration and a guiding light in Mesa," said Mayor John Giles. "Getting involved in the community is an excellent way to honor Chavez' dedication to fighting for the greater good. We appreciate the hundreds of volunteers who generously give of their time and energy in Mesa."
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A true American hero, Cesar Chavez was a civil rights, Latino and farm labor leader; a genuinely religious and spiritual figure; a community organizer and social entrepreneur; a champion of militant nonviolent social change; and a crusader for the environment and consumer rights.
A first-generation American, he was born on March 31, 1927 near his family’s small homestead outside Yuma, Arizona. At age 11, his family lost their farm during the Great Depression and became migrant farm workers. Cesar finished his formal education after the eighth grade and worked the fields full-time to help support his family. Throughout his youth and into adulthood, Cesar traveled the migrant streams throughout California laboring in the fields, orchards and vineyards where he was exposed to the hardships and injustices of farm worker life.
Cesar joined the U.S. Navy in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II and served in the Western Pacific. He returned from the service in 1948 to marry Helen Fabela, whom he met while working in fields.
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