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Former NBA Star, College Group Team Up To Clean Up Cantonment Park
March 22, 2015
A former NBA star and a student ministry from Kansas teamed up recently to perform community service projects in Cantonment.
Wayne Simien, who was on the Miami Heat’s 2006 NBA championship team, joined the Kansas University student Ministry group Called to Greatness, Pensacola Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization team, the Cantonment Improvement Committee and numerous area residents on a variety of projects.
Nearly 50 volunteers worked to paint the pavilion and picnic tables at Carver Park, create a community garden, plant trees and more. The projects centered around a planned Community Resource Center, which will be located in a renovated modular building that Escambia County donated to the Cantonment Improvement Committee. The building, once is fully operation in a few months, will serve as headquarters for the CIC from its location in Carver Park. Modifications and alterations for accessibility are currently underway, and the resource center should be fully operational in the coming months.
“Called to Greatness’ presence here quickened efforts to give this deserving community a stronger chance of recognizing their dream of an operational Community Resource Center in the immediate future,” said Jon Potrzeba, Habitat’s community outreach coordinator. “To have such a passionate group of college students volunteer with the neighborhood revitalization energizes everyone involved.”
The Neighborhood Revitalization team works to fulfill the mission of Pensacola Habitat through clean-ups, revitalization construction, community development and other efforts. For more information contact Pensacola Habitat for Humanity at (850) 434-5456.
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2 Responses to “Former NBA Star, College Group Team Up To Clean Up Cantonment Park”
GREAT JOB! Thanks to all of you! Keep going and making a difference.
This is awesome… Very proud proud of each you!!! Thank you for your hard work