Service day spurs ‘green’ moves for Rox residents
Elsie Brown, a resident of the Madison Park Village housing complex in Roxbury, installs a compact fluorescent light bulb on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts helped install energy-efficient light bulbs in Madison Park and at St. John St. James Episcopal Church. Photo By Talia Whyte
By Talia Whyte
Bay State Banner
Last Friday, President Barack Obama called upon Americans to participate in a National Day of Service and to give back to their communities on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Many of the goodwill efforts revolved around helping to make vulnerable neighborhoods more environmentally friendly.
Locally, members of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts gathered at St. John St. James Episcopal Church in Roxbury to “green” the church and residences in the nearby Madison Park Village housing complex by installing energy-efficient light bulbs.
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