MLK Day

MLK Day is a Day on not off!

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What projects did you do to keep service as a central part of this national holiday?

Here is one story from Literacy AmeriCorps - New Orleans Member Kathy Bailey:

On Martin Luther King Day, I volunteered for 5 hours at Camp Hope in St. Bernard Parish. Camp Hope is a volunteer camp that was previously run by Habitat For Humanity and located in the former Beauregard Middle School in Violet in St. Bernard Parish. When Beauregard was decommissioned last year, they relocated to another former school located in Arabi, where they are now funded by the Parish. They just re-opened for volunteers in early January, but still had work to do. They sent out a request to all former guests/residents to come help on Martin Luther King Day. There were over 50 volunteers there -- some doing planting out in the parish and some helping with Camp Hope itself. I stayed at Camp Hope and helped clear out and clean up the entrance and moved a load of potted trees and plants. I also helped clean up inside in the large room to be used as a cafeteria and meeting place. Crystal and Doug were the people overseeing my work.