Students from the Youth Build Charter School painted doors and classrooms at Dixon Learning Academy, 2201 Moore St., for Martin Luther King Day.
Monday marks the 16th annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service where thousands of volunteers will chip in to better their neighborhoods at dozens of Philadelphia events including about 30 locally.
In 1994, Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford and Georgia U.S. Rep. John Lewis turned a national holiday from a “day off” to a “day on.” The first Martin Luther King Day of Service came to Philadelphia two years later. A national record was set for the city when the 14th annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service witnessed 65,000 volunteers. The day brings communities together to better their neighborhoods.
Waters Memorial AME Church, 609 S. Clifton St., will host a senior citizens’ breakfast followed by a short Martin Luther King Day skit 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
George W. Nebinger School, 601 Carpenter St., will hold Nebinger King Day of Service 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. where students, staff and community members will participate in activites that will improve community relations in the school and the surrounding neighborhood Also, an open panel discussion with the parents will communicate ways to improve parental invovlement and provide additional resources for the academic program.
George Washington School, 1198 S. Fifth St., is looking for volunteers to write library cards for books that have been donated to start a school library 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Greater Philadelphia Cares will be accepting donations for its 15th annual Winter Coat Drive at Conestoga Bank, 21st Street and Passyunk Avenue, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 14.
Volunteers are encouraged to help clean up and renovate the existing after-school room at Vare Recreation Center, 2600 Morris St., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Engine 47, 3031 Grays Ferry Ave., will offer complimentary blood pressure screenings and health information 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Greater Philadelphia Cares will be accepting donations for its 15th annual Winter Coat Drive at Conestoga Bank, 10th and Catharine streets, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 14.
Engine 49, 2600 S. 13th St., will be giving out fire and safety literature along with taking requests for smoke detectors 11 a.m. to noon at the Fels Community Center, 2407 S. Broad St.
City Year Greater Philadelphia will volunteer renovations to South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. by repainting classrooms and painting murals. NewCORE (New Conversation on Race and Ethnicity) will hold the Conversation of Kings: From Dream to Sacrifice at Southern 9:30 a.m. to noon. The latter event entails a meaningful multicultural, interfaith concurrent conversation with local leaders, civicly-engaged citizens, students and volunteers in partnership with Global Citizen and the School District of Philadelphia.
Greater Philadelphia Cares will be accepting donations for its 15th annual Winter Coat Drive at Conestoga Bank, Broad and Porter streets, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 14.
Often being in the right place at the right time can form one’s destiny, as Point Breeze native and newly elected state Rep. Kenyatta Johnson well knows. In 1998, after graduating from college, Johnson was walking near his old residence at 18th and Wharton streets when he ran into then-retired state Sen. Hardy Williams. Having admired him from afar for years, Johnson introduced himself and asked Williams if he would be willing to speak at the Philadelphia Chapter of City Year, a national youth organization of which Johnson was a member, about the importance of community service.
After pouring blue and yellow paint into aluminum trays, seven Youth Build Charter School students armed with rollers and brushes began freshening up doors and classrooms Monday morning at Dixon Learning Academy, 2201 Moore St., as part of the 15th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service.
The holidays may be behind us but the giving season continued as a large number of volunteers including students from the World Communications Charter School, 512 S. Broad St., and members of the Church of the Redeemer, 1440 S. 24th St., rolled up their sleeves Monday to work in the soup kitchen at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church, 750 S. Broad St.
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