5th Annual Multi-generational Martin Luther King Day of Service

5th Annual Multi-generational
Event

Martin Luther King Day of Service

Recreation Center of Highland
Park

Monday, January 20, 2014 10-2

Partner
with community friends and family on Monday January 20, 2014 from 10 am to 2pm
at the Recreation Center of Highland Park for the 5th Annual MLK Day
of Service.  Purposeful service projects
and entertainment will engage all ages. 
The Honorable Jesse White, Illinois Secretary of State will recount his
experiences as a student of Dr. King. The Jesse White Tumbling Team will be on
hand as will Two Soldiers and a Marine Food Truck serving hands down best ever
BBQ.  Don’t miss the McCormick Foundation
Freedom Express Museum, a 45-foot traveling museum that offers visitors an
opportunity to explore their First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech,
press, assembly and petition, or Highland Park’s very own Lynn Epps, performing
A Portrait of Dr. King.

Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What
are you doing for others?'"

Service projects will include
assembling toiletries for PADS, creating valentine messages for Operation
Support Our Troops, decorate and fill book bags for distribution at North Shore
Health Clinic. Welcome campers for the summer with SCOPE lead by Heather Knobel.
Join Wayne Thomas School, packaging soup mix and recipes for the Moraine
Township Food Bank, and much more. 

Toiletry donations will be
accepted Monday January 13th to Friday January 17th, at the Firehouse
Youth Center between 3 and 5 PM.

This is your chance to turn
community concerns into citizen action. 
For more information contact Cheryl Levi at 847-903-9523 or levi.cheryl@yahoo.com