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MLK Day 2011: a day for community service
January 14, 2011
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Next Monday, January 17, marks the 25th anniversary of the
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
. We join Americans in celebrating the life and legacy of
Dr. King
as a company-recognized holiday. You may not know that Martin Luther King Day is not only a federal holiday, but also a national day of service. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, which encourages citizens to volunteer on that day.
This MLK Day, many Google employees are participating in service projects from coast to coast. We’re also joining the Corporation for National & Community Service, a
Google Grants
recipient, to spread the word about volunteering opportunities around the country. On their
MLKDay.gov
site you can learn about the King Day of Service and
find a project
in your area. Projects include delivering meals, refurbishing schools and community centers, collecting food and clothing, signing up mentors, reading to children, promoting nonviolence and more. Many of these projects start on King Day and last throughout the year.
Together, let’s make Martin Luther King Jr. Day “a day on, not a day off.”
Posted by Tolu Thomas on behalf of the MLK Day Volunteer Team
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