Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Day of Service
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
2012 MLK Day Events
Georgia Perimeter College,
Multiple locations in metro-Atlanta, Georgia
Kick Off Rally and Service Projects,
www.gpc.edu/mlk/2012mlkdayofservice.htm
Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism (GCSV) staff member Kiana Sullivan in attendance at the Clarkston Campus.
Hands On Atlanta SilverCorps,
East Point, Georgia,
Various service projects at East Point Community Center,
The East Point Community Action Team, Inc.
AmeriCorps Schools Program at Hands On Atlanta,
Atlanta, Georgia,
100+ projects, for 2,400 volunteers, for approximately 10,000 hours volunteered,
at Price Middle School, Thomasville Heights Elementary, Herndon Elementary, and Atlanta Preparatory Academy.
Refugee Family Services,
Stone Mountain, Georgia,
Winter Warmth and Wellness,
GCSV's Zaneta Ivery in attendance.
Georgia Personal Assistance Corps,
Atlanta, Georgia,
America's Sunday Supper,
Meaningful dialogue, reflection, and service projects to advance Dr. King’s vision of a beloved community.
GCSV's Amieko Watson in attendance.
Teach for America,
Bringing donations to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, January 25th from 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Hands On Atlanta,
Service Projects throughout Metro Atlanta,
3,000 volunteers to serve 10,000 hours
Fannin County Family Connection,
Fannin County, Georgia.
Blood Drive on January 13, 2012,
Rehab of homeless shelter on January 16, 2012.
Communities In Schools,
Multiple Service Projects throughout Georgia:
Ben Hill, Burke, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Glascock, Hart, Macon, and Stephens.
Youth Villages,
Douglasville, Georgia,
Service focusing on veterans and military families, and activities focusing on the message of Dr. King,
GCSV Executive Director John Turner in attendance.
Truly Living Well's MLK Day Garden Project
Wheat Street Urban Garden, and the Edgewood Community Garden,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables, beautification projects on farm, and building compost bins.
Georgia Commission VISTAs Brooks, Mitchell, Williams and Wright, in attendance.
United Way Project Health Access
Safe House Outreach’s outdoor community event for Shamrock Garden Apartment residents in the East Point Atlanta Area. Project Health Access members assisted in health information tables, kids activities, and providing general support.
Georgia Mountains YCorps,
Gainesville, Georgia.
Members served through HandsOn Northeast Georgia,
in the 2nd annual Dream to Be Able ML5K.
Albany Police Cadets,
Albany, Georgia,
Community Clean Up and Silent March.
GA Tech CEISMC Corps,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Service at BEST Middle School.
GA State TEAM,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Stone Mountain Middle School
Building and installing benches, spreading pinestraw, and painting murals throughout the school.
*More event listings to come, with stories to share.
